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      We know the numbers of U.S. adults with prediabetes. But what toll does the burden of prediabetes have on the U.S. economy? Find out more.

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      Fourteen states refuse to expand Medicaid. Research shows they are doing their constituents a disservice in denying them the health benefits of expansion.

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      Medical residents: Here's how doctor burnout affects your marriage

      New research explores the impact that residents’ high-stress existence has on their loved ones. Learn how residents' husbands and wives believe that things can be improved.

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      2019 AMA Interim Meeting is underway—7 issues to watch

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      Highlights from the 2019 AMA Interim Meeting

      Catch up with the news from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting in San Diego.

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      AMA member Vijaya Appareddy, MD, was first introduced to medicine by watching her father, a plastic surgeon, treat his patients.

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      From awestruck medical student observer of the AMA House Delegates to service as its speaker, Bruce A. Scott, MD, has tirelessly worked for patients and physicians for more than three decades.

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From awestruck medical student observer of the AMA House Delegates to service as its speaker, Bruce A. Scott, MD, has tirelessly worked for patients and physicians for more than three decades.

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Public Health

The pioneers of zero suicide take on a new frontier

A laser focus on gun safety in the home has helped Henry Ford Medical Group dramatically reduce suicide among its patients with depression. Now the group’s leaders are targeting the stalemate that has stifled evidence-based action on gun violence.

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Public Health

Restoring trust in vaccines

For physician scientist and father of an adult daughter with autism, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, there’s no backing down as he sets his sights on putting vaccine misinformation in the past.

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Physician Health

Revealing the ripples of burnout

After years of leading efforts to understand the magnitude of the burnout epidemic, researchers Lotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, and Colin P. West, MD, PhD, look to the next challenge: quantifying the impact of solutions.

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Physician Health

Well-being 101: Elevate the conversation

At the University of Nebraska Medical Center, students learn the importance of recognizing one’s limits, but more importantly, not to fear talking about it.

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Physician Health

A quest to never waste a step

Christine Sinsky, MD, brings personal experience and pragmatism to the AMA’s powerful work to transform contemporary medical practice and prevent physician burnout. And she will not stop until health care’s dysfunction is defunct.

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Physician Health

The power of the kitchen table consult

Their path toward moving medicine converged more than a decade ago in the AMA House of Delegates. Now their shared purpose starts closer to home.

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Physician Health

Looking upstream for answers to burnout

Ochsner Health System's first chief wellness officer, Nigel Girgrah, MD, focuses on the source of stressors to give time back to his colleagues.

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