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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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Immigration Public Health
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The rising health threats of a hot planet

On the one-year anniversary of the UN’s report on climate change, AAMCNews explores the impact of a warming Earth on health. This is the first in a series.

  • Oct. 8, 2019
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Finding success as a first-generation medical student

Students who were the first in their families to graduate from college are bringing about change in medical school, cheered on by mentors and advocates.

  • July 2, 2019
Viewpoints
The painful truth about maternal deaths

The United States has the worst maternal mortality rate in the developed world. If we’re going to save women's lives, all providers have to step up.

  • March 19, 2019
Viewpoints
Turning high schoolers into doctors

A medical student encourages her peers to inspire youth from diverse backgrounds through pipeline programs.

  • Jan. 14, 2019
Press Release
Women Were Majority of U.S. Medical School Applicants in 2018

New AAMC data show that U.S. medical schools made notable gains in diversifying their entering classes in 2018.

  • Dec. 3, 2018
Press Release
AAMC Statement on Proposed Changes to Public Charge Rule

The AAMC and its members are opposed to any policy that discourages people from pursuing medical care to which they are legally entitled.

  • Sept. 24, 2018
AAMCNews
Don’t touch that lettuce: Battling a foodborne illness outbreak

Each year, foodborne illnesses sicken roughly 48 million people. A new online module teaches health professions students how to help handle an outbreak.

  • Aug. 21, 2018
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How ready are we if Ebola hits the U.S.?

In 2014, when Ebola infected several U.S. citizens, we were woefully unprepared. Here is what has happened since.

  • Aug. 6, 2018
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Outsmarting the superbugs

As antibiotic-resistant bacteria proliferate, academic medical centers implement programs to curtail new infections.

  • July 17, 2018
Press Release
AAMC Statement on Supreme Court Travel Ban Ruling

Darrell Kirch on the Supreme Court ruling that President Trump could restrict foreign nationals from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US.

  • June 26, 2018