Physicians often counsel older adults broadly on healthy lifestyle choices, but prescribing specific actions can make a bigger dent in chronic illness.
An early sign of Lyme disease is a bullseye-type rash. But symptoms can worsen if left untreated. Two infectious diseases physicians share more.
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the latest scope of practice legislation.
Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.
Visit our online community or participate in medical education webinars.
Get answers to frequently asked questions about med school requirements, the application process, the MCAT and more.
Participating in research prior to medical school can strengthen your application and sharpen your critical thinking skills.
Physicians’ spending tends to creep upward after finishing residency or fellowship. Learn with the AMA about how to avert that pattern.
Medical staff bylaws can be make or break to a young physician’s hospital employment experience. Learn more with the AMA.
Physicians can get involved in advocacy efforts alongside the AMA. Learn more and get involved now.
New AMA survey indicates physicians still feeling adverse impact from Change Healthcare cyberattack and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
As an AMA member, get JAMA Network™, insurance, the opportunity to be a leader and advocate for the profession, and more.
Medical students who join the AMA enjoy exclusive member benefits and perks to help them personally and professionally on their road to residency. Find out more.
The May 10, 2024 Speakers' Update has information on the HOD Handbook by reference committee, the member forum opening, and the reference committee hearings schedule.
Read the House of Delegates (HOD) speakers' updates for the 2024 HOD Annual Meeting.
See how the CCB recommends changes to the AMA Constitution and Bylaws and assists in reviewing the rules, regulations and procedures of AMA sections.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
In honor of Older Americans Month (May 1-31, 2024), the AMA celebrates senior physician members (ages 65 years and above).
Find highlights about WPS activities and how its members advocate for patients and women in the medical profession.
The 2024 International Conference on Physician Health will be held Oct. 17–Oct. 19, 2024. Learn more.
This two-day boot camp Sept. 23-24, 2024, is designed for clinical and operational change agents looking to eliminate unnecessary work and free up more time to focus on what matters most–patient care.
End of life care is an area of health care surrounded by many ethical issues. Find the latest on these issues as well as information and advice on end of life care from the AMA.
The manner in which physicians present bad news can affect patients’ outlook. Here’s how a palliative-care pioneer approaches such situations.
An easy letter template can help frame discussions about advance directives and goals of care and serious illness in terms of living well during a difficult time.
Advanced-care planning, organ donation after circulatory death and the medicalization of death are just a few of the salient ethical issues in end-of-life care. Find out more.
Find out more about three major ethical issues in health care on which new physicians believe they should have received more guidance.
End-of-life care ethical issues have long challenged patients, families and physicians. Learn how to plan with your patients before crisis hits.
Following deliberations by the House of Delegates, the existing guidance in the Code of Medical Ethics on physician-assisted suicide remains unchanged.
Physicians ask HHS to withdraw proposed rule on conscience rights in health care. Read AMA's response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
The physician who performs euthanasia assumes unique responsibility for the act of ending the patient’s life.
Read more about the AMA's position on physician-assisted suicide.
