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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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Quality & Safety
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20 years of patient safety

It has been two decades since the modern patient safety movement was born. Here’s how we got to this milestone — and what lies ahead.

  • June 6, 2019
Viewpoints
When patients lie

A patient-physician communication expert reveals the truth — and consequences — of patient coverups.

  • June 4, 2019
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Want better surgical results? Get patients to step up

Doctors aren’t the only ones who should train for surgery. Hospitals boost results by getting patients prepped with exercise, nutrition, and more.

  • May 21, 2019
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Treating opioid addiction in the emergency department

In a novel approach, ED doctors at several teaching hospitals treat more than overdose symptoms. They start patients on the road to recovery.

  • May 14, 2019
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AAMC Statement on House Introduction of Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

Darrell G. Kirch issued a statement on the Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 (H.R. 2439), which would support new residency positions to combat the opioid epidemic.

  • May 2, 2019
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Residents are sleep deprived. So what’s new?

Medical schools and teaching hospitals are closely monitoring duty hours, educating learners on sleep hygiene, and even building sleep pods to fight fatigue.

  • April 18, 2019
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Ketamine: Hope for the suffering

A researcher behind a groundbreaking depression treatment talks about the early days of research, the medication’s limitations, and its effects on depression.

  • April 9, 2019
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Docs gone wild: The risks and rewards of wilderness medicine

The popularity of adventure tourism and extreme sports creates the need for doctors trained to care for patients in austere conditions with limited resources.

  • April 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
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Teaching hospitals take the lead in stroke treatment

Medical schools and teaching hospitals provide increasingly effective and innovative approaches to saving lives and improving quality of life after a stroke.

  • March 3, 2019