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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 2, 2020

In the news: U.S. COVID-19 cases, Pregnant women and severe COVID-19, Americans on special diets, experimental Alzheimer’s drug, SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children

Publications & Newsletters
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of June 22, 2020

In the news: COVID-19 cases in young adults, ED visits and COVID-19, asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, menopause and women’s Alzheimer’s risk, CDC estimates 20M COVID-19 cases

Publications & Newsletters
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Feb. 24, 2020

In the news: Updates on COVID-19 in the U.S., Title X decision gags physicians, cognitive decline in widowed adults, 42% of U.S. adults have obesity.

Publications & Newsletters
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Manipulating patients’ memories: Not for the unfamiliar

New treatments promise memory improvements but also carry risks. The AMA Journal of Ethics considers this and other challenging uses of neuropsychology.

Ethics
Tomás J. Ryan, PhD, a neuroscientist who spoke last week at TEDMED in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Bringing memories back from the dead: science, not fiction

Research on amnesia could one day lead to treatments for memory loss, an MIT neuroscientist says at the TEDMED conference.

Chronic Diseases
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How improv is helping patients with Alzheimer's disease

Two actors are approaching Alzheimer’s disease with a creative way to break through. Find out how the rules of improv can help forge stronger connections with Alzheimer patients.

Chronic Diseases