The prevalence of kidney stones has doubled in the past 30 years. Academic researchers are searching for better solutions for ...

Bigger muscles. Speedier injury healing. A longer life. Whatever the health or fitness concern, there’s probably a peptide purported to address it. Indeed, the use of these injectable substances, many ...

Skin cancer cases in the United States more than tripled from 1975 to 2021, despite technological advances in sunscreens and public awareness of the risks of sun exposure. In Canada, melanoma — the ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series on climate change and health. Other articles in this series include stories on how extreme heat affects health, efforts to reduce greenhouse gas ...

For as long as anyone could remember, leaders at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore would get alerted to concerns about the performance of an aging physician in the way that most hospitals do: episodically, ...

For Joel Bervell, MD, improving health starts with meeting people where they are — online. With more than 2 million followers across his social media channels and with a reach of 15 million viewers ...

“The worst thing you can do when you’re sad is try not to be sad.” A 6-year-old girl named Maria who had lost her mom to colon cancer said this to Laurel Braitman, PhD, while coloring at a grief ...

Achieving salary equity in academic medicine is essential, not only to attract and retain the best and brightest talent, but to ensure excellence and sustainability across institutional missions. Fair ...

The AAMC is closely tracking developments in National Institutes of Health (NIH) extramural funding. This page provides regular updates on NIH-obligated funding, drawing from NIH RePORTER. All figures ...

The U.S. Medical School Revenue summary tables and graphs summarize data from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Part I-A Annual Medical School Financial Questionnaire (AFQ) ...

Key elements of the score report and the exam Score Report: Read how the exam is scored and watch a video to learn more about the MCAT score report (PDF). Confidence Bands: Watch a video to understand ...

Nonprofit academic health systems and teaching hospitals play a unique role in their communities. At these institutions, expert physicians train the doctors of tomorrow and deliver patient care ...