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5 MIN READ

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Feb. 24, 2020

In the news: Updates on COVID-19 in the U.S., Title X decision gags physicians, cognitive decline in widowed adults, 42% of U.S. adults have obesity.

Publications & Newsletters
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5 MIN READ

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 27, 2020

Read AMA Morning Rounds®’ most popular stories in medicine and public health from the week of Jan. 27, 2020 – Jan. 31, 2020.

Publications & Newsletters
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10 MIN READ

Oct. 4, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Doctor office drug compounding oversight, OPPS and ASC proposed rule and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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3 MIN READ

Manipulating patients’ memories: Not for the unfamiliar

New treatments promise memory improvements but also carry risks. The AMA Journal of Ethics considers this and other challenging uses of neuropsychology.

Ethics
Tomás J. Ryan, PhD, a neuroscientist who spoke last week at TEDMED in Palm Springs, Calif.
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7 MIN READ

Bringing memories back from the dead: science, not fiction

Research on amnesia could one day lead to treatments for memory loss, an MIT neuroscientist says at the TEDMED conference.

Public Health
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4 MIN READ

How improv is helping patients with Alzheimer's disease

Two actors are approaching Alzheimer’s disease with a creative way to break through. Find out how the rules of improv can help forge stronger connections with Alzheimer patients.

Public Health