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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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The terrible toll of COVID-19 on people with intellectual disabilities

Patients with intellectual disabilities are six times more likely to die from COVID-19 than other people. An expert weighs in on how we must improve their care.

  • April 20, 2021
Jane Tobias, DNP, RN, MSN, gives a patient a COVID-19 vaccine at an April 3 event in Philadelphia that Jefferson Health designed to meet the needs of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Hospital Groups Seek Action on Drug Company Violations of 340B Law

Leaders of six major organizations representing hospitals and pharmacists sent a letter to HHS Sec. Becerra urging him to take action on violations of 340B law.

  • April 20, 2021
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What every doctor needs to know about telemedicine

Telemedicine soared during the pandemic, and experts say it’s here to stay. How can providers and future physicians prepare to provide quality care from afar?

  • March 24, 2021
Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH, talks to a patient through a computer in her office
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What the elimination of a major medical licensing exam — Step 2 CS — means for students and schools

COVID-19 put the Step 2 Clinical Skills test on temporary hold, but now USMLE leaders say it’s gone for good. What drove the decision, and what lies ahead?

  • Feb. 9, 2021
A pre-pandemic photo created for Step 2 Clinical Skills orientation materials shows examinees what to expect from their in-person clinical evaluation encounters.
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COVID-19 vaccines will be critical to ending the pandemic. In the meantime, we can’t afford to slow our search for treatments

A researcher is searching for COVID-19 treatments and sees hope in existing drugs. Here’s why his quest is so personal and what he says must happen next.

  • Jan. 27, 2021
In 2014, David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, uncovered a potential treatment for his own deadly disease. Now he's on a mission to find one for COVID-19.
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No classrooms, no clinics: Medical education during a pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical education quickly went online. Webcams captured hospital rounds, 3D images replaced cadavers, and Zoom became classrooms.

  • April 15, 2020
Johns Hopkins Medicine intensive care unit physician Lee Goeddel, MD, MPH, wears a cellphone underneath his protective hood so remote students can follow along live during rounds
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Delivering more care remotely will be critical as COVID-19 races through communities

Even before Congress lifted restrictions on reimbursement for telehealth through Medicare, academic medical centers were expanding telemedicine services.

  • March 23, 2020
A male doctor consults with an elderly female patient through the computer.
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AAMC Statement on Congressional Efforts to Reduce Drug Prices

AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, issued the following statement on the House passage of H.R.3.

  • Dec. 11, 2019
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A new era for migraine relief

Finally, there are new treatments to help people who suffer from debilitating symptoms of migraine headaches.

  • Nov. 1, 2019
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Climate change threatens firefighters and farmworkers. And that’s only the beginning.

Some workers are already hit by climate change. Occupational and environmental health experts are working to protect them and train future physicians.

  • Oct. 17, 2019
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