Donald Trump’s cabinet secretary pick would bring the insight of a longtime physician and a willingness to listen to organized medicine’s concerns.

The proposed rule would undermine patient access to medical care and information, the AMA said in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.

Citing the need for unfiltered communication between doctors and patients, the AMA objects strongly to proposal to withhold family planning funding.

What’s in a name? A lot, in fact. Explore examples of how naming in health care can affect treatments, payment and the patient experience.

Prenatal test results indicating a high chance of Down syndrome can be hard to discuss with patients, as can related pregnancy outcomes. Discover four tips to help guide these challenging conversations.

On March 5, 2019, the AMA filed a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s rule that would decimate the Title X program and limit the medical advice physicians can give their Title X patients. The lawsuit came in the wake of new regulations released on Feb. 22, 2019 by The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affecting low income family planning and preventative health services program known as Title X.

The AMA will argue its case before a federal appeals court, defending doctors’ freedom of speech and the patient-physician relationship.

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for January 2020.

Learn what daily life is like as an endocrine surgeon. Dr. Vikram D. Krishnamurthy shares some of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of caring for patients in endocrine surgery.

The ethical, social and cultural stakes of reproductive health care as a global clinical and educational enterprise present critical areas of inquiry.