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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
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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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‘There is no courage without vulnerability’

Bestselling author and podcast host Brené Brown, PhD, spoke at Learn Serve Lead 2021: The Virtual Experience about the importance of vulnerability.

  • Nov. 9, 2021
Brené Brown, PhD, bestselling author and University of Houston professor, spoke at Learn Serve Lead 2021: The Virtual Experience on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
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Prescription for America’s elder boom: Every doctor learns geriatrics

Faced with an aging population and a physician shortage, hospitals create geriatric collaborations to manage patients, raise elder care skills of all doctors.

  • Nov. 4, 2021
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Everything you need to know about the supplemental ERAS® application

The trial residency application launches in dermatology, general surgery, and internal medicine. Here’s key information for students and residency programs.

  • Sept. 2, 2021
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Career moves: Ways to bridge the gender gap in medical science

With women underrepresented in academic medicine, strategies strive to build gender equity through hiring practices, leadership training, and family supports.

  • July 27, 2021
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10 great summer reads for doctors — or anyone interested in medicine

From the immune system’s intricacies to cadavers as crash test dummies, these books cover the humorous, strange, and meaningful aspects of medicine.

  • July 6, 2021
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Underrepresented voices in medicine tell their stories

The number of Black men and American Indian students admitted to medical school is declining. Students in these identity groups share their experiences.

  • June 1, 2021
Alec Calac, president of the Association of Native American Medical Students at the University of California (UC), San Diego, School of Medicine, speaks at the medical school in 2019.
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Medical students cope with personal loss from COVID-19

For some young doctors, the pandemic has cut deep into their lives. Academic medical institutions have been working hard to support them.

  • April 27, 2021
Ryan Mahoney, a third-year medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark with his father, James Mahoney, MD, and his sister, Stephanie.
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Research recovery: Medicine’s newest scientists restart careers stalled by COVID-19

Postdocs have returned to their labs, but experiments are moving slowly. Schools and some federal agencies are seeking ways to help them make up for lost time.

  • April 8, 2021
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Match Day memories: Prominent physicians reflect on their own Match Days and share advice for residency

Physicians reflect on their Match Day experiences and share advice for students as they start residency.

  • March 18, 2021
Bob Wachter, MD, calls his family from a pay phone on his Match Day in 1983 to tell them that he matched at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is now chair of the Department of Medicine.
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COVID-19’s emotional impact: Medical students cope with isolation

First- and second-year students share how lack of personal contact with peers and professors takes a toll. Faculty and fellow classmates are helping them cope.

  • March 12, 2021
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