Congress should pass pending legislation to expand residency training slots, along with related proposals to address the projected physician shortage.

Despite advancements in gender equity in medicine, women physicians continue to fare more poorly on measures of well-being, often facing higher levels of burnout than their male counterparts. This ...

How many HBCU medical schools are there? Do hospitals pay for medical school? How bad is the doctor shortage? Is Xavier University getting a medical school? Leonardo Seoane, MD, founding dean of the ...

Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, plans to get her young daughters vaccinated, with recommended vaccines they are eligible for, as soon as possible to get ready for the 2024–2025 fall and winter respiratory virus ...

Among America’s physicians, more than nine in 10 surveyed say that prior authorization has a negative impact on patient clinical outcomes. Most telling is that 78% of physicians reported that prior ...

About 83 million Americans live in areas that don’t have sufficient access to a primary care physician. In large parts of Mississippi and Idaho, pregnant women can’t find obstetricians. Across the ...

Medicine can be a career that is both challenging and highly rewarding, but figuring out med school requirements and navigating the application process can be a challenge into itself. The AMA has the ...

It seems as though everyone has experienced a sudden turn of the stomach, causing a mad rush to the bathroom due to vomiting, diarrhea or both. And, unfortunately, remaining near the bathroom may be ...

Behavioral health generally refers to mental health and substance use disorders, life stressors and crises, and stress-related physical symptoms. Behavioral health care refers to the prevention, ...

Adverse childhood experiences such as emotional abuse or living with someone who has a substance-use disorder have been linked to multiple adverse health outcomes, including higher risk of depression ...

For patients who have struggled to lose excess weight through lifestyle changes alone, GLP-1 receptor agonists marketed as Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro have emerged as a game-changing alternative for ...

Primary care physicians spend the most time on the EHR compared with other physician specialties. Increased time spent on the EHR—especially when done after hours—may lead to emotional exhaustion and ...