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What doctors wish patients knew about peripheral artery disease

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Inequities in maternal mortality must be attacked head-on

The U.S. is one of only three nations where maternal mortality rates are rising, but 60% of these deaths are preventable, AMA president-elect tells Congress.

Population Care
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April 18, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Causes of surprise billing, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Untangling the medical ethics of prescribing opioids

Patient-centered decision-making can help physicians resolve ethical issues in pain management that arise when prescribing opioids or treating substance-use disorder.

Ethics
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New policies adopted on segregation, homelessness

Racial segregation in housing and chronic homelessness are detrimental to health and contribute to disparities.

Health Equity
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Limit junk-food ads that contribute to childhood obesity

AMA wants legislation to limit such marketing. Physicians also call for language-appropriate sex ed for students who lack English proficiency.

Public Health
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Big players in health care work to tackle high BP in black men

For treating hypertension in African-American men, setting priorities is top agenda after a recent meeting between the AMA, American Heart Association and the Association of Black Cardiologists.

Hypertension
An African-American couple checking each other's blood pressure.
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Essential steps to help patients of color control BP

Address these four barriers to help minority patients with hypertension lower their blood pressure, says cardiologist and AMA member Keith C. Ferdinand, MD.

Hypertension
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Smart approach improves BP control for black, Hispanic patients

More than 90 percent of this Miami physician group’s patients with hypertension are African-American or Hispanic. Learn about the strategies they used to make big strides.

Hypertension
Paul Jones, MD, Tochi Okwuosa, DO, and LaMar Hasbrouck, MD at AMA discussion panel.
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Racial health disparities are rampant in hypertension

For individual physicians, the focus with black patients should be on medication adherence, patient education and lifestyle change.

Hypertension