What are top stressors for doctors? How common is physician burnout? What are the most stressful medical specialties? Is administrative burden in health care fixable? Christine Sinsky, MD, a general ...

Often wrongly called the “stomach flu,” norovirus sickens tens of millions of Americans annually. Two physicians explain how to prevent and treat it. It seems as though everyone has experienced a ...

Taking vacations and paid time off (PTO) are key restorative activities in the general population. The same can be said for physicians. But the problem is many physicians think of PTO as “pretend time ...

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 ...

Marketing your physician private practice online demands much more than a fancy website, according to Daniel E. Choi, MD, a spinal surgeon and founder of Spine Medicine and Surgery of Long Island.

Congress failed to stop a fifth consecutive Medicare pay cut, but on telehealth, equity and more, CMS heeds physicians’ advice. That failure extends “a devastating decline in Medicare physician ...

What’s the news: A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives—233—has signed onto a letter that urges House leadership to “expeditiously pass legislative fixes” that stop a “harmful” 2.8% ...

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 ...

“The goal here is really to provide administrative simplification,” said Peter Hollmann, MD, a former chair of the CPT Editorial Panel and now vice chair of the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update ...

The AMA’s “Overdose Epidemic Report 2024” notes significant policy achievements as part of physicians’ efforts to end the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic. The AMA also welcomes the ...

Marketa Wills, MD, is excited about the evolving technology landscape and how new innovations can advance the field of psychiatry. But the CEO and medical director of the American Psychiatric ...

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 ...