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Behavioral Health

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3 Min Read

Fighting stigma, building a career treating substance-use disorders

Learn how AMA member Alena Balasanova, MD, is helping to fill the gaps in addiction psychiatry and medication-assisted treatment in Nebraska.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Abnormality on contrast-enhanced chest CT

This USMLE Step 1 exam question deals with a 66-year-old man brought to the emergency room after recent discharge following a Whipple’s procedure for pancreatic cancer performed seven days prior.
Charles F. Willson, MD

Leadership

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4 Min Read

Charles F. Willson, MD: He improved primary care for Medicaid patients

AMA member Charles F. Willson, MD, was born prematurely and a pediatrician saved his life. Now he follows his own path as a pediatrician.

Behavioral Health

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17 Min Read

The opioid epidemic and emerging public health policy priorities

Adm. Brett P. Giroir, MD, of the Department of Health and Human Services, explores this national problem, along with potential solutions.
Health care professional and patient holding hands

Judicial Advocacy

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4 Min Read

Verdict’s in on terminal prognoses: Doctors aren’t fortunetellers

In a Medicare hospice fraud case, federal appeals court sides with the AMA on medical judgment calls such as how long a patient has left to live.
Student writing in a notebook and studying

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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4 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: 5 cases where diarrhea is major symptom

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Can you answer these questions involving diarrhea as a major symptom? Find out now.
Baillie A. Bronner

Leadership

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3 Min Read

Baillie A. Bronner: Tackling the underlying barriers to care

AMA member Baillie A. Bronner hopes that physicians will advocate more effectively and aggressively for the rights of minorities, immigrants and refugees.
Globe with data points

Public Health Advocacy

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17 Min Read

Why U.S. spends so much on health care: Learn from world comparisons

Harvard’s Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, lays out what we know—and don’t know—about health care spending in the U.S. and around the world.