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The members of A New Pear-spective (left to right): Brian Park, Kristin Pascoe, Randall Olmsted, Zach Solomon and Andres Espinoza.
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Medical students glimpse health disparities across the miles

The AMA Global Health Challenge allows medical students to work with patients abroad and gain invaluable experiences in global health.

Health Equity
Left to right: AMA President-elect Patrice A. Harris, MD, and Modena Wilson, MD, AMA chief health and science officer emerita.
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Health equity commitment being embedded in DNA of AMA’s work

Health equity means “optimal health for all,” says the AMA, which is undertaking a sustained effort to achieve that goal.

Health Equity
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AMA Journal of Ethics tackles health care for undocumented immigrants

With immigration policies dominating national and local news, the AMA Journal of Ethics devoted its January issue to health care for undocumented immigrants.

Press Releases
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Nov. 29, 2018: National Advocacy Update

CMS on beneficiaries' social determinants of health and revised FDA compounding guidance in AMA's national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Top 5 issues to watch at the 2018 AMA Interim Meeting

Track the big issues that physicians, residents and medical students will consider at their meeting Nov. 8–13 in National Harbor, Maryland.

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Nov. 1, 2018: State Advocacy Update

2018 Health Workforce Mapper now available and MMA holds lawmakers accountable in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Kavita Shah Arora, MD, MBE
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Kavita Shah Arora, MD: Improving health, reducing disparities

AMA member Kavita Shah Arora, MD, applies evidence-based medicine and research to health care policy to improve health and reduce disparities.

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Leadership
Members Move Medicine
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AMA announces medical student winners of 2018 Global Health Challenge

AMA and AMA Insurance Agency announced medical students from California Northstate University, College of Medicine won the 2018 AMA Global Health Challenge.

Press Releases
Physician writing on a prescription tablet
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Untangling the medical ethics of prescribing opioids

Patient-centered decision-making can help physicians resolve ethical issues in pain management that arise when prescribing opioids or treating substance-use disorder.

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