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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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Supreme Court ruling gives DACA medical students and residents temporary reprieve amidst a pandemic and physician shortages.

  • June 18, 2020
Manuel Bernal, MD, a second-year medical resident at Advocate Christ Medical Center, has treated COVID-19 patients while awaiting the Supreme Court ruling on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that allows him to work as a physician
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The AAMC and Vizient, Inc. announced today the launch of community benchmarking capabilities for physicians.

  • June 17, 2020
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The AAMC issued this statement on the HHS final rule (6/12/2020) that changes nondiscrimination provisions applicable to federally-supported health programs.

  • June 15, 2020
AAMCNews

We asked residents how they got through that tough first year. From the simply practical to the profoundly philosophical, here are their savviest insights.

  • June 11, 2020
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Viewpoints

COVID-19 has hit marginalized communities hard. But community health workers can help battle deadly health care inequities and inefficiencies.

  • June 9, 2020
Community health worker Orson Brown (right) reviews health-related goals with a patient during a pre-pandemic home visit in Philadelphia
Viewpoints

Students, physicians, and academic medical centers have a role to play in recognizing structural racism and addressing health disparities.

  • June 5, 2020
Protesters gathered on H and 16th streets in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 3, around 6:30 p.m. to protest police brutality
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Months after the pandemic closed their clinical clerkships, some medical students are heading back. How will that work, and how does it feel to be returning?

  • June 2, 2020
Jake Kieserman, a third-year student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, suits up for his surgery clerkship on one of his first days back
Press Release

The AAMC issued this statement on police brutality and racism in America and their impact on health.

  • June 1, 2020
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Press Release

AAMC issued the following statement on President Trump’s announcement to end the United States’ relationship with the World Health Organization

  • May 30, 2020
News

David Skorton, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) to discuss how the coronavirus has forced us to look at health care policy .

  • May 29, 2020