Scientists put their stamps on medical-science history by naming their discoveries. Those names have serious scientific implications.

Can more testosterone help people who do not have low levels? Some patients want it, physicians say it sometimes works, and ...

The prevalence of kidney stones has doubled in the past 30 years. Academic researchers are searching for better solutions for prevention and treatment.

The AAMC announced today that David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, will retire from his role on June 30, 2027. This timing marks the end of his contract that was extended by a unanimous vote ...

Over the past several years, COVID-19 has surged twice a year — once in the winter and once in the late summer. This pattern seems to be repeating in 2026. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Bigger muscles. Speedier injury healing. A longer life. Whatever the health or fitness concern, there’s probably a peptide purported to address it. Indeed, the use of these injectable substances, many ...

Patients arrive in the emergency department (ED) doubled over in pain and retching uncontrollably, a brew of symptoms physicians have nicknamed “scromiting” — a combination of screaming and vomiting.

Sometimes the path to medical school winds through another health care profession. In this year’s graduating class, one former marriage and family counselor always wanted to be a doctor but took ...

When the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was first introduced in 2006, researchers and clinicians were hopeful that they would finally see a decline in cases of HPV-related cancers. In 2008, more ...

The House on Dec. 17 voted 216-211 to advance the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703). The Republican-led legislation aims to make it easier for small businesses to provide ...

For the first time, total enrollment in U.S. MD-granting medical schools reached over 100,000 students in the 2025-26 academic year, according to data released today by the AAMC. The data also show ...

Medical school enrollment broke 100,000 students for the first time in 2025, new AAMC data shows. Each year, the AAMC publishes data on the most recent cohort of applicants and matriculants ...