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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 20, 2020

In the news: ICU deaths higher for minorities, sunscreen absorbed into blood, Coronavirus, Surgeon General on smoking, new bills prevent treating transgender teens.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 13, 2020

In the news: 2,900 deaths this flu season, climate change could increase deaths, FDA approving drugs faster, BP rises faster in women, 1 in 7 adults are sedentary.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Dec. 30, 2019

In the news: HPV vaccines, organic pollutants effect on fetal growth, e-cig flavor ban, veterans’ health and pyrethroids association with cardiovascular risks.

Publications & Newsletters
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Pediatric decision-making: Help parents protect, empower kids

While bearing the weighty responsibility of making medical decisions for children when they lack capacity, parents can also promote patient autonomy.

Ethics
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Action needed now to prevent a new generation of nicotine addiction

Teens and young adults are most attracted to e-cig flavors, and are at higher risk of seeing addiction’s impact on their ability to learn, concentrate or control their impulses.

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Alternate delegate Jordan Warchol at the 2019 HOD Interim Meeting
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AMA: Stop sales of e-cigarettes that lack FDA approval

The surge in e-cigarette use among youth and lung illness outbreak linked to more than 2,000 illnesses and more than 40 deaths led delegates to call for a ban on e-cigarette products.

Behavioral Health
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AMA calls for total ban on all vaping products not approved by FDA

Very little evidence available about short- and long-term health consequences of e-cigarettes and vaping products.

Press Releases
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Expanded requirements could jeopardize child-abuse reporting immunity

A $48 million Illinois jury award also means doctors would need to report abuse anytime there is mere suspicion, taking resources away from more pressing cases.

Judicial Advocacy
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Health at the border: Federal court protects rights of immigrant kids

Federal court stops government from implementing new rules that physicians say would have further jeopardized children’s mental and physical health

Judicial Advocacy