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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

Pregnant woman in bed with a fan because of the heat wave

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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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The toll of maternal mental illness in America

In the United States, 1 in 5 women suffer from a mental health disorder in the months before or after giving birth — and most never get care. What's going on?

Dec. 5, 2023

Allison Livingston, who suffered tremendous anxiety during and after her first pregnancy, with 4-year-old Quincey and 5-month-old Ryker near their home in San Diego.

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AAMC Statement on House FY 24 Labor-HHS Spending Bill

The AAMC released a statement sharing concerns with the impacts of the House FY24 Labor-HHS spending bill on the health of all Americans.

Nov. 15, 2023

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Healing through storytelling

Author and teacher Laurel Braitman, PhD, shares how writing can help medical professionals cope with loss and grief.

Nov. 5, 2023

Author Laurel Braitman, PhD, talks about how storytelling can help physicians process grief and improve communication during a session at Learn Serve Lead on Sunday, Nov. 5.

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Physicians can — and must — help prevent gun deaths, trauma surgeons insist

Academic medicine has a duty to join the fight against firearm deaths, physicians say.

Nov. 4, 2023

Trauma surgeons Joseph Sakran, MD, center, and Chethan Sathya, MD, right, discuss a public health approach to firearm deaths with violence-prevention expert and moderator Ashley Hink.

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Grave errors: Spooky cures and creepy medical missteps from the past

Smoke enemas. Bloody beverages. Milk-based blood transfusions. We explore deeply odd, and fortunately abandoned, treatments from the pages of medical history.

Oct. 24, 2023

A mix of morphine and alcohol, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was promoted as a miracle cure for various ailments, but actually turned out to be deadly.

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Erosion of the doctor-patient visit: “We must speak out.”

Physician and author Abraham Verghese sees a reduction in human connection in medical care, and urges doctors to “find their passion in each patient encounter.”