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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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AAMC President David Skorton and Board Chair Joseph Kerschner call for medical schools, teaching hospitals to confront harms of pandemic and social injustice.

  • Nov. 17, 2020
Joseph Kerschner on video screen and David Skorton in studio speaking during Learn Serve Lead 2020
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An award named after Abraham Flexner gets a name change in light of Flexner’s racist and sexist ideas.

  • Nov. 17, 2020
Abraham Flexner Award
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Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ibram X. Kendi, renowned voices in antiracism, call for institutional antiracism.

  • Nov. 17, 2020
Ibram X. Kendi, PhD, director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, and Nikole Hannah-Jones, investigative journalist, speak at Learn Serve Lead 2020 on November 16.
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The acclaimed infectious disease doctor shared news about the vaccines in development but cautioned against abandoning public health measures.

  • Nov. 16, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks on a computer screen during Learn Serve Lead 2020.
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NIH Director Collins, CDC Deputy Director Schuchat say U.S. must boost public health systems, rethink clinical trial process, raise buy-in on safe behaviors.

  • Nov. 16, 2020
Dr. David Skorton, Dr. Anne Schuchat, and Dr. Francis Collins speak on a video screen during Learn Serve Lead 2020.
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Acclaimed radio host Diane Rehm told listeners at Learn Serve Lead 2020 about her mission to ensure that terminal patients get to choose how and when they die.

  • Nov. 16, 2020
John and Diane Rehm on their 25th wedding anniversary in 1984. John’s death is one of the reasons Rehm is fighting to ensure medical aid in dying.
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AAMC statement on the urgent need to allow the Biden-Harris transition team access to federal government efforts to combat the coronavirus.

  • Nov. 16, 2020
Podcast

Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, a fourth-year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine, shares his perspective on racism in medical education.

  • Nov. 12, 2020
Max Tiako looking in on a microscope.
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Even before the pandemic, women in medicine earned less, did more at home, and lagged in promotions compared to men. Now it further threatens their careers.

  • Nov. 12, 2020
A group of diverse women doctors in masks
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As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, doctors give tips on precautions to keep holiday gatherings safer.

  • Nov. 10, 2020
Two women in masks greet each other with an elbow bump in a house decorated for Christmas