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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Aug. 22, 2022

In the news: Omicron hospitalization trends, USPSTF guidelines on statins for cardiovascular disease prevention, Fauci retires, Novavax for adolescents and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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Lawsuit could stop 150 million from getting free preventive care

A federal lawsuit threatens to end the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services coverage requirement—and all the health improvements that came with it.

Access to Care
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Physicians sound alarm on lawsuit threatening preventive care

Medical organizations that represent physicians express concern that federal court case could cause millions of Americans to lose access to preventive services.

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What doctors wish patients knew about colon cancer screening

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., but screening can cut risk by 80%. Learn more about your options.

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Chronic Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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What doctors wish patients knew about maintaining a healthy weight

Losing weight is hard enough to do, and maintaining a healthy weight can seem impossible. A Harvard obesity medicine physician sets out to help.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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What doctors wish patients knew about skin cancer risk and prevention

Understanding your risk is an important tool in skin cancer prevention. Two dermatologists share more about discerning risk and steps for prevention.

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Chronic Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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What doctors wish patients knew about social media’s toxic impact

From mere FOMO to anxiety and depression, social media platforms can pose harms. Two physicians advise on how to put social media in its place.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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What doctors wish patients knew about COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy

Despite being at higher risk for bad health outcomes, only one-third of pregnant people have been fully vaccinated. Three ob-gyns lay out the facts.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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AMA president urges patients and physicians to reengage

Prevention, chronic disease management and mental health care all dropped off during the pandemic. Now is the time to get them going again.

Infectious Diseases