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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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Pre-Premed: Pipeline Efforts Steer Elementary School Students Into Medicine

Children as young as six are being encouraged to consider medical school. Find out how this could help medically underserved communities in the future.

  • Jan. 8, 2018
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A First: Women Outnumber Men in 2017 Entering Medical School Class

New AAMC data provide an in-depth breakdown of U.S. medical school applicants and enrollees in 2017.

  • Dec. 18, 2017
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More Women Than Men Enrolled in U.S. Medical Schools in 2017

For the first time, the number of women enrolling in U.S. medical schools has exceeded the number of men, according to new data released by the AAMC.

  • Dec. 17, 2017
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Robust Health Professions Pipeline Leads to Improved Public Health, Patient Care

A shortage of up to 104,900 physicians by 2030 underscores the need for a diverse health care workforce. What is being done right now to address the issue.

  • Dec. 6, 2017
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Where Should We Stand on DACA? Flexner Would Answer the Call

Equity issues are not new to medicine; they began with the legacy of Abraham Flexner, the father of academic medicine.

  • Oct. 17, 2017
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Working Mom, MD: Always on Call

Physician mothers say peer support and new pro-family policies are vital to their success, but more change is needed.

  • Sept. 19, 2017
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Strength in Numbers: 9 Ways Women in Medicine Can Build Community, Grow Influence

Women in medicine and science are coming together as a force to change a traditional system that has often impeded their advancement.

  • Sept. 19, 2017
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Priming the Medical School Pipeline: Schools Reach Out to Teens in Minority and Underserved Communities

Rural, minority, and impoverished communities are feeling the impact of too few physicians.

  • Sept. 29, 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