What are the key factors when evaluating a potential employer? And how can you go about collecting that information? In an episode of the “AMA Making the Rounds” podcast, AMA Senior Attorney Wes ...

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the pressing issues facing physicians with AMA President Bruce Scott, MD.

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about AMA's advocacy efforts for 2025.

Under Dr. Aletha Maybank’s direction and guidance, the AMA has become a relevant national voice on equity in medicine and an important ally to organizations that have long been committed to this work.

Milk and dairy products offer nutritional benefits. But raw milk—that is, unpasteurized milk—can contain harmful bacteria and pose significant health risks. AMA membership offers unique access to ...

Women are living longer and a significant proportion of them will spend up to 40% of their lives postmenopausal. This statistic intermingles with the reality that cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 ...

Hospitalist Jason Hill, MD, said he should stop asking his patients “How are you doing today?” because he already knows how they will answer. “They're going to say ‘bad’ every time, because no one ...

Mazen Elatrache, MD, of Henry Ford Health, feels gastroenterology is a satisfying field because it combines cognitive medicine with complex procedures. As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it ...

Psychiatrist Andrea DeSimone, DO, of Bayhealth, details the nine main symptoms that characterize depression and the treatments that can help. It creeps in quietly, often unnoticed, until the weight ...

AMA member John R. Corker, MD, has been with a group practice for eight years and is now an owner. What led him there? Knowing what he wanted. For residents in their penultimate year of training and ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

Another year, another cut to the Medicare payments needed to keep physicians and their practices going. Congress must turn toward long-term reform. “The continuing resolution utterly fails to address ...