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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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Why are so many Black patients dying of skin cancer?

Patients and providers don’t often recognize skin cancer on darker skin. Medical school faculty and students are trying to change that.

  • July 21, 2022
A mature African woman sits on a chair in the comfort of her home as she poses for a portrait. She is dressed comfortably in a light shirt with a brown shall thrown over her shoulders. She has a head scarf on and a neutral expression on her face as she holds her head up with her hand.
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Family, fear, and faith: Helping Black patients with end-of-life decisions

When faced with terminal illness, many African American families opt for life-prolonging treatment rather than comfort. Here's why — and how doctors can help.

  • July 12, 2022
As a palliative care expert and the daughter of African American pastors, Maisha T. Robinson, MD, MSHPM, says she understands the need for end-of-life care planning as well as the difficulties around it.
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How smartphones and wearables are advancing clinical research and treatment

Academic researchers partner with tech companies to make research more accessible, include more data.

  • May 18, 2022
Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system with sensor attached in arm controlling information and alerts with mobile phone app.
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AAMC Reaffirms Statement on the Patient-Physician Relationship and Reproductive Health Care

On May 6, 2022, the AAMC reaffirmed its commitment to the physician-patient relationship and access to safe and effective reproductive health care.

  • May 6, 2022
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Caring for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities face many obstacles receiving care. Medical schools are now starting to train doctors how to treat them.

  • April 19, 2022
A man in his 30s smiles while standing with his arms crossed in a large, modern space.
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Is there a doctor in the House — or Senate? Medical trainees learn to advocate

Medical trainees increasingly think policy issues are as much their domain as prescription pads and stethoscopes. Here’s how they’re learning to be advocates.

  • March 9, 2022
Boston University School of Medicine students prepare to meet with legislators at the Massachusetts State House in 2019.
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WATCH: How the pandemic has impacted medical students now and in the future

Medical students share how the pandemic has shaped their training experiences and their futures as physicians.

  • March 3, 2022
Russyan Mark Mabeza, a student getting his MD-MPH at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, poses for a photo with some fellow medical students.
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Bias in the emergency department

Emergency departments treat many medically vulnerable patients. Yet too few ED residents are learning to provide culturally responsive care, an expert argues.

  • Feb. 17, 2022
Adrianne Haggins, MD, tends to a patient at the University of Michigan Health emergency department in Ann Arbor.
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As drug overdoses soar, more providers embrace harm reduction

Among other firsts, the U.S. government is funding syringe programs. Here’s how harm reduction for people who use drugs is at work on streets and in hospitals.

  • Feb. 15, 2022
Hansel Tookes, MD, MPH, exchanges sterile needles for used ones as part of a University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine harm reduction effort.
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Disabilities are not binary. Why do we treat them that way?

Too often, disability is thought of like a light bulb: on or off. In reality, most disabilities fall somewhere along a spectrum from mild to severe.

  • Feb. 10, 2022
A young woman with a cochlear implant sits on a couch talking to her therapeutic practitioner.