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AMA Update is your source for physician-focused news. Hear from physicians and other experts on trending public health concerns, practice issues, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters.

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AMA Update is your source for physician-focused news. Hear from physicians and other experts on trending public health concerns, practice issues, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters.

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AMA Update 239: Advocating for Medicare physician payment reform with Todd Askew

5 de enero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:08 0 Comments

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

AMA Senior Vice President of Advocacy Todd Askew discusses Medicare payment cuts and how they will impact physicians and patients. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Stay up to date on all the latest advocacy news by subscribing to AMA Advocacy Update: https://www.ama-assn.org/advocacy-news

AMA Update 238: XBB.1.5 now dominant in the U.S. as China eases COVID restrictions with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

4 de enero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:00 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, returns to discuss a kids strep throat warning issued by CDC (Group A streptococcus bacteria or Strep A) as well as the latest on RSV, influenza, and COVID cases in China and the U.S. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 237: Joy in medicine & continuing to reduce physician burnout in 2023 with Christine Sinsky, MD

2 de enero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:48 0 Comments

Christine Sinsky, MD, the vice president of professional satisfaction, AMA, discusses how the AMA plans to continue its critical work to reduce physician burnout and enhance well-being in 2023. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

AMA Update 236: A year of recovery: AMA CXO Todd Unger takes a look back at the progress and key voices of 2022

22 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:06:10 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger shares a special end-of-year feature chronicling physicians’ efforts to help patients and the AMA’s pivot toward recovery in 2022.

Tune in for a brand new AMA Update on Jan. 2, 2023. 

In the meantime, learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

Join the AMA or renew your membership here: ama-assn.org/movingmedicine

AMA Update 235: COVID pandemic progress report and #FightingForDocs in 2023 with Jack Resneck Jr., MD

21 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:19:55 0 Comments

Jack Resneck Jr., MD, president of the AMA, joins to discuss the AMA’s achievements in 2022 and what we can look forward to in 2023. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

AMA Update 234: New long-COVID study, vaccines and pregnancy, masking indoors & more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

19 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:00 0 Comments

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses new research on the link between COVID-19 infection and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and that seasonal influenza activity remains high across the U.S. Also covering the life-threatening risks of flu and COVID during pregnancy. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 233: Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on healthy holidays, bivalent boosters, vaccine inequities & kids and COVID

16 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:04 0 Comments

How to stay healthy during the holidays with infectious disease expert, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD—who breaks down the «septo-demic» of: coronavirus, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), metapneumovirus (HMPV), parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs), rhinovirus and numacocle pathogens. Dr. Hotez also shares details about fighting vaccine disinformation and his new book: “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: How Health Freedom Propaganda Endangers the World.”

Dr. Hotez is dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston. He and his science partner, Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 232: Medical student research opportunities with Leelabati Biswas

15 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:30 0 Comments

Leela Biswas, an MD/PhD candidate at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is this year’s AMA Research Challenge winner, which comes with a $10,000 grand prize sponsored by Laurel Road. She discusses medical student research grants and funding, tips for finding a mentor, and more about her winning research: «Decoding Pregnancy Loss, Validating a Novel Genetic Biomarker of Poor Egg Quality.» American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Read Leela’s «Validating a genetic biomarker tied to miscarriages» research submission here: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/research/validating-genetic-biomarker-tied-miscarriages

Watch 2022 AMA Research Challenge Finals here: ttps://youtu.be/mS5o6aoNq5U

AMA Update 231: COVID cases are on the rise ahead of winter holidays with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

14 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:21 0 Comments

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, covers the latest on coronavirus spread and infection trends headed into the holidays. Also discussing RSV, the spike in flu cases and influenza antiviral treatments. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.