In recent decades, hospitals have increasingly merged and acquired physician practices. “In the quest to create larger and more robust monopolies, some hospitals are using sham peer review to remove the last remnants of independent […]
Licensure boards are supposed to protect the public from dangerous practitioners. But while often failing in this basic function, they frequently abuse their power, writes Sheila Page, D.O., in the summer issue of the Journal […]
The controversial 2022 video Died Suddenly has sparked devastating criticisms from both COVID vaccine proponents and skeptics, but the question remains: Are the vaccines a potential cause of otherwise unexplained sudden death? In the summer […]
Volume 79, no. 6 Our aging “Reagan Republicans” need to take note: Reagan was elected 43 years ago. We are not in Kansas anymore, but the house has not fallen on the Wicked Witch of […]
May 24, 2023 To: New Jersey Department of Health Re: Comments on “Proposed Rule Revisions to NJAC 8:57” The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a professional association of physicians in all types of […]
Volume 79, no. 5 May 2023 With enormous numbers of pixels, one can create images that look indistinguishable from reality. Virtual reality is now pervasive in entertainment. In Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science-fiction novel Snow Crash, the […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. From the viewpoint of a home-school grammar teacher (since I was in seventh grade), a pronoun is just a short word that takes the place of a noun, so that […]
Volume 79, no. 4 April 2023 If religion is defined as “ultimate concern,” then even committed atheists have a religion. Our Founders were opposed to a federal established church, but the “wall of separation” between […]
In November 2021 the Biden Administration issued vaccine mandates for workers at hospitals and other facilities that serve patients in Medicare and Medicaid. The mandates have done far more harm than good, and should be ended immediately. […]
In case the radio ads for COVID shots are not up to date, there have been new developments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn authorization to use monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines […]
