What are top stressors for doctors? How common is physician burnout? What are the most stressful medical specialties? Is administrative burden in health care fixable? Christine Sinsky, MD, a general ...

There are a number of reasons for the projected physician shortage and a number of solutions to the problem have been identified—and they all have one thing in common: the need to get started right ...

Recent studies have shown that despite the improvements in the overall health of the country, racial and ethnic minorities experience a lower quality of health care—they are less likely to receive ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

U.S. maternal deaths are on a worrisome trajectory. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that mortality rose from 861 maternal deaths in 2020 to 1,205 maternal deaths in ...

At the national level, the overall rate of physician burnout—comprised of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scores—improved during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic (fall 2020) compared ...

When providing nutrition advice to patients with prediabetes, the foods that can increase blood-glucose levels are often not what you think. Identifying those foods are key to helping patients take ...

Do cold medicines even work? What about other remedies? It depends. Two physicians clarify which cold medicines work and how to find relief. There’s a reason they call it the common cold. It happens a ...

An education session, “Issues of ethical importance: Health care for pediatric LGBTQ+ patients,” was recorded for the November 2021 AMA Section Meetings and provides some answers to these questions.

It is vital that administration of routine vaccines occur on time to prevent certain communicable diseases. These routine vaccinations induce long-term immunity for many infectious diseases while also ...