Physical activity can reverse prediabetes, lower BP, relieve stress and help with healthy aging. Three physicians share what patients should keep in mind.
Older and immunocompromised patients are at highest risk. Learn more with the AMA and CDC about West Nile virus testing, diagnosis and prevention.
Get details about the comment process to updates to the AMA Guides® to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.
It took several years, but a family medicine physician finally found the right partner for implementing value-based care. She shares what to look for.
Giving feedback that harnesses surgical residents’ thirst for improvement is a winner at Geisinger. The approach is spreading to other specialties.
The AMA addresses concerns regarding the challenges faced by the current graduate medical education (GME) system with a report on GME initiatives to help inform future GME advocacy.
Often beginning with “tell me about a time when,” behavioral questions seek insight on an applicant’s response and adaptability in tough situations.
Medical students face unique challenges around exam anxiety, here’s how you can reduce its impact on your well-being and academic progress.
Recruiter info shows that internet job boards top the list. Learn what else drives physician job placements and which sources you should be pursuing.
As first-year resident physicians take on greater responsibility, honing efficiency and sharpening communication skills can help them thrive.
Recommendations to minimize Medicaid coverage losses and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Meet our keynote speaker: 2026 AMA State Advocacy Summit and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.
ChangeMedEd® is a national bi-annual conference that brings together innovative leaders across the medical education continuum to reimagine the way future physicians are trained. Learn more.
This two-day boot camp, April 13-14, 2026, will equip attendees with the time-saving tools and strategies to reform their organizations and enhance professional satisfaction.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
Find out about opportunities for representation of Federation organizations in the AMA sections' annual and interim meetings.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
WPS resolutions serve as an opportunity to address topics of importance to women in medicine and female patients.
Find details and registration information for meetings and events being held by the Young Physicians Section (YPS).
In the news: The latest on GLP-1 recommendations and risks, shingles vaccine may reduce dementia risks and more.
Every birth in America should be safe, and every mother and baby should leave the hospital with the promise of health, hope and opportunity.
A robust health insurance market provides more options to patients. Stay up to date on health insurance competition information, including the latest advocacy news, studies, and AMA statements.
Unprecedented federal court hearing on $70 billion deal demonstrates AMA’s effectiveness in challenging the anticompetitive consolidation of certain health care markets.
Choice and competition in health care, new drug pricing rule for Part D drugs and more in AMA's national advocacy news.
Health insurance competition is sorely lacking, AMA research shows, and growing consolidation is not bringing lower premiums for patients.
Majority of commercial health insurance markets are highly concentrated; find out how AMA is answering the questions you have.
New AMA study finds half of all states had commercial health insurance markets that were less competitive in 2017 than the previous year.
AMA welcomes the DOJ requiring Aetna to divest its Medicare Part D business, but disappointed that they didn’t go further by blocking the CVS-Aetna merger.
In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the AMA urged the DOJ to oppose to the CVS-Aetna merger. Learn about AMA's "concern that market concentration is a leading cause of high costs in health care."
If allowed, the merger would likely harm competition in many health care markets, to the detriment of patients.
AMA urges U.S. Department of Justice to block the proposed acquisition of Aetna, Inc. by CVS Health Corporation.
