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Advocacy Judicial Advocacy

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4 Min Read

Transgender prisoners have fundamental right to appropriate care

In legal battle over transgender health, physicians say that when clinical intervention is required, it should be available in all settings.

Students Specialty Profiles

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7 Min Read

What it’s like to specialize in psychiatry: Shadowing Dr. Hart

Dionne Hart, MD, cannot describe what happens on a “typical day” in her life as a psychiatrist, but feels fortunate to work in a field where each day she has new challenges.
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About Ethics

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5 Min Read

What is the physician role in patients’ experience of death? 

Advanced cardiopulmonary technologies can postpone certain death and reshape a physician’s view of what is considered good end-of-life care.   

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Woman has excessive thirst, urination

The case: A 38-year-old woman has had excessive thirst and urination for four weeks. What cell is the pancreatic tumor from?
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Practice Management Digital

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4 Min Read

Most of your patients still aren’t using the portal. Here’s why.

Some patients worry about privacy, many don’t see the upside, and nearly half say they’ve never even been invited to use a patient portal.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Man has history of hypercholesterolemia

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 61-year-old man has a two-month history of hypercholesterolemia. What is the diagnosis?

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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USMLE Step 1 prep: Boy of Turkish descent has yellowness in eyes

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 5-year old boy of Turkish descent has yellowness in his eyes. What is the diagnosis?
Barbara A. Hummel, MD

About Leadership

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5 Min Read

Barbara A. Hummel, MD: Collaborating to protect the profession

AMA member and family physician Barbara A. Hummel, MD, has spent her career lending her voice to organized medicine to stand up for the profession.