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Overcoming divisiveness its ranks over the politically charged issue of what to do about gun violence, the AMA House of Delegates today overwhelmingly endorsed a measure calling gun violence a public health crisis. The AMA will lobby to end a federal ban on gun violence research.

With sympathies running high for its LGBT members in the wake of the June 12 Orlando nightclub massacre, the AMA will vote Wednesday on a resolution asking it to denounce gun violence and lobby Congress to fund research into firearm ownership as a public health problem.

Opioid addiction is a national problem. But should nursing home patients be given more access to these drugs? An AMA panel debated the issue today in Chicago.

Mass shootings have become so common that doctors groups are supporting a Homeland Security proposal to train the general public in treating hemorrhage.

Three types of amoebae that live in fresh water can migrate from the nose to the brain causing Primary Amoebic Meningioencephalitis, the AMA warns. With fast treatment it can be cured, otherwise it is fatal.

The American Medical Association has not gotten far in opposing direct-to-consumer drug ads. What if that pharma expense were no longer a tax write-off? Debate ensues.

Reuniting dog handlers with their canine combat companions might help service members with post traumatic stress order. Or would it?

Not even the worst mass murder in US history was enough to unify AMA delegates on the topic of gun control. The group is debating whether to endorse tighter measures.

"Dewshine" a homemade brew made of a soft drink and racing fuel killed two Tennessee teens. The CDC describes the investigation into the incident and its aftermath as part of a report on risky adolescent behavior.

The US Food and Drug Administration is investigation the risk of burns in people who use the sumatriptan iontophoretic system, a device it approved in September.

Opioid abuse in the form of fentanyl killed Prince, the Minnesota rock star and composer.

Like many other areas of medicine cardiology is becoming a more specialized field. How to do that to provide better care for doctors is a common goal across medicine.

In a collaborative effort not seen in many other places and with only one year under their belts the staff at Montefiore Medical Center is looking to measure their success so far and see what they can do for the future.

Patients with cardiac disease may be better off in many cases delivering vaginally but when that is not an option for various reasons doctors must be careful to address other issues during c-sections.

Located in the Bronx, Montefiore Medical Center faces challenges different from many places, including other boroughs in New York City when it comes to heart disease in pregnancy.

When treating a woman for cardiac issues in pregnancy there can be potential risks to the fetus. As more is learned about these conditions doctors are better able to help deliver as healthy a baby as possible.

When treating a woman during pregnancy there are many factors that need to be considered, not the least of them being her cardiovascular health. At Montefiore Medical Center a team approach aims to help prevent fatal events during this delicate time in a patient's life.

Most US Army soldiers who attempted suicide from 2004 to 2009 did so prior to deployment to a combat zone, a study finds. They were not combat-scarred but may have found basic training and Army culture overwhelming.

An implanted version of the opiate addiction drug buprenorphine has been approved by the FDA.

From cycad roots, to cycad seeds, to flying foxes, to human brains. Ethnobotanist Paul Cox, PhD, is traveling the world, compiling evidence that cyanobacteria, even as it is sold as a health food, can cause ALS and other neurological diseases. Gulf War veterans may have been exposed as well.

Obesity, not a low-fiber diet, is more strongly associated with colonic diverticula.

Patients who stop infliximab 12 months after they started are at higher risk of relapse if those patients earlier had ulcerative colitis.

When it comes to funding, research, and preventing illness mental health and physical health tend be seen as separate arenas.The CDC's top doc Tom Frieden vowed to change that.

Under existing federal law, there is no legal way the feds can regulate marijuana sales--or let the states do it. That could have dire consequences, a legal expert tells the APA.

The US Marine Corp's top officer, Commandant Gen. Robert Neller asked members of the American Psychiatrist Association for insights and help in halting suicides among corps members.

The Nazi criminals' crimes against humanity continue to stun psychiatrists. Was there a neurological defect involved?

Schizophrenia is a devastating illness and can be difficult to treat. A New York team found that ECT got dramatic results in patients for whom drugs had not worked.

Electroconvulsive therapy could be an effective tool in reducing veterans' severe depression and suicides, a panel said. Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Gov. Michael Dukakis and an advocate for ECT, was a panelist,

Can any outpatient mental health program prevent all suicides in the patients it serves? An Arizona team reports success in a 90-day study.

After warmly welcoming its members to her home town, Atlanta, GA, former First Lady Rosalyn Carter brought the American Psychiatric Society up to date on her foundation's mental health advocacy successes.