According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of Americans without health coverage has fallen for the first time in 20 years—to 45.7 million in 2007 from 47 million in 2006. At the same time, […]
Last month AAPS members voted unanimously to re-affirm the AAPS Resolution to Oppose a Single-Payer Medical System. In that resolution, AAPS urges all physicians to oppose a government-controlled or single-payer plan as harmful to patients, […]
According to the U.S. Constitution, all revenue bills must originate in the U.S. House of Representatives. How then did the massive bill to make taxpayers buy all kinds of toxic debt originate in the U.S. […]
Is Barack Obama a brilliant orator, captivating millions through his eloquence? Or is he deliberately using the techniques of neurolinguistic programming (NLP), a covert form of hypnosis developed by Milton Erickson, M.D.? A fundamental tool […]
The first issue of the official publication of the Hispanic American College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medicina y Cultura, features Spanish translations of three items from AAPS: the Oath of Hippocrates, a news of the […]
Over time, male circumcision would probably protect more African women, albeit indirectly, than nearly any other achievable strategy for preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, write Malcolm Potts of the School of Public Health, University […]
Hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) should never happen, if only hospital workers practiced rigorous hygiene, writes former New York lieutenant governor Betsy McCaughey. In fact, “for most infections, the only acceptable rate is zero.” Litigation […]
The Bush Administration has proposed a rule that would deny federal funding to medical facilities that discriminate against employees who choose not to provide services they deem to be morally wrong—such as performing abortions or […]
Volume 64, No. 9 September 2008 ABOUT THE POWER Franklin Delano Roosevelt remarked that his programs “created powers which in other hands would be dangerous.” Since then, in the name of compassion, safety, protecting the […]
U.S. senators are not allowed to do remunerative work that involves a fiduciary relationship, lest they be unduly influenced by colleagues or customers. Now pro-life Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is in the sights of the […]
