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In transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an external device is used to drive electromagnetic pulses through the skull to improve mood.
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The growing field of neurotherapeutics offers psychiatric patients new hope

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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Can providing childcare at hospitals improve health?

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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Climate change hurts women more

Extreme weather is linked to pregnancy complications, increased violence, and inescapable exposure to pollution and heat.

  • June 6, 2024
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Medical schools work to end student mistreatment

From public humiliation to sexist remarks, medical trainees often experience faculty mistreatment. Here’s how institutions are working to stop bad behaviors.

  • June 4, 2024

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Foreign data theft: What academic institutions can do to protect themselves

Academic research labs across the country are taking steps to protect their intellectual property after the NIH warned of data breaches and shadow labs.

  • Nov. 4, 2019
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What every doctor needs to know about patient safety

The AAMC is releasing the first-ever, across-the-board set of skills physicians and trainees need to ensure safer, high-quality care. Here’s an inside look.

  • Nov. 4, 2019
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Hope for patients with traumatic brain injury

Groundbreaking research at academic medical centers has led to new treatments for millions suffering from the debilitating effects of head trauma.

  • Oct. 24, 2019
Female doctor holding brain scans.
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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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What happens when a teaching hospital closes?

AAMCNews talked to Janis Orlowski, MD, AAMC chief health care officer, about what the closure of Hahnemann University Hospital means for medical professionals.

  • July 12, 2019
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Making space for spirituality

Medical schools and teaching hospitals increasingly embrace students’ faith-based traditions.

  • June 25, 2019
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What can we learn from an epidemic?

AAMC Executive Vice President Atul Grover says we can use the lessons of the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s to inform our work today around the opioid crisis.

  • June 11, 2019
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First time for everything

Residents and medical students discuss their firsts.

  • May 31, 2019
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What if we treated every patient as though they had lived through a trauma?

Here’s how medical schools and teaching hospitals are using trauma-informed care to help all patients.

  • May 24, 2019
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Helping patients win the fight against obesity

As more Americans face health consequences from being severely overweight, medical schools are doing more to teach students how to address the problem.

  • May 17, 2019