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How much does randomness impact your health?

Internal medicine physician and economist Anupam “Bapu” Jena, MD, shares how natural experiments expose the role chance can play in medicine.

Sept. 4, 2024

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Paralympian and Michigan medical student Sam Grewe goes for gold in Paris

The fourth-year medical student hopes to defend his gold medal from Tokyo in the high jump — a few months before entering The Match®.

Aug. 28, 2024

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COVID is surging again. Here’s the latest on new variants, updated vaccines, and…

The latest, highly contagious subvariants are driving infections, but new vaccines expected this fall may help stem the tide of another wave.

Aug. 29, 2024

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Walk-in clinics tackle urgent mental health needs

With monthslong waits to see a mental health provider in the U.S., mental health urgent care clinics have been sprouting up. But can they meet the need?

Aug. 21, 2024

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AAMCNews

How much does randomness impact your health?

Internal medicine physician and economist Anupam “Bapu” Jena, MD, shares how natural experiments expose the role chance can play in medicine.

Sept. 4, 2024

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Why do people respond to stress and trauma so differently? The emerging field of neuroresilience may have answers

A multidisciplinary approach to studying and treating brain disorders is shedding light on the mechanisms that may be behind psychological distress.

Aug. 8, 2024

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Ozone: An unseen health threat makes a comeback with climate change

Laws have reduced ground-level ozone since the 1970s, but scientists warn that rising temperatures will fuel more of the gas and stall pollution reduction.

Aug. 6, 2024

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5 medical breakthroughs that ease pain and save lives

From a supersmart bionic leg to gene therapy for deafness, we look at recent advancements from academic medicine that aim to reduce suffering and treat disease.

July 30, 2024

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We need more Black women in the biomedical sciences

Black women represent less than 7% of doctoral candidates in science and engineering, and less than 9% of the STEM workforce. We can do better.

July 23, 2024

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Meet the AAMC’s new Chief Scientific Officer

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, joins the AAMC from the UCSF School of Medicine. She shares her thoughts on the challenges facing scientists today.

July 16, 2024

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Microplastics are inside us all. What does that mean for our health?

Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact.

June 27, 2024

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‘Not all cancer needs to be cured’: Five ways that prostate cancer treatments have improved

As prostate cancer cases rise, newer drugs, genetic testing, and clearer imaging give patients more options, reduce side effects, and save time.

June 25, 2024

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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