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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
A pediatrician interacts with a baby at a Mother’s Day event
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Could giving low-income patients cash improve their health?

Guaranteed income programs have been successful in low-income countries. Now, researchers hope to test their effectiveness in the U.S.

  • May 30, 2024

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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
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GME Day of Action

As the centerpiece of the AAMC's first ever GME Day of Action, a Congressional briefing was held called “Medicare’s Role in Addressing the Physician Shortage.”

  • May 9, 2019
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Desperately seeking surgeons

By 2032, the United States will lack as many as 23,000 surgeons. That will have a dramatic impact given a population with increasingly complex health needs.

  • April 26, 2019
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Compassion begins with the cadavers

Spurred by high funeral costs, greater social awareness, and dwindling religious customs, body donations to medical schools are on the rise.

  • April 5, 2019
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Congratulations, new residents!

2019 Match Day is the largest in history, with more than 30,000 MD students matching to residency training programs across the country.

  • March 15, 2019
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What “informed consent” really means

A patient's right to consent is basic. But legal, ethical, cultural, administrative, and interpersonal issues mean it's anything but simple.

  • Jan. 24, 2019
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SWAT doctors

They rush into active shooter scenes and other dangerous situations. What it's like to train and serve as a physician on a special operations team.

  • Jan. 21, 2019
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Our top 10 news stories of 2018

From new research on the doctor shortage to insights into how to apply to residency, here are the top AAMCNews stories of 2018.

  • Dec. 25, 2018
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Little-known health workers, coming soon to a hospital near you

Community health workers are increasingly collaborating with hospitals to combat poverty and chronic disease.

  • Dec. 3, 2018
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Labor pains: The OB-GYN shortage

Half of U.S. counties lack a single OB-GYN, and some women’s lives are endangered by long treks for needed care. What leaders in academic medicine are doing.

  • Nov. 15, 2018