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‘Not all cancer needs to be cured’: Five ways that prostate cancer treatments have improved

As prostate cancer cases rise, newer drugs, genetic testing, and clearer imaging give patients more options, reduce side effects, and save time.

  • June 25, 2024
In transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an external device is used to drive electromagnetic pulses through the skull to improve mood.
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The growing field of neurotherapeutics offers psychiatric patients new hope

Brain procedures help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. But providers still grapple with ethical questions and the history of lobotomies

  • June 20, 2024
Annie’s Place at Parkland Health in Dallas, Texas, offers no-cost childcare for parents to attend medical appointments.
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Can providing childcare at hospitals improve health?

Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.

  • June 12, 2024
Pregnant woman in bed with a fan because of the heat wave
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Climate change hurts women more

Extreme weather is linked to pregnancy complications, increased violence, and inescapable exposure to pollution and heat.

  • June 6, 2024

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Press Release
AAMC Statement on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

The AAMC issued this statement following the passage of legislation (H.R. 133) that would fund the federal government through the end of fiscal year 2021.

  • Dec. 22, 2020
Press Release
AAMC Statement on Inclusion of Physician Training Support in Year-End Legislation

The AAMC issued a statement on the the inclusion of support for expanded Medicare GME positions in the

  • Dec. 21, 2020
Podcast
Do No Harm: Racism in Patient Care

In this episode, we explore how academic medicine can move toward more equitable care for all.

  • Dec. 17, 2020
Elderly woman is comforted by a medical professional
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Thanksgiving on the front lines: Doctors working the holiday share stories of grief, stress, and hope

Front-line doctors share stories of grief, stress, and hope during their Thanksgiving shifts with coronavirus patients.

  • Dec. 4, 2020
A medical staff member checks an electrocardiograph while performing endoscopy on a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 25, 2020 in Houston, Texas.
Press Release
AAMC Calls for Implementation of Crisis Standards of Care to Address COVID-19 Surge

The AAMC issued a press release calling on AAMC medical schools and teaching hospitals to lead implementation of crisis standards of care to address COVID surge

  • Nov. 30, 2020
Press Release
AAMC Statement on CMS Strategy to Enhance Hospital Capacity During COVID-19 Surge

The AAMC issued a statement on the announcement by CMS to increase capacity of health care systems during COVID-19 surge.

  • Nov. 25, 2020
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Is there a "cure" for racism? Celebrated anti-racist activist and author Ibram X. Kendi says yes, there is

Ibram X. Kendi reflects on racism in health care, disparities in COVID-19, and how anti-racism can turn the tide.

  • Oct. 20, 2020
Ibram X. Kendi speaks at the University of Vermont for the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Education and Learning Series on Jan. 28.
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Interest in hospital-at-home programs explodes during COVID-19

To free up beds and protect vulnerable patients, hospitals are sending patients home with IVs, EKG devices, and other mainstays of acute care. Will it last?

  • Sept. 29, 2020
A provider with Atrium Health’s COVID-19 Virtual Hospital delivers oxygen, IV medications, and other services to a patient in their home. The program has helped more than 17,000 people.
Podcast
Diagnosing Our National Disease

David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, about racism in academic medicine.

  • Sept. 17, 2020
Lonnie Bunch in Beyond the White Coat podcast
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Hospitals partner with nursing homes to prevent and fight outbreaks

Academic medical centers support nursing homes with COVID-19 prevention and control.

  • Sept. 8, 2020
An elderly woman at a nursing home entertains a visitor while maintaining precautions against COVID-19