AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement today calling for the House of Representatives to pass the Senate's health care reform legislation and a compan...

In an essay published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionall...

FEAR FACTOR.... The American Medical Association wants congressional Democrats to vote for health care reform. So does the American Nurses Association. The American Cancer Society does, too, along with AARP, the NAACP, and progressi...

In an essay published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionally...

The following is part of a series of original guest columns by the American Medical Association. by J. James Rohack, MD Physicians in nearly every area of the country face a David and Goliath scenario when negotiating with entr...

A new study has found that few drug evaluations compare treatments in ways that help doctors make better decisions, Reuters reports. The study, published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association and written by doctors ...

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement today on the Lucian Leape Institute's new report, Unmet Needs: Teaching Physicians to Provide Safe Patient Care...

The American Medical Group Association is convening approximately 1,700 participants, representing the leaders of the nation's foremost healthcare provider organizations, at its 2010 Annual Conference, March 17-20 at the New Orleans...

By Caitlin Hagan CNN Medical Associate Producer Live kidney donation is a safe, effective procedure that poses little risk for the premature death of the donor, reports a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association....

Live kidney donors have similar long-term survival rates as non-donor peers, according to a new study published in the March 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Each year, an estimated 6,000 healthy people d...

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) applauds Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND, At-Large) for his efforts to assure fairness in payment of electronic medical record (EMR) incentive payments under the American Recovery and ...

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) applauds Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND, At-Large) for his efforts to assure fairness in payment of electronic medical record (EMR) incentive payments under the American Recovery and ...

A new report in the American Medical Association journal now compliments those findings in showing that simply having a sense of purpose in life can help to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's dementia.

"Highly concentrated" insurance markets are found in all but three U.S. metropolitan areas, according to an American Medical Association report.

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement commending the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for its decision to refund Federal Insurance Contributions Act (F...

A series of studies published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) offers new insights into the possible benefits derived from feeding foods containing high omega-3 fatty acid concentrations to dogs ...

The American Medical Association has made deals with computer retailer Dell, and Ingenix, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, to "help physicians adopt and implement electronic health records", the Chicago Tribune reports. The terms...

It's possible to get the mental equivalent of whiplash from the latest medical findings, as risk factors are identified one year and exonerated the next. According to a panel at the American Association for the...

It's possible to get the mental equivalent of whiplash from the latest medical findings, as risk factors are identified one year and exonerated the next. According to a panel at the American Association for the...