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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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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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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

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I’m a medical student tracking the U.S. response to COVID-19 for the WHO and it has taught me the importance of health policy research.

  • Dec. 1, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) emblem is displayed on its headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is collecting information on individual countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic since spring 2020.
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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

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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Black men face many obstacles in their path to medicine. At the AAMC’s annual meeting, three who succeeded shared their stories and ideas on how to help others.

  • Nov. 23, 2020
A Black physician in a mask talks to a patient in a mask
Press Release

The AAMC has announced its new board of directors for 2020-2021 which will serve through November 2021.

  • Nov. 23, 2020
Podcast

AAMC Director of Community Engagement Clarence Fluker talks with Dr. Sharma about how the pandemic has impacted access to much-needed health care.

  • Nov. 20, 2020
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Learn, Serve, Lead panelists say comments by justices show a desire to end existential challenges, one way or another. Can they cite ‘judicial exhaustion’?

  • Nov. 19, 2020
Exterior of Supreme Court of the United States on First Street in Washington DC, USA with statue by James Earle Fraser titled Authority of Law (1935)
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Vivek Murthy, MD, shares his insights on how breaking down silos and embracing commonality can build stronger, healthier communities.

  • Nov. 18, 2020
Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, recipient of the 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare, speaks at Learn Serve Lead 2020.
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Veteran reporter Ann Curry urged attendees at the AAMC annual meeting to consider how deep listening and meaningful connection serve patients — and physicians.

  • Nov. 17, 2020
Ann Curry
Press Release

AAMC announced it is renaming the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education to the AAMC Award for Excellence in Medical Education.

  • Nov. 17, 2020