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What doctors wish patients knew about lung cancer screening

By the time lung cancer signs and symptoms develop, it is harder to treat. But screening and prevention can reduce risk of dying from lung cancer.

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Public Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
Bruce Scott, MD, and Lisa Egbert, MD, HOD speakers at 2022 Interim
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ICYMI: 10 stories to read from the 2022 AMA Interim Meeting

The AMA House of Delegates leads the charge to protect reproductive health care, stop climate change, end the overdose epidemic, and prevent gun violence.

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Delegates at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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Highlights from the 2022 AMA Interim Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran Nov. 12–15.

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Delegates stand in line to speak at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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Harm-reduction efforts needed to curb overdose epidemic

AMA backs greater use of point-of-care fentanyl test strips and using opioid-litigation settlement funds to boost physician training. Learn more.

Overdose Epidemic
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AMA to urge using opioid litigation funds to train physicians in opioid treatment

The AMA expanded its opioid litigation policy to emphasize using a portion of the settlement funds to expand physician training for treating opioid use disorder.

Press Releases
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AMA adopts new policies during first day of voting at interim meeting

New policies support a Medicare Advantage database of physicians and oversight of Third-Party Administrators.

Press Releases
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 7, 2022

In the news: Complications from SARS-COV-2 reinfections, Uptick of sleep problems among U.S. adults, adolescents vaping younger, more intensely and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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14 MIN READ

Nov. 11, 2022: National Advocacy Update

Bipartisan House letter coincides with launch of APM coalition and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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FDA naloxone guidance helps harm-reduction groups’ work to save lives

Learn how new clarity from the FDA on burdensome requirements for bulk purchase of naloxone aid underserved communities.

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