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Medical schools focus on prevention as well as treatment of disease

From teaching kitchens to curriculum makeovers, more medical schools are making preventive and lifestyle medicine a training priority.

  • Dec. 18, 2025
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Liquid biopsies spark hope for early cancer detection

More screenings are being developed and used to detect evidence of disease in bodily fluids. But questions remain about reliability and implications for care.

  • Dec. 16, 2025
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U.S. medical schools enroll record number of students in 2025

New AAMC data show first-time applicants and women drove increase in applications to medical schools.

  • Dec. 9, 2025
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Where are we in the battle against antibiotic-resistant infections?

The World Health Organization says that antibiotic resistance rose during the COVID pandemic. But antibiotic stewardship and other efforts are yielding results.

  • Dec. 4, 2025

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Making care safer for sick kids at home

Every day, millions of parents measure medications, assess symptoms, or even care for central lines for their sick or disabled children at home.

  • Aug. 27, 2019
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Can we kill superbugs before they kill us?

More than 10 million people a year could die from antibiotic-resistant bacteria, warns a United Nations report.

  • Aug. 27, 2019
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Oh, the places you’ll go with an MD (and more)

Today’s physicians are increasingly bringing their medical expertise to a range of settings that aren’t strictly clinical.

  • Aug. 23, 2019
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Hospitals on shaky ground: Meeting the challenge of seismic safety

For teaching hospitals racing to meet seismic safety regulations in 2020 and 2030, it was a reminder that it’s if “The Big One” will strike, but when.

  • Aug. 20, 2019
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The healing power of poetry

Poetry beats like a heart, soothes emotional wounds, and builds life-giving connections.

  • Aug. 16, 2019
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When physicians are traumatized

Nearly 80% of doctors have experienced a distressing patient event in the last year, and many go on to suffer from depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

  • Aug. 13, 2019
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Should the USMLE be pass/fail?

USMLE Step 1 scores get far more weight than they deserve in the residency selection process, experts say, and that’s harming students.

  • Aug. 13, 2019
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AAMC Statement on Final Public Charge Rule

David J. Skorton, MD, issued the following statement in response to the rule released today by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

  • Aug. 12, 2019
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Joint Statement from National Hospital Associations on Department of Homeland Security Public Charge Final Rule

Joint Statement from National Hospital Associations on Department of Homeland Security Public Charge Final Rule

  • Aug. 12, 2019
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Rethinking the six-hour rule for stroke victims

Hospitals reexamine treatment protocols after studies show patients can benefit up to 24 hours after stroke symptoms begin.

  • Aug. 12, 2019
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