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  Factors outside of training can exert pressure and contribute to medical resident burnout. Here is what you can do to prevent medical resident burnout.
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  Health disparities lurk behind hopes for telemedicine and health care AI, writes AMA President-elect Patrice A. Harris, MD. Asking the right questions is critical.
  
  5 ways the midterms shook up the U.S. health care agenda for 2019
  
  Prescription-drug pricing, gun violence and ACA-stabilization efforts are among the issues that could see new life next year.
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