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Publications & NewslettersNov 12, 2021

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 8, 2021

In the news: Antiviral effective against COVID, border opens to vaccinated travelers, sleep and CV trouble, bariatric surgery and liver health, infants missing measles vax.

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DiabetesOct 20, 2021

Why to start screening patients for prediabetes 5 years earlier

Learn about which patients to screen, at what age, and about the effective interventions to help prevent type 2 diabetes.

Marcus Christopher Griffith, MD

Public HealthOct 5, 2021

Q&A: How this Black doctor fights COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

AMA member Marcus Christopher Griffith, MD, says community ties are key to helping patients get themselves and loved ones vaccinated.

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DigitalOct 4, 2021

Startup’s evidence-based AI aims to enrich physician decision-making

RecoverX—a spin out of AMA innovation subsidiary Health2047 Inc.—wants to ease physicians’ high cognitive load and improve diagnostic performance.

Publications & NewslettersSep 17, 2021

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Sept. 13, 2021

In the news: COVID-19 vaccines effective, no credible data on booster shots, administration to distribute monoclonal antibodies, obesity rates are rising.

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DigitalSep 13, 2021

Health2047 advances its mission to transform health care

It’s been a busy 2021 for company designed to overcome U.S. health care’s systemic dysfunction. Discover Health2047s latest innovative spin outs.

Publications & NewslettersSep 3, 2021

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Aug. 30, 2021

in the news: Delta hospitalizations for unvaccinated, new HHS office, childhood obesity in the pandemic, Texas law SB8, drug-resistant infections rose in pandemic.

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DiabetesSep 3, 2021

What doctors wish patients knew about a prediabetes diagnosis

Prediabetes is real, common and reversible, but it can also be confusing to navigate. A family physician takes the time to clear things up.

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