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A growing dilemma for hospitals: How to assess older doctors

As the physician workforce ages, leaders take delicate steps to gauge doctors’ patient-care abilities. Key issues include how to assess and when to restrict.

  • May 27, 2026
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Multiples in medical school

Six sets of twins graduating in 2026 share their experiences going through medical school together.

  • May 20, 2026
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‘The health challenge of our time’: What academic experts want you to know about ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed foods have been in the headlines lately. But what is it about them that’s so harmful? Academic researchers explain.

  • May 13, 2026
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Skin cancer is on the rise. Could climate change be to blame?

Dermatologists weigh in on the importance of proper sunscreen use and skin cancer prevention.

  • May 7, 2026

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5 things you need to know about the revised Common Rule

Key protections for research subjects are about to change. Learn what that means for researchers and participants.

  • Aug. 28, 2018
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Higher Education Association Statement on the SUCCESS Act

A joint statement on the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act and efforts to foster greater diversity and inclusion.

  • Aug. 27, 2018
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AAMC Statement on Senate Passage of Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill

The AAMC’s statement on the Senate passage of the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) spending bill.

  • Aug. 23, 2018
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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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Electronic health records: What will it take to make them work?

Patients and their providers often find they have no way to access a patient’s full medical history. Here’s why it’s taking so long.

  • Aug. 21, 2018
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“Until one day I stood on a bridge, looking down”

A physician sounds the alarm on mental illness and his own escape from the depths of despair.

  • Aug. 13, 2018
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Your data could cure you one day

Repositories of patient data hold clues to better treatments. The challenge lies in extracting meaningful information while still safeguarding patient privacy.

  • Aug. 13, 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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9 great summer reads for doctors

These books, from best-selling writers, renowned physicians, and other great science writers, will remind you why you went into medicine in the first place.

  • Aug. 6, 2018
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We need 340B

This effective drug-savings program is not only a lifeline for low-income patients, argues the CEO and president of Rhode Island’s largest health system.

  • Aug. 2, 2018
Ruby Partin and her adoptive son visit a free health clinic Wise, Virginia, in 2017.