The AMA's how-to guides focus on practical treatment strategies for patients’ behavioral, mental and physical health needs.
From bicycles to e-bikes and scooters, the right helmet matters. Learn how proper fit can help prevent traumatic brain injuries and other head trauma.
Northwell Health’s model of physician leadership, partnership and innovation gives doctors a meaningful voice in shaping the future of the health system.
Learn what it takes to create teams that help physicians and care teams thrive.
The AMA addresses concerns regarding the challenges faced by the current graduate medical education (GME) system with a report on GME initiatives to help inform future GME advocacy.
The AMA is committed to supporting medical students and residents as they attend school and enter their training years. See the advocacy work of the AMA for Graduate Medical Education (GME).
These expert insights help medical students build leadership experiences and skills that will resonate with residency programs down the line.
When looking at doctor salaries by specialty, competitive fields pay more. But experts say work-life balance and passion should guide career plans.
In your first contract after residency training, these tricky employment clauses can trip up physician job seekers.
Resident physicians at LSU School of Medicine want to use child patients’ creativity to establish a connection.
Stay informed with top advocacy news and essential updates on key national and state issues impacting physicians, patients and the healthcare environment in September 2026.
Energy and Commerce hearing highlights Patients First Act, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Join AMA for a panel discussion on how primary care physicians and ob-gyns can approach sexual health conversations with patients. Learn more and register.
In this AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy webinar, discover how healthcare organizations are transforming revenue cycle management for value-based care.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
Details provided on the application process and deadlines for physicians, residents and medical students interested in joining AMA council and committees.
The Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) works on projects based on actions of the AMA House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.
Find the agenda, documents and more for the 2026 WPS lnterim Meeting on Nov. 6 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida.
One of the unique benefits of membership in the AMA Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) is the chance to participate in the policymaking process.
Recommendations from the RVS Update Committee’s (RUC’s) Relativity Assessment Workgroup and CMS for new and revised CPT codes.
As part of the latest cohort of the Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship, these doctors will work on projects aimed at ensuring optimal health for all.
Get the latest on what's being done to prevent type 2 diabetes. With prediabetes on the rise, the need for knowledge on Type 2 diabetes grows. Stay up to date with all the news on type 2 diabetes prevention at the AMA.
Medical practices are trying to keep up with large numbers of patients who have type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Free turnkey tools are available for physicians to immediately use in their practices to help improve their patient’s health.
What is the cost of medical care for people with diabetes than those without diabetes? This infographic show the results of a study from the Health Care Cost Institute found that the out-of-pocket health care spending by people with diabetes was more than 2.5 times higher than for people without diabetes.
Newly proposed legislation could help reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes by requiring Medicare to cover services provided under the evidence-based National Diabetes Prevention Program.
The AMA, the American Diabetes Association and the YMCA of the USA applaud the introduction of the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act (S. 1131/H.R. 2102).
In the average primary care practice, it’s likely that one-third of patients over age 18, and half over age 65, have prediabetes. A partnership between the AMA and the CDC will help physicians tap diabetes prevention programs in their communities or online.
One in three U.S. adults has prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes. Physicians can use an evidence-based diabetes prevention program to help these patients.
It’s likely that a portion of your patient population has prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes. Today, use Diabetes Alert Day to raise awareness of their prediabetes risk and how can help prevent progression to type 2 diabetes.
It’s likely that one-third of patients over age 18, and half over age 65, have prediabetes. A new solution from the AMA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can help physicians prevent patients from progressing to diabetes and contribute to a healthier nation.
Could you be on your way to developing type 2 diabetes? Learn the signs of prediabetes, the precursor to diabetes that is reversible if caught early on, and what you can do to prevent type 2 diabetes.
