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Public Health Advocacy

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16 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.

Succeed in Med School

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Drawing a conclusion from drug study

This USMLE Step 1 exam question deals with an investigator who is evaluating the effects of new synthetic drugs on arteriolar resistance. Kaplan Medical walks you through the explanation.
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Ethics

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2 Min Read

What clinical ethics can learn from decision science

Learn more about the role that decision science can play in health care, and consider some of the ethical questions that it raises.
Omer Bajwa, MD

Leadership

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2 Min Read

Omer Bajwa, MD: Striving to continually educate patients

AMA member and IMG Omer Bajwa, MD, has always wanted to help people. Through learning the science of medicine, he can make people’s lives better.

Succeed in Med School

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4 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: What is most likely diagnosis?

This USMLE Step 2 exam question deals with a 42-year-old woman who comes to the physician because of a four-month history of intermittent abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
Saby Karuppiah, MD, MPH

Leadership

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2 Min Read

Sabesan Karuppiah, MD, MPH: Helping as many people as he can

AMA member and IMG Saby Karuppiah, MD, MPH, became a doctor to help people because his mother struggled with lack of health care during her childhood.
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Judicial Advocacy

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4 Min Read

Ban on standard D&E abortion procedure is unsafe, unwarranted

A physician-backed amicus brief details why reinstating a Kentucky mandate designed to end a safe and effective abortion procedure is a bad idea.

Prep for Residency

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4 Min Read

What it’s like to specialize in forensic pathology: Shadowing Dr. Jorden

Being a forensic pathologist allows Michelle A. Jorden, MD, to tell the patient’s story of how they died and what symptoms they may have experienced prior to death.