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.

How to be healthy in the new year: What is lifestyle medicine? Does lifestyle medicine work? What are the benefits of lifestyle medicine? How to become a lifestyle medicine doctor? Our guest and chair ...

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 ...

Don’t be afraid to talk with patients 65 or older about safer sex practices. Vaccination options also can help prevent STIs. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for adults 65 or older have more ...

Physicians and health IT should collaborate to monitor AI tools for safe use, starting with low-risk cases to cut administrative burdens. Years ago, physicians in the intensive care unit kept an ...

Significant coding and documentation reforms for outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) services took effect in 2021. And when physicians wondered what impact those reforms would have on their ...

How can a physician fellowship applicant catch a program director’s eye? The answer extends well beyond your CV. Rachael Nicholson, MD, spent 13 years as the program director for the vascular surgery ...

Diversifying the financial resources of your private practice and owning the medical technology you use may seem like a good idea, but a federal law that was designed to protect consumers from ...

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 ...

Parkinson’s disease often begins with a tremor and the biggest risk factor is aging. Isaac Goldszer, MD, of Henry Ford Health, discusses what to know. Parkinson’s disease is the second-most common ...

If you are pondering a major change in geography for physician residency, consider this expert advice on how to balance location preferences and future goals. The residency-application process is all ...