Good magazines for med students?

[tima]

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I get JAMA magazines and AMA emails.

Are there any other magazines or websites that show current medical news and discoveries?

Thanks.

 

[LossForWords]

I get email newsletters from the APA, Epocrates, and Medscape that do a pretty good job of keeping me informed. The only printed publication I pay any attention to is JAMA.

 

[secants]

I think these are more basic science oriented but:
http://medicalxpress.com/
sciencedaily.com

 

[K31]

I pay more attention to NEJM than JAMA--that's where all the really big studies are published.

 

[dr zaius]

I pay more attention to NEJM than JAMA--that's where all the really big studies are published.

JAMA has some good studies every now and again, but you're pretty much right. I like the essays in JAMA, though. They're usually pretty entertaining and thought provoking.

 

[CatFactorial]

Nature Med/JEM/JCI/Science Translational Med

 

[TXKnight]

I get JAMA magazines and AMA emails.

Are there any other magazines or websites that show current medical news and discoveries?

Thanks.

I am a premed, take what I suggest with a grain of salt. Having said that, I subscribed to medscape and get their weekly emails. Maybe they are helpful to you, maybe not. I receive both "CME week in review" and "medscape week in review" emails. I find them interesting and i try to read them, though sometimes I have trouble understanding them, but I've learned new things. I suspect you won't have that much trouble understanding those cases. A sample of what they look like is below,the emails include topics all across the board and links to different journals.
[FONT=arial, sans-serif] TOP STORIES. [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
Compete against your colleagues and test your knowledge on important issues related to screening, diagnosing, treating, and preventing eye disease in Medscape's Eye Health Challenge.[FONT=Arial, sans-serif][FONT=verdana, Arial, sans-serif]..
. [FONT=arial, sans-serif] FEATURES.

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Business of Medicine.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Internal Medicine 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Cardiology.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Cardiology 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Dentistry and Oral Health.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
Abnormalities of the oral cavity can signal serious disease. Make sure you don't miss these clues.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Reference 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Emergency Medicine.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Emergency Medicine 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Family Medicine/Primary Care.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]CHOP 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Gastroenterology.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Gastroenterology 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]HIV/AIDS.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2011
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Infectious Diseases.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Emerg Infect Dis 2011
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Internal Medicine.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
Nearly every president since FDR has presented some kind of healthcare proposal in a State of the Union address. Taken together they tell a story of good -- but usually thwarted -- intentions.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Internal Medicine 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medical Students.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Med Students 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Nephrology.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Faculty of 1000 2012
..
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Neurology.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
Bad dream or parasomnia? Learn about some of the most unusual sleep disorders, from sleepsex to sleepdriving.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape 2012
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Nurses.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Nurses 2012
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]OB/GYN & Women's Health.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape OB/GYN & Women's Health 2012
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Ophthalmology.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Ophthalmology 2012
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Pharmacists.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Pharmacists 2012
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Psychiatry & Mental Health.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Psychiatry 2012
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Radiology.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Medscape Radiology 2012...

 

[ArcGurren]

The most important magazine is Playboy/Playgirl depending on your tastes, kids

 

[rmaj79]

The most important magazine is Playboy/Playgirl depending on your tastes, kids

+1 I have monthly sub's to Maxin and Sound on Sound -- proof that the world outside medical school still exists. Haha

 

[startoverat40]

Lancet is good too http://www.thelancet.com/

 

[montessori2md]

I get emailed KevinMD's feed a couple of times/wk. It's a nice mix, includes one MKSAP style question and MedScape's top ten.

And I second NEJM, worth every penny for a student membership, you can set your account to email specialty-specific article updates as they are published. More importantly, their search feature is superior to JAMA's if you need an article on a specific topic. And their photo questions are fun, if impossible for me to get right most of the time.

NY Times health section has great stuff.

Mens' Journal beats the crap out of Maxim. You don't need to pay for pictures of hot chicks, you might as well pay for articles instead. But what do I know, I don't have a Y chromosome. 😀