HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit

The AMA’s new toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

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AMA adopts guidance to reduce harm from high intensity street lights

Strong arguments exist for overhauling roadway lighting systems with light emitting diodes (LED), but conversions to improper technology can have consequences.

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Why positive emotions may be the next big predictor of health

What if joy or amusement could improve your health? In a TEDMED presentation, a psychology researcher explores human emotions and why our feelings they may predict that state of our health.

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Physicians coming together to improve nation's health

I’ll be joining my colleagues from across the country in Chicago for the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting. When physicians come together and work toward solutions for our patients, our profession and our nation, we become a powerful force for the future.

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Mapping the year's landmarks: How medicine is advancing

Over the year I have been AMA president, we’ve worked to maintain a strong foundation of tradition while also maximizing the opportunity for positive changes in our evolving health care system. I’m proud to say that the AMA has hit a number of important landmarks this past year.

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Banding together, physicians take on world health issues

An article by Robert M. Wah, MD, Immediate-Past President of the AMA notes that physicians around the globe are tackling many of the same health care issues. He believes that banding together can make physicians stronger in conquering these challenges.

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AMA to FDA: New proposal would stifle innovation

A new proposal from the Food and Drug Administration to impose a regulatory framework for laboratory-developed testing services and procedures would hinder medical innovation and result in reduced patient access to essential testing services and procedures, the AMA told the agency.

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Emmy-winning director gives sneak peek at physician documentary

Physicians got an exclusive advance preview of the AMA-sponsored PBS documentary Rx: Hope for Health Care in the U.S. Friday night at the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas.

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Hot topics that could affect how residents practice medicine

More than 500 physicians, residents and medical students will meet this week in Dallas to weigh new AMA policy that will affect both the medical profession and the patients they serve.

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Nobel Prize awarded for “inner GPS”

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three scientists for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.

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