The Latest Breaking News from AMA

Doctors Want to Get Rid of This Controversial Health Metric — But Will It Actually Work?

A new policy creates an important opportunity to review the current use of BMI in healthcare settings.

Inverse · Jul 1, 2023

Health care’s AI revolution is well under way

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Discussions about artificial intelligence have proliferated recently as more people have access to programs that can make art or answer questions.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023

Cuban entrepreneurs get business training from the US, and hope that Biden lifts sanctions

The Cuban government opened the door to the creation of more small- and medium-sized businesses in September 2021

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

BMI alone is an 'imperfect' measure of fat, leading medical association says

The American Medical Association released a new policy on how doctors should use body mass index (BMI), acknowledging the metric's inherent flaws.

LiveScience · Jun 21, 2023

Lisa Jarvis: Goodbye, body mass index. You won’t be missed.

The scales are formally shifting on Body Mass Index, a measurement that has been the source of much scorn in recent years. The American Medical Association has now weighed in to say that doctors should look at factors beyond BMI to determine whether a patient is unhealthily obese.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2023

Body mass index metric has caused "historical harm," American Medical Association says

Doctors have long relied on BMI to measure obesity, but it is an imperfect measurement.

Axios · Jun 16, 2023

IVF technologies could lead to genetic divide: AMA

Australia's peak medical body is warning society will be in trouble if a genetic divide emerged through use of technology not accessible to poor people.

AAP · Jun 14, 2023

Doctors call for overhaul of nation’s ‘sickcare’ system

Billions of dollars in economic benefits could be reaped with improvements to the healthcare system, a report by the peak medical body says.

The New Daily · Jun 14, 2023

Doctors call for overhaul of nation's 'sickcare' system

Billions of dollars in economic benefits could be reaped with improvements to the healthcare system, a report by the peak medical body says

AAP · Jun 14, 2023

'On the verge of collapse': GP crisis to get treatment at Merewether forum

'We need to change the way we think about medicine.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 11, 2023