AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Anjali Patel, DO, a cognitive neurologist at Atlantic Health System, shares more. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

Welcome, members of the 119th Congress. You have a tremendous opportunity to bring meaningful and long-overdue changes to health care that will better support physicians, remove barriers for patients, ...

Researchers examine nearly 200,000 physicians’ EHR logs and develop a new way to compare apples to apples on clerical burdens. After years of all-consuming training in medical school, residency and ...

During Super Bowl week and on the big day, this New Orleans health system will use cutting-edge tech to help fans get the medical attention they need. With the buzz building ahead of Super Bowl LIX in ...

For doctors, it’s five straight years of Medicare payment cuts. For Medicare Advantage plans, pay’s going up 4.33%. Congress must fix Medicare now. What’s the news: Congress wrapped up its business in ...

Keeping candy- and fruit-flavored e-liquids and e-cigarettes out of the hands of young people will help prevent a lifetime of nicotine addiction. The facts are clear: Tobacco products cause cancer.

How can a physician fellowship applicant catch a program director’s eye? The answer extends well beyond your CV. Rachael Nicholson, MD, spent 13 years as the program director for the vascular surgery ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

Now a surgical intern, AMA member George Burnet, MD, reflects on what he gained from presenting his research at the American Conference on Physician Health. For George Burnet, MD, the research he did ...

A strong urge to urinate that doesn’t go away, a burning feeling when urinating and blood in the urine, can be signs of a urinary tract infection (UTI), which is very common in the U.S. While most ...