For decades, osteopathic medical students have most commonly pursued residency positions in primary care specialties such as family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics. While those fields ...

Health spending in the U.S. increased by 7.2% in 2024 to $5.3 trillion or $15,474 per capita. This growth rate closely matched the 7.4% rise in 2023, and apart from the 10.5% surg ...

Joint pain and stiffness may signal osteoarthritis. Learn more about the symptoms of osteoarthritis, risk factors and treatments that can help. AT A GLANCE: Osteoarthritis is the most common form of ...

Physicians show similar patterns of exposure and interest Most physicians already review wearable data in some capacity, with only 3% never reviewing. The most commonly reviewed data categories are ...

The 2026 AMA Interim Meeting will be held Friday, Nov. 6 through Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at the Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. To assist groups in planning, a tentative ...

A 2026 survey of more than 2,200 physicians in the U.S. and five other developed nations by the AMA and Medscape shows that doctors are generally interested in wearables and how the data they collect ...

Prior authorization is a health plan cost-control process that requires physicians and other health care professionals to obtain advance approval from a health plan before a specific service is ...

The bipartisan Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Rick Scott (R-FL) and Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS). The legislation, which was worked on in ...

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Using the current U.S. national health expenditures data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Jan. 2026, this AMA Policy Research Perspective examines 2024 national healthcare ...

View images and sample social media posts you can use and share on social media for the Peer Support Workshop.

The supplementary care model encourages use of health tech to boost patient outcomes for prevalent chronic conditions in Medicare patients. This month sees the start of a new Centers for Medicare & ...