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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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From troubled lives to medical school

A surgeon and an endocrinologist share how gangs and prison nearly ruined their lives, and how mentors stepped in to help.

  • Nov. 6, 2023
Stanley Andrisse, PhD, MBA, right, discusses his path from prison to college, while James Earl Harris Jr., MD, center, and Antwione Haywood, PhD, left, listen at Learn Serve Lead 2023 on Monday, Nov. 6.
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We can solve poverty in America. We just don’t want to.

Sociologist and author Matthew Desmond, PhD, says we must divest from the policies that exploit the poor to the benefit of the affluent.

  • Nov. 6, 2023
Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP, speaks with sociologist Matthew Desmond, PhD, about ways to alleviate poverty in America at Learn Serve Lead 2023 on Monday, Nov. 6.
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AAMC Fee Assistance Program Expanding with 60% ERAS Application Discount

The AAMC announced that in 2024, it will extend our Fee Assistance Program to residency applicants using the Electronic Residency Application Service®.

  • Nov. 5, 2023
Medical residents using electronic devices.
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The bodies keep coming

In this excerpt from his book, trauma surgeon Brian H. Williams, MD, reflects on the epidemic of gun violence and the structural racism that feeds it.

  • Sept. 28, 2023
Brian H. Williams, MD, is the author of The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal.
Press Release
AAMC Honors Health Care Champions with Inaugural ACE Awards

The AAMC announced the five winners of its inaugural ACE Award for Advocacy, Collaboration, and Education.

  • Sept. 21, 2023
Diverse group of doctors stacking hands in an operating room table.
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Abortion in America: From Roe to Dobbs and beyond

Why is abortion in America so polarized? How did we get where we are today, and what lies ahead? Leading legal expert and historian Mary Ziegler, JD, weighs in.

  • Sept. 21, 2023
Mary Ziegler
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AAMC Response to New Residency Application Platform for Obstetrics and Gynecology

AAMC statement expressing disappointment and dismay by ACOG announcement of a new residency application platform for the 2024-25 residency application cycle

  • July 28, 2023
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CBD: Does it work? Is it safe? Is it legal?

Cannabidiol has been used for insomnia, anxiety, and more. But is marijuana’s cousin safe and effective? And is it legal? Your CBD questions answered.

  • July 20, 2023
Various products containing CBD/cannabis/hemp: lotion, balm, soft-gel capsules, and crushed and whole hemp seeds
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AAMC Deeply Disappointed by SCOTUS Decision on Race-Conscious Admissions

The AAMC expressed its deep disappointment in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard and v the University of North Carolina

  • June 29, 2023
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AAMC Statement on President Biden’s Intent to Appoint Mandy Cohen, MD, as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Due to her public health experience and extensive medical background, the AAMC supports President Biden's intent to nominate for CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD.

  • June 16, 2023
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