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Congratulations, you got into medical school! Now what?

Here are 7 tips for rising first years at the start of their medical school journeys.

  • May 7, 2024
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More bugs are coming, spreading more disease. Are doctors ready to respond?

As the climate changes, vector-borne diseases like dengue, Zika, and Lyme are expanding into more areas. That challenges physicians to recognize the symptoms.

  • May 1, 2024
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Tenure is declining in U.S. medical schools. Could this threaten academic freedom?

As fewer medical faculty are awarded tenure, some suggest there must be new ways to protect those in academia from institutional and political retribution.

  • April 23, 2024
Three hospital workers in scrubs manuever a patient on a gurney through a hallway in a medical facility.
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Shootings, storms, epidemics: In an era of mass casualties, hospitals get better…

Increasing manmade and natural disasters require new thinking about the role of health care staff, effective triaging, community partnerships, and security.

  • April 17, 2024

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Personalized medicine is coming, but who will have access to it?

Experts warn that new technologies that tailor health care to individuals may exacerbate health inequities.

  • March 7, 2024
Researchers work in the lab of Marjorie Gondré-Lewis, PhD, at Howard University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., which is a recipient of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to further diversity research in personalized medicine.
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8 prominent Black leaders in medicine

These inspiring Black doctors overcame obstacles to battle inequities, run major institutions, discover breakthrough treatments, and improve care for millions.

  • Feb. 1, 2024
Eight prominent Black leaders in medicine. Top row (left to right): Selwyn Vickers, Valerie Rice, Griffin Rodgers, and Deborah Prothrow-Stith. Bottom row (left to right): David Satcher, Marcella Nunez-Smith, Alister Martin, and James Hildreth Sr.
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Legal help as a prescription for health

Often, there's little doctors can do to tackle social factors like unhealthy housing. So medical-legal partnerships are putting lawyers on the care team.

  • Jan. 16, 2024
Attorney Rachel Barr meets with a family at the Child HeLP medical-legal partnership at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where patients often receive legal services right on site.
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Why I Stay in Medicine: Donald Batisky, MD

As a pediatric nephrologist for more than 30 years, Batisky finds joy in seeing his young patients grow up and thrive.

  • Dec. 21, 2023
Donald Batisky, MD, takes a selfie in front of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio.
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The toll of maternal mental illness in America

In the United States, 1 in 5 women suffer from a mental health disorder in the months before or after giving birth — and most never get care. What's going on?

  • Dec. 5, 2023
Allison Livingston, who suffered tremendous anxiety during and after her first pregnancy, with 4-year-old Quincey and 5-month-old Ryker near their home in San Diego.
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Coming together to grieve when a patient dies

After a patient's death, doctors may feel grief, anger, and more. But hospitals can create ways for them to heal and honor the lives of those they served.

  • Nov. 15, 2023
Doctors and nurses with arms around each other in support
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We can solve poverty in America. We just don’t want to.

Sociologist and author Matthew Desmond, PhD, says we must divest from the policies that exploit the poor to the benefit of the affluent.

  • Nov. 6, 2023
Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP, speaks with sociologist Matthew Desmond, PhD, about ways to alleviate poverty in America at Learn Serve Lead 2023 on Monday, Nov. 6.
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Moral injury harms providers and patients

Providers feel deep distress when they’re torn between the desire to serve patients and the demands of bureaucratic health care systems, says Wendy Dean, MD.

  • Nov. 5, 2023
Walter O’Donnell, MD, speaks with Wendy Dean, MD, about moral injury and clinician distress during a session at Learn Serve Lead 2023 on Sunday, Nov. 5.
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Healing through storytelling

Author and teacher Laurel Braitman, PhD, shares how writing can help medical professionals cope with loss and grief.

  • Nov. 5, 2023
Author Laurel Braitman, PhD, talks about how storytelling can help physicians process grief and improve communication during a session at Learn Serve Lead on Sunday, Nov. 5.
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Why I Stay in Medicine: Tony Phan

As a med tech in the Air Force, Tony Phan was inspired by doctors who demonstrated the human side of medicine. Now, he’s on his journey to become a physician.

  • Oct. 19, 2023
Tony Phan, right, shakes hands with Brigham C. Willis, MD, founding dean of the University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine, at Phan’s White Coat Ceremony in July 2023.