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Microsoft exec and Learn Serve Lead 2024 speaker James Weinstein, DO, says the technology could one day expand access and quality, but privacy concerns remain.

  • Oct. 15, 2024
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Doctors who responded to mass shootings talk about rising to the challenge, the emotional aftermath, and how they emerged stronger.

  • Oct. 9, 2024
Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, speaks at a 2020 TEDMED talk about embracing elderhood as a significant stage of life.
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We must change policies, improve training, expand research, and above all, combat ageism to care for millions of older Americans, a renowned geriatrician argues

  • Oct. 1, 2024

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Focusing on mental illness as the cause of mass shootings diverts attention from the larger problem of gun violence in the U.S., two experts argue.

  • Jan. 26, 2023
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While there is no cure, researchers say a newly approved drug, advanced testing, and increasing knowledge about the disease may improve patients’ lives.

  • Jan. 24, 2023
Lori Weiss, 65, a retired teacher, is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She is enrolled in a drug clinical trial and is hopeful about recent progress in disease research.
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The AAMC named Susan Cato as its next chief communications and marketing officer, effective Jan. 15.

  • Jan. 19, 2023
AAMC Chief Communications and Marketing Officer Susan Cato at AAMC headquarters in Washington D.C.
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Some people have never contracted the disease despite heavy exposure. Scientists are studying whether genetic mutations shield them from infection or illness.

  • Jan. 19, 2023
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The U.S. Supreme Court could erase years of progress in improving the diversity of the medical student population.

  • Jan. 17, 2023
This is a view from above of a group of medical students looking up and smiling for the camera. They are standing in a lecture hall with table behind them.
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More women are becoming doctors, doctors of different racial backgrounds prefer different specialties, and sports medicine keeps growing, according to AAMC data

  • Jan. 12, 2023
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The AAMC released a statement on the U.S. District Court ruling to return a funding dispute back to HHS to remedy delayed payments to 340B hospitals.

  • Jan. 11, 2023
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People returning from incarceration are 13 times more likely to die soon after release. So hospitals employ formerly incarcerated people to help promote health.

  • Jan. 10, 2023
Evan Ashkin, MD, and community health worker Tommy Green (right), who himself spent time in prison, work with a patient in the Formerly Incarcerated Transition Clinic in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (The patient granted permission to use his image but asked that his name be withheld.)
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The AAMC 2022 Report on Residents shows more diverse residents and continued interest in internal medicine and infectious disease specialties.

  • Jan. 5, 2023
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Jonathan Jaffery, MD, the AAMC’s new chief health care officer, has spent years working to reduce health disparities and implement innovative care models.

  • Jan. 3, 2023
Jonathan Jaffery, MD, MS, MMM, FACP