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Top 15 academic medicine stories of 2025

Our annual list of the most well-read AAMCNews stories of the year.

  • Dec. 29, 2025
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Medical schools focus on prevention as well as treatment of disease

From teaching kitchens to curriculum makeovers, more medical schools are making preventive and lifestyle medicine a training priority.

  • Dec. 18, 2025
Blood Cancer screening Test as an Oncology medical diagnosis for tumor markers as a liquid biopsy for early detection with malignant cells to diagnose ovarian colon and prostate cancers.
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Liquid biopsies spark hope for early cancer detection

More screenings are being developed and used to detect evidence of disease in bodily fluids. But questions remain about reliability and implications for care.

  • Dec. 16, 2025
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U.S. medical schools enroll record number of students in 2025

New AAMC data show first-time applicants and women drove increase in applications to medical schools.

  • Dec. 9, 2025

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Provide Strong Funding Increase for NIH in FY 2020

An overview of NIH appropriations and why sustained, predictable funding growth is needed to support the research NIH funds that benefits patients.

  • Sept. 18, 2019
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DACA students risk everything to become doctors

Nearly 200 undocumented students and residents are currently training in U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals.

  • Sept. 17, 2019
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Joint Statement on Outpatient Payment Policy Court Decision from AHA and AAMC

A joint statement from the AAMC and the AHA regarding the District Court's decision that HHS exceeded its authority in reducing payments to certain HOPDs.

  • Sept. 17, 2019
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When a patient dies by suicide

A growing number of doctors are dealing with the terrible loss of a patient to suicide.

  • Sept. 13, 2019
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Increase Funding and Reauthorize the Title VII and VIII Health Professions Training Programs

Learn more about the Title VII and VII Health Professions training Programs and the AAMC's position on them.

  • Sept. 10, 2019
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Residents get a room of their own

Medical schools and teaching hospitals that are turning break rooms into wellness centers hope to ease the impact of long shifts and high stress.

  • Sept. 10, 2019
People in the residents' lounge at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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Ensure Medical Education Financing Remains Accessible for Students From All Backgrounds

Learn more about federal loan programs and the AAMC's position on them.

  • Sept. 10, 2019
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One doctor’s race to save his own life — and others’

David Fajgenbaum, MD, nearly died five times. Then, using his own records and blood samples, he found an existing drug that offered hope.

  • Sept. 10, 2019
David Fajgenbaum, MD
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The potential and pitfalls of fecal transplants

Fecal microbiota transplantation, or FMT, has emerged as an effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.

  • Sept. 6, 2019
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We all make diagnostic errors

Recognizing how your brain works — and better understanding the situations when you’re likely to slip up — can help you make fewer mistakes.

  • Sept. 3, 2019
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