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

Wilson disease is a rare, inherited disorder that commonly damages the liver and brain. Two Ochsner Health physicians share more about Wilson disease.

The CPT 2026 code set is here. Find out what the new codes cover and how the code set moves medicine forward. What’s the news: Nearly 300 codes have been added to the Current Procedural Terminology ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you were born before 1990 you might remember spending a week home from school with chickenpox. A sibling may have also stayed home with chickenpox at the same time. That’s because a vaccine wasn’t ...

Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug approved in humans for treatment of certain tropical diseases. For humans, ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses to treat some parasitic worms, ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) has been a leading voice in the need for new policy and guidance on augmented intelligence (AI) in health care to address rapid expansion, and is encouraged by ...

One in five physicians say it is likely they will leave their current practice within two years. Meanwhile, about one in three doctors and other health professionals say they intend to reduce work ...