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‘Not all cancer needs to be cured’: Five ways that prostate cancer treatments have improved

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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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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Clinical Science Shortages Unconscious Bias
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Clinical trials seek to fix their lack of racial mix

Most drugs are tested primarily on White men, casting doubt about their efficacy for others. Researchers are trying to diversify who participates in studies.

  • Aug. 20, 2021
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Tech can set you free: How computer power can fuel creativity and human connection in medicine

A research dean says the tech revolution provides tools to help researchers and clinicians use their problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

  • Aug. 10, 2021
Antony Rosen, MBChB, MS, in his lab at Johns Hopkins Medicine
Viewpoints
Attracting more Native American students to medicine

Without a supportive pathway program, I wouldn’t be entering medicine. If we’re going to train the Native American physicians we need, we must build many more.

  • Aug. 5, 2021
A blanketing ceremony closed out the 2020-2021 Wy’east Postbaccalaureate Pathway program for American Indian and Alaska Native students headed to medical school.
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Canada took a risk delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses. Now, its vaccination campaign is one of the best in the world

Canada’s vaccination campaign got off to a slow start, but using the unconventional “first doses first” strategy seems to be working.

  • July 15, 2021
Someone holds a COVID-19 vaccine in their gloved hand in front of the Canadian flag
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These physicians work in underserved communities. The National Health Service Corps helps make that financially feasible

New funding for the National Health Service Corps will bolster the program’s ability to help physicians work in underserved communities.

  • June 24, 2021
Paola Portela, MD, chief medical officer of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago, plays with a young patient.
Viewpoints
We already needed more doctors. Then COVID-19 hit

COVID-19 took an incalculable toll on the nation’s physicians. We will be unraveling its impact for years to come.

  • June 17, 2021
Masked doctors tend to patients in an emergency room
Press Release
AAMC Report Reinforces Mounting Physician Shortage

The United States could see an estimated shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034, including shortfalls in both primary and specialty care.

  • June 11, 2021
Group of diverse physicians
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Medical schools overhaul curricula to fight inequities

A growing number of medical school leaders say that isolated mentions of health inequities are not enough. Instead, social drivers must be front and center.

  • May 25, 2021
A student holds a sign that says "Racism is a public health crisis"
Press Release
AAMC Endorses Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021

Newly reintroduced bill would increase federal support for physicians’ graduate medical education programs to increase access to care for patients nationwide

  • March 18, 2021
Viewpoints
How we’re failing children of color during COVID-19

Black and Latinx children have seen more illness and death during COVID-19 than other kids. A child psychiatrist describes how to protect their mental health.

  • Feb. 23, 2021
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