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AMA firearm policies support physicians' role in initiating extreme risk protection orders
The AMA adopted three new policies regarding firearm violence on the final day of its House of Delegates meeting, one of which advocates for physicians to be able to petition courts to temporarily remove firearms from high-risk patients.
Monitoring advised for children, teens with Down syndrome using positive airway pressure
WASHINGTON — Positive airway pressure device compliance went down 90 days after a clinic visit among patients with Down syndrome, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
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Quality of life most important goal of pediatric palliative care, parents say
Parents of children receiving pediatric palliative care named quality of life as the most important goal of that care, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Biden picks internal medicine physician Cohen to lead CDC
President Joe Biden on Friday officially announced that former North Carolina secretary of health Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, will be the next director of the CDC.
AMA: State of children’s mental health in US is a national emergency
During its House of Delegates meeting, the AMA adopted a policy recognizing that children’s mental health and barriers to care in the United States represent a national emergency.
AMA president-elect: ‘We cannot back down’ from promoting diversity in medical schools
As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on race-conscious admissions policies at universities, the AMA adopted a new policy of its own that recognizes the importance of considering race in admissions to diversify the workforce.
David E. Tunkel, MD
David E. Tunkel, MD, is the director of pediatric otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
AMA calls for more regulatory oversight for insurers using AI
The AMA adopted policy advocating for greater regulatory oversight of insurers’ use of artificial intelligence at its annual House of Delegates meeting.
AMA adopts substance use policies on prenatal care, medicinal psychedelics, more
Members of the AMA adopted new policies on substance use during its annual meeting of the House of Delegates, according to a press release.
Emergency visits for unsupervised pediatric medication exposures decrease in US
The number of emergency department visits for unsupervised pediatric medication exposures decreased by nearly half between 2009 and 2020, CDC researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.