The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. For this installment, three ...

The AMA has created a framework for the development and use of AI in health care, building on AMA policy for augmented intelligence (PDF) and the latest research. Viewed through the lenses of ethics, ...

Picture a pediatrician whose days were once filled with the joy of helping children who is now struggling to find meaning in medicine. Imagine an emergency physician, the epitome of calm under ...

Bone health is a critical aspect of overall well-being, yet millions worldwide grapple with a silent threat that weakens bones: osteoporosis. This condition, often undetected until a fracture occurs, ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome affects up to 10 million people in the United States, yet there’s confusion among patients who think any pain in the hand is carpal tunnel syndrome. But it’s not. This can lead ...

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes offer doctors and health care professionals a uniform language for coding medical services and procedures to streamline reporting, increase accuracy and ...

We all know that uncomfortable feeling of a sore throat. But there can be multiple reasons why someone’s throat hurts, is scratchy or feels unusual. It could be the common cold, flu, COVID-19 or ...

Garcia: The new COVID variant that's now spreading in the U.S. and other parts of the world is called NB.1.8.1, and it's being referred to as Nimbus. Like a recent COVID variance, Nimbus is a ...

Looking to purchase AMA books and e-books? The authoritative print and e-book content you expect from the AMA Store is available through various distributors. When you order, you can expect ...

After accounting for inflation in practice costs, Medicare physician payment declined (PDF) 26% from 2001 to 2023. The Medicare physician payment schedule, which is used by many other payers, relies ...

The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series provides physicians with a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. In this installment, ...

The recent neo-Nazi protest against leading anti-racist physicians at a Boston-area hospital is yet another sad chapter in the long history of threats and intimidation of health care workers for ...