Only 3% of people donate blood yearly. Navneet Majhail, MD, of the HCA Healthcare Sarah Cannon Cancer Network, explains the impact of blood donation.

One wrong step can lead to a twisted ankle. Aly M. Fayed, MD, of University of Iowa Health Care, shares more about these ...

The number of $10 million-plus medical malpractice jury awards is growing. Learn how some states are starting to combat it.

Drawing on her own patient journey, Rana Awdish, MD, MS, guides Henry Ford Health physicians in strengthening communication to improve patient care.

The Philadelphia-area health system takes coordinated approach on various health AI tools that can help reshape medicine for the better.

These JAMA Patient Pages provide plain explanations of conditions that commonly affect seniors, including osteoporosis and macular degeneration.

For medical students with research ambitions, consider your need for patient interaction, specialty variation and other key factors.

For many people, New Year’s resolutions start and end with the usual suspects: eat better, exercise more, lose weight. But some of the most powerful changes you can make for your health rarely show up ...

What’s at stake There is certainly room for improvement in the U.S. health system, but allowing nonphysicians such as nurse practitioners (NPs) or physician assistants to diagnose and treat patients ...

Patients deserve care led by physicians—the most highly educated, trained and skilled health care professionals. Through research, advocacy and education, the AMA vigorously defends the practice of ...

About the American Medical Association The American Medical Association is the physicians’ powerful ally in patient care. As the only medical association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA), the massive budget reconciliation bill implementing many of the administration’s top legislative priorities, was signed into law (Public Law 119-21) on ...