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 ...

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 ...

As health system leaders create programs to help physicians struggling with burnout, it turns out that there’s an additional step: Making them feel safe to access the medical care they need to stay ...

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 ...

The AMA has convened diverse experts with deep expertise across a broad range of medical topics to serve as the AMA Guides® Editorial Panel (the Guides Panel). This group includes physicians, allied ...

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 ...

Over a dozen states let optometrists wield a scalpel on the eyelid, opening up patients to missed cancers, unsafe procedures and more. This legal trend is one that deeply concerns Iowa ophthalmologist ...

For women physicians—who often wear many other hats in addition to doctor—finding work-life balance can be difficult. This is because there are many challenges that women in medicine face compared ...

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 ...

Physicians instinctively know the power of our words. They must be clear but also precise; they must convey empathy but also understanding. Above all, our words must demonstrate our competence and our ...