Mary Anne McCaffree, MD
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6 Min Read

Women bear greater burden of opioid epidemic

While treatment for opioid-use disorder remains gender blind, the impact and effects of the disease are not.

Behavioral Health
Abbas Hyderi, MD, MPH (left) and David Ernesto Munar.
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5 Min Read

Black, gay, female: Multiple identities affect health outcomes

The intersection of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity and class can determine patients’ health and well-being, experts say.

Population Health
HOD Delegate speaks to crowd at meeting.
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3 Min Read

AMA backs global health experts in calling infertility a disease

Delegates also support new advice on prenatal vitamin supplementation.

Population Health
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3 Min Read

Feb. 23, 2017: National Advocacy Update

CMS contracts to small practices with QPP, maternal & infant health strategy and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Middle-aged woman sitting in front of laptop.
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4 Min Read

For women, cognitive decline starts in middle age

Researchers find small drops in cognitive speed and memory as women hit their 50s.

Population Health
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4 Min Read

Prenatal genetic carrier screening: How much do you know?

As prenatal genetic screening options expand, physicians face questions about which test is best for individual patients. A continuing medical education module tests your knowledge about new expanded carrier screening.

Online CME
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1 Min Read

High court protects patients from unjustified government intrusion

The AMA applauds the Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt ruling, which protects patients from unjustified government intrusion in medicine.

Press Releases
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A look at ethics in the treatment of women's cancer

The malignancies treated in the subspecialty of gynecologic oncology often are aggressive, recurrent and incurable. Many ethical concerns relate to the fact they frequently occur in young women, and their prevention and treatment entail radical surgeries and side effects that can alter the remainder of a woman’s life.

Ethics
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2 Min Read

Video: How physicians can see patients' "unvisible" problems

Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, director of the University of Chicago Medicine’s program in integrative sexual medicine, discussed her work to help identify, treat and prevent sexual health problems in female cancer patients at the AMA’s recent Inspirations in Medicine event.

Chronic Diseases