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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

Pregnant woman in bed with a fan because of the heat wave

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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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Medical Research Organizations Professionalism Shortages

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AAMC Response to the American Heart Association’s Statement, “Wang Paper Is Wrong”

The AAMC issued the following statement in support of the AHA’s response to a journal article advocating for an end to race-conscious admissions policies.

Aug. 7, 2020

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AAMC, NMA Announce Action Collaborative on Black Men in Medicine

The AAMC and NMA announced a joint effort to convene an Action Collaborative that will address the lack of representation of African American men in medicine.

Aug. 3, 2020

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Medical students use momentum of anti-racism movement to advocate for change

Students are demanding medical institutions combat racism, and their institutions are listening.

July 23, 2020

Ian Simpson-Shelton, MD, speaks at the University of California San Diego Anti-Racism Coalition Day of Action on June 8, 2020

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Front-line physicians in the Sun Belt face COVID-19 surge better prepared but already tired and anxious

As COVID-19 hospitalizations soar in Sun Belt states, physicians are grateful for knowledge from previous hot spots but still face an uncertain future.

July 13, 2020

Members of the medical staff at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, treat a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on July 2, 2020

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We need more doctors

The pandemic has underscored that we don’t have enough physicians to meet the needs of a growing, aging population now or in the future.

July 1, 2020

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Rural and at risk for COVID-19

The novel coronavirus is hitting remote areas where patients are poorer, sicker, and older hard. Here's how medical schools and teaching hospitals are helping.

May 14, 2020

The University of Mississippi Medical Center has collaborated with the state department of health to run nearly 50 COVID-19 testing sites in rural communities

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Calling all voices

New editor-in-chief of Academic Medicine seeks to broaden perspectives in the esteemed journal.

May 7, 2020

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Collaborations that save lives

Medical schools are partnering with engineering schools to produce testing reagents, swabs, PPE, and more. Will these relationships endure beyond the pandemic?