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<乌鸦传媒>AMA Delegates Take Action on Cannabis, Medical Aid-in-Dying Resolutions

Concern expressed about lack of available evidence on harms of marijuana

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Supports Tighter Restrictions to Curb Pollution From Industrialized Farms

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations "may be a public health hazard," group says

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Delegates Divided on Federal Ban of the Corporate Practice of Medicine

"We need to move forcefully against the barbarians at the gate," one physician said

<乌鸦传媒>Getting the Incentives Right for Reducing Healthcare's Carbon Footprint

There are ways to save energy while also saving money, experts say

<乌鸦传媒>Health Organizations Making Strides In Health Equity, AMA Leader Says

Half of organizations have made progress toward barring race-based decision tools, survey finds

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Declines to Debate Resolution on Israel-Hamas Conflict

"This issue is too vital for us to evade discussion," one delegate argued unsuccessfully

<乌鸦传媒>Single-Payer Healthcare, Obesity Drug Coverage Discussed at the AMA Interim Meeting

Delegates agree the current system is broken but disagree on the solution

<乌鸦传媒>Medicine Is Not Just at a Crossroads, It's in a Crisis, AMA President Says

Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, uses his interim speech to "shine a light" on the challenges docs face

<乌鸦传媒>AMA to Amp Up Hospital Consolidation Scrutiny

"The entire healthcare industry is consolidating into one big clotted mass," says delegate

<乌鸦传媒>'We Need It Now': AMA Delegates Urge Public Health System Funding, Support

COVID-era funding is drying up as Medicaid rolls are shrinking

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Opposes Legacy Preferences in Med School Applications

Delegates persuade House members to acknowledge "discriminatory impact" of long-standing practice

<乌鸦传媒>New AMA President Urges More Action on Substance Use Disorder, Mental Illness

Jesse Ehrenfeld is the association's first openly gay person in the job

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Declares Payment Reform an 'Urgent' Priority

Delegates to hold leaders accountable for progress

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Delegates Make Short Work of Proposals on Abortion

But a bid to add vision, hearing coverage to Medicare lasted longer in the spotlight

<乌鸦传媒>Should Students Carry Naloxone? AMA Members Debate Policy Stance

Delegates also examine role in preventing border wall injuries and recidivism in jails, prisons

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Wrestles With Part B Drug Costs, Wheelchair Ramps, and Dementia Care

At the House of Delegates meeting, members debated on various topics

<乌鸦传媒>Airlines Need to Let Wheelchair Users Use Them on Planes, AMA Members Say

Rescheduling testosterone also under discussion at annual meeting

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Urged to Do More to Safeguard Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care

Association needs to move from passive support to proactive protection, delegate says

<乌鸦传媒>States Must Stop Criminalizing Medicine, AMA Delegates Say

"This is unacceptable...and it's time for us to push back"

<乌鸦传媒>Outgoing AMA President Calls for Unity in the Relay That Is Medicine

"Our common cause is to speak out for and to advance our flame," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD

<乌鸦传媒>Should Board Certification Organizations Have to Meet Particular Standards?

AMA delegates debate the question, air their grievances with maintenance of certification

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Edges Closer to Supporting Public Option

Members will also oppose employer mandates requiring docs to sign contracts waiving due process

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Discusses Emergency Cardiac Care, Abortion as Delegates Wrap Up Interim Meeting

Resolution on transgender athletes also approved

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Votes to Oppose Punishing Doctors When Necessary Care Results in Fetal Death

Doctors recount horrors of physician and patient arrests after loss of pregnancy

<乌鸦传媒>Expanding Vaccination Pay, 'Public Option' Fuel Debate Among AMA Delegates

Resolutions also advocate for greater accuracy in Medicare Advantage plan offerings and more

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Vaccine Mandates in the Spotlight at the AMA's Interim Meeting

Sobriety criteria for liver transplant patients also discussed

<乌鸦传媒>AMA President Says 'Enough is Enough' to Divisive Politics, Fake News in Medicine

"We cannot allow physicians or our patients to become pawns," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD

<乌鸦传媒>AMA President-Elect Comes By His Profession Naturally

As the child of a dentist and a psychologist, Jesse Ehrenfeld says he was "called" to medicine

<乌鸦传媒>Health Equity, Gun Violence Prevention Among Priorities for AMA's New President

Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, talks about running "the race we're in"

<乌鸦传媒>Unmatched Physicians' Futures a Focus at the AMA Meeting

Delegates debate allowing them to work in underserved areas with licensed physician supervision

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Acknowledges Voting Is a Social Determinant of Health

Gerrymandering has disenfranchised already vulnerable communities, delegates argue

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Delegates Pass Resolution on Gun Violence

The group also addressed use of BMI as a standard measure, protection of sexual assault victims

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Annual Meeting Marred by Election Violation Charge

President-elect candidate Willarda Edwards accused of vote-trading, denies any wrongdoing

<乌鸦传媒>Med Students Call for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools at the AMA Meeting

Making families responsible for sex education isn't working, say advocates of proposed policy

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Debates Policy on Informal Milk Sharing Amid Formula Shortage

"There's nothing nefarious going on here," said one delegate opposing proposed policy

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Drug Price Negotiation in the Spotlight at AMA Annual Meeting

Amendment on international pricing draws controversy

<乌鸦传媒>Should Docs Get Paid for Time Spent on Prior Authorizations?

AMA delegates were split on this question at a reference committee hearing

<乌鸦传媒>Gun Violence Is a Scourge That Must Be Dealt With, Says Outgoing AMA President

It "cannot be our new normal," Gerald Harmon, MD, says at the House of Delegates meeting

<乌鸦传媒>Some AMA Delegates Decry Dismissal of Global Warming as a Health Crisis

Climate change harms patients and physicians' practices, they argue

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Calls for Greater Police Accountability in New Report

Excludes reform on qualified immunity and demilitarization, to some delegates' disappointment

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