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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of April 4, 2022

In the news: U.S. a leader in preventable deaths of reproductive age women, obesity rose sharply among adults during the pandemic, COVID hospitalizations drop and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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What doctors wish patients knew about maintaining a healthy weight

Losing weight is hard enough to do, and maintaining a healthy weight can seem impossible. A Harvard obesity medicine physician sets out to help.

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What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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What doctors wish patients knew about sleep apnea

Long COVID has been found to worsen underlying conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea. Two physicians explain what to know about sleep apnea.

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What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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What doctors wish patients knew about increasing physical activity

Physical activity can help reverse prediabetes and lower BP. A Harvard obesity medicine specialist shares what patients should keep in mind.

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What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 17, 2022

In the news: Updates on masking recommendations, public health resources for Americans, federal grants to address physician burnout.

Publications & Newsletters
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 8, 2021

In the news: Antiviral effective against COVID, border opens to vaccinated travelers, sleep and CV trouble, bariatric surgery and liver health, infants missing measles vax.

Publications & Newsletters
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Why to start screening patients for prediabetes 5 years earlier

Learn about which patients to screen, at what age, and about the effective interventions to help prevent type 2 diabetes.

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Q&A: How this Black doctor fights COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

AMA member Marcus Christopher Griffith, MD, says community ties are key to helping patients get themselves and loved ones vaccinated.

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Health System Spotlight
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Startup’s evidence-based AI aims to enrich physician decision-making

RecoverX—a spin out of AMA innovation subsidiary Health2047 Inc.—wants to ease physicians’ high cognitive load and improve diagnostic performance.

Digital