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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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3D Printers Are Revolutionizing Medicine

Scientists have developed innovative techniques that enable physicians to use 3D printers to create custom-designed body parts for patients.

  • Sept. 29, 2016
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Creating a Safety Net: Preventing Physician Suicide

Physicians and trainees have higher rates of burnout and depressive symptoms than the general public, yet they are less likely to seek mental health treatment.

  • Sept. 29, 2016
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Academic Medicine Aims to Foster More Supportive Learning Environment

Medical schools and teaching hospitals are enhancing efforts to cultivate a respectful teaching environment through innovative programs and policies.

  • Sept. 27, 2016
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Viewpoint: Reducing Stress, Burnout in the Medical Community

Leaders at medical schools and teaching hospitals must come together to inspire cultural change and make stress management and mental wellness a priority.

  • Sept. 27, 2016
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The Morehouse Pipeline: Reach One Each One

About 30 Atlanta junior and senior high school students participate in the Morehouse School of Medicine Reach One Each One (ROEO) program each year.

  • Sept. 27, 2016
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Interprofessional Learning Prepares Students for Team-Based Practice

Innovative programs in interprofessional collaboration are popping up at medical and health professions schools nationwide.

  • Sept. 27, 2016
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Protect the 340B Drug Pricing Program

Policymakers should strengthen the 340B program so that safety-net hospitals, many of them teaching hospitals, can continue to treat to vulnerable patients.

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Transcript: Diagnosing Our National Disease

David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.