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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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AAMC Statement on Release of President’s Proposal for Topline FY 2022 Discretionary Funding

The AAMC issued the following statement on President Biden's request for fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding.

  • April 9, 2021
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AAMC Statement on President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, issued the following statement on the American Jobs Plan

  • April 1, 2021
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They served on the COVID-19 front lines. Now these emergency medicine doctors can't find jobs.

Usually, emergency medicine residents fend off recruiters. This year, they’re barely getting calls back. Here's how COVID-19 has upended EM job prospects.

  • Feb. 25, 2021
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AAMC Statement on President Biden’s Actions on Immigration

AAMC statement on President Biden's immigration proposals and executive orders.

  • Jan. 21, 2021
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Feeding future doctors: Universities work to alleviate food insecurity among medical students

Data on food insecurity among medical students is sparse, but researchers think it’s a growing concern amid the pandemic. Schools are working to help.

  • Jan. 14, 2021
People stock the shelves of a campus food pantry at the University of Toledo in Ohio
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That’s enough: Supreme Court appears poised to resolve validity of ACA and ‘move on’

Learn, Serve, Lead panelists say comments by justices show a desire to end existential challenges, one way or another. Can they cite ‘judicial exhaustion’?

  • Nov. 19, 2020
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7 ways to reduce medical school debt

Loan repayment programs. Smart budgeting strategies. Fee assistance programs. Young doctors have many resources as they embark on a medical career.

  • Oct. 14, 2020
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AAMC Statement on Supreme Court Decision on DACA

The AAMC issued this statement on the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that the Administration did not provide adequate justification for terminating DACA.

  • June 18, 2020
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DACA physicians serve on COVID-19 front lines

Supreme Court ruling gives DACA medical students and residents temporary reprieve amidst a pandemic and physician shortages.

  • June 18, 2020
Manuel Bernal, MD, a second-year medical resident at Advocate Christ Medical Center, has treated COVID-19 patients while awaiting the Supreme Court ruling on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that allows him to work as a physician
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Our top 10 news stories of 2019

From the closure of Hahnemann University Hospital to insights into why many women leave medicine early in their careers, these are 2019’s top AAMCNews stories.

  • Dec. 29, 2019
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