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      Two physicians who are leading thinkers on the health impact of climate change say there is a critical window of time to address the environmental crisis.

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      What doctors must know about the vaping crisis

      40% of high-school seniors have used nicotine e-cigarettes, adding urgency to ban flavorings amid an outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses.

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      Find out more with the AMA about Alexa skills that can help physicians stay up to date and cut stress.

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      Medicare’s major new primary care pay model: Know the facts

      Medicare Primary Care First may offer practices a path to higher payment than the current demonstration project, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus.

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      Tomorrow’s physicians must understand how to implement high-value care, starting in medical school. Learn more from the AMA about three innovative efforts to make that happen.

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      At risk for depression in medical school? Know the key factors

      Individual, demographic and school-related factors are linked to a higher risk of developing depression in medical school.

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      Medical student loans: Use debt efficiently, find best repay option

      Learn more from the AMA about how to use your debt efficiently and find the best medical student loan-repayment option.

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      When the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to rule on cases that involve adolescents, justices trusted what the AMA has to say about developing minds. 

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      The AMA offers membership to international medical school graduates (IMGs) who are currently ECFMG-certified and are waiting to match into a U.S. residency program (GME position).

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      The HOD speakers welcome comments for reports under development for the upcoming 2019 Interim Meeting and the 2020 Annual Meeting.

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      Members Move Medicine: Fighting for what’s right for her patients

      AMA member Sheila D. Rege, MD, saw how Parkinson’s disease changed her grandfather and how one physician could make a difference.

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      Women in medicine are trailblazers, advocates and leaders

      Despite the inequities we face, women continue to excel at every level of medicine and account for half of all U.S. medical school graduates.

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Title X gag rule: What’s on the line in upcoming oral arguments

The AMA will argue its case before a federal appeals court, defending doctors’ freedom of speech and the patient-physician relationship.

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A patient asks to pray with you: How to respond

It's not uncommon for patients to ask a doctor to pray with them. Here's what you need to know to give a compassionate response.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

Court blocks law that would force physicians to mislead patients

A federal district court sides with the AMA and issues a preliminary injunction to block a state law that would undermine open, honest patient-physician conversations.

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Ethics

Some patients believe God wants them to suffer. How to respond.

When a patient gives religious reasons for refusing treatment, physicians can maintain their commitment to healing while respecting patient autonomy.

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Ethics

Billing for end-of-life care talks grows, but barriers remain

Medicare now pays for end-of-life talks, yet early-stage data shows that claims are relatively low, with differences by specialty, geography.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

AMA keeps up fight to protect physicians’ freedom of speech

The AMA continues its court battle against a federal rule that threatens the doctor-patient relationship and the viability of the Title X family planning program.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

4 ways to counteract medical misinformation

Fake medical news is an old phenomenon given greater life by the internet. Fighting it requires coordination among physicians and other key voices.

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AMA lawsuit to protect patient-physician relationship in North Dakota

AMA filed a lawsuit today challenging constitutionality of ND laws that compel physicians to provide misleading reproductive health information.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

Doctors battle state law that forces them to mislead patients

Two North Dakota legal provisions turn physicians into mouthpieces for politically motivated messages that could harm patients. The AMA is suing to overturn them.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

Many ICU talks with family fall short on shared decision-making

26% of physician conversations lack deliberation about the patients’ values, preferences. A physician expert recommends ways to improve.

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