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6 New Ways to Boost Your Mood with Food

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Is your diet making you grumpy?

By Naomi Freundlich

Anyone who has ever reached for a sugary snack when stressed out or feeling grouchy knows that the solace you get is fleeting: a few minutes of satisfaction followed by the inevitable blood-sugar crash, with added irritability to boot. And, in general, the modern Western diet?high in processed and fried foods, simple carbs, sugars and unhealthy fats?can set you up for depression, anxiety, and mood swings, a recent study has discovered.

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Students, Docs in Training Boost AMA Rolls

By David Pittman, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today

CHICAGO -- The American Medical Association's membership rolls grew by nearly 7,000 in 2012, and almost two-thirds of the new members were either students or residents, reports revealed.

There were 2,600 new medical student members in 2012 and more than 1,800 new residents, according to the membership report presented at the AMA policy-making House of Delegates meeting here. The two classes of members represent 22.2% and 17% of AMA membership, respectively.

Overall in 2012, AMA membership ticked upward by 3.2% to 224,503 by the end of last year.

Membership growth was more modest among older physicians. The number of members ages 65 and older went up by about 650. About 1,400 members between ages 40 and 65 joined. Around 750 doctors under age 40, or in their first 8 years of practice, became members.

James Madara, MD, AMA executive vice president, noted that the organization has undertaken multiple membership initiatives in the past year. For example, the AMA has a policy that if the leaders of an academic organization join, everybody in the organization receives a discount on membership fees.

"To what degree any of that or all of that had an impact is hard to separate out," Madara told MedPage Today.

The 2012 increase marks the second straight year membership has gone up, following a nearly 5% loss from 2009 to 2010. Nearly 12,000 of doctors allowed their dues to lapse during that time, citing the AMA's backing of the Affordable Care Act as their reason for pulling out of the organization.

Despite being the nation's largest physician group, the AMA has been criticized for not representing a larger percentage of doctors.

Just under 19% of the 1.2 million physicians and medical students were AMA members in 2012, according to the group's membership report for that year. In comparison, national medical specialty societies can count about 80% of eligible physicians as members.

The 2009-2010 decline came after just a brief uptick in membership, which fell for 10 straight years until it stopped in 2005. The group called 244,005 individuals as members that year, 20,000 more than in 2012.

The bump in 2012 membership translated to more money in the AMA coffers.

Dues revenue in 2012 -- at $1.2 million -- matched the 3.2% growth in membership. Gross revenue was $38.9 million in 2012.

Dues for medical students are $20 a year; they are $45 a year for residents. Physicians in their first year of practice pay $210 in dues, those in their second year pay $315. Dues are $420 for a regular membership.

The AMA's Board of Trustees recommended no changes in the dues structure for 2014.

David Pittman

David Pittman is MedPage Today’s Washington Correspondent, following the intersection of policy and healthcare. He covers Congress, FDA, and other health agencies in Washington, as well as major healthcare events. David holds bachelors’ degrees in journalism and chemistry from the University of Georgia and previously worked at the Amarillo Globe-News in Texas, Chemical & Engineering News and most recently FDAnews.