Any notion that medicine was immune to the culture shocks in our nation was destroyed by the intersection of the George Floyd response and COVID-era policy, writes ophthalmologist Jane Lindell Hughes, M.D., F.A.C.S., in the […]
Volume 80, no. 7 July 2024 Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent. It is a type of warfare. According to the website lawfaremedia.org, “The name Lawfare refers both to the use of […]
Today we have some very difficult news to share. Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD, a longtime member of the AAPS family, a true heroine of American medicine, and valiant defender of the patient-physician relationship, passed away […]
In a statement adopted on June 16, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons calls for “urgent actions … to eliminate the destructive ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ ideology from every aspect of the medical profession […]
In its filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on June 10, the Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) calls for overruling the century-old precedent of Jacobson v. Massachusetts, which has been used to uphold many […]
AAPS is honored to stand with colleagues from prominent medical organizations today by signing the Doctors Protecting Children Declaration. Signers of the extensively-referenced declaration, authored by the American College of Pediatricians, affirm that the best evidence and […]
Physicians targeted for career destruction through hospital sham peer review have limited means of defense, but there are ways in which they can play offense, writes Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the summer issue […]
Patients taking new weight loss/diabetes drugs such as semaglutide (Wegovy™), and their doctors, need to be aware of the significant risk they pose for sedation or anesthesia, writes anesthesiologist Paul Kempen, M.D., in the summer […]
Volume 80, no. 6 June 2024 In the 1960 Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language, “disparity” is defined as (1) inequality or difference, as in rank, amount, degree, excellence, etc.; (2) unlikeness; incongruity. […]
Volume 80, no. 5 May 2024 The 13th Amendment to the Constitution reads: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within […]
