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Tallying economic benefits, harms of care comes with challenges

Economic decision modeling could help trim billions in wasted U.S. health care spending, but also poses big medical ethics questions. Learn more.

Ethics
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5 keys to help medical students sharpen their presentations

Look up any list on fears or phobias and public speaking is toward the top. As a medical student, here’s how to ensure nerves don’t affect your presentation.

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Succeeding in Medical School
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Learn stress first aid basics and how they can boost healing

Discover five essential needs that need to be met to help you or your colleagues increase resilience and recover when faced with persistent distress.

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What patients should know about losing weight—and keeping it off

Learn how a low-carb diet can facilitate both short-term weight loss and long-term weight maintenance.

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Acrimony between your doctors, C-suite? How to build trust

Relationships between physicians and health care administrators are too often strained. Follow this advice to change things in your organization.

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Medical students: Learn how collaboration, leadership go hand in hand

Health care is a team sport, and the same can be said of leadership. For medical students, learning the benefits of working cohesively can pay dividends.

Medical School Life
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The unexplained disorder: A test of stigma, ethics and empathy

Learn with the AMA how to minimize harms and maximize benefits when diagnosing and treating disorders without biomarkers.

Ethics
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Expansion of telehealth services must be sustained

Congress must ensure the continued growth of telehealth by removing outdated and arbitrary restrictions on its use.

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What to do when symptoms are difficult to see or measure

Patients can present with all kinds of symptoms that defy observation and diagnostics. Learn about the ethical challenges to clinical decision-making.

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