The Latest Breaking News from the American Medical Association

New research from the American Medical Association finds that Americans are an outlier when it comes to illness

While people are living longer, they're also spending more time sick, according to the American Medical Association

The prevalence of neurological and nervous system issues in people 65 and older makes the need for better neurological options for Medicare patients even more important.

State prohibits the pseudoscientific diagnosis authorities have frequently cited to justify killings at hands of law enforcement

Amid the buzz around weight loss drugs and rising rates of obesity worldwide, many health care professionals are questioning one of the key measures that has long been used to define obesity.

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.

Americans’ lack of trust in healthcare was perhaps the biggest issue plaguing leaders and healthcare professionals at Fortune’s Brainstorm Health conference this week.

“It was the greatest one-man show I ever saw in a legal case, and I’m 78 and have seen a lot of cases,” said attorney Paul Slater, a co-counsel on the case.

An anesthesiologist in Milwaukee, Navy combat veteran and father of two young children, he spoke in an interview about himself, his job and the AMA’s outspokenness on big issues.