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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 […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Ohio to defend children against transgender operations. The AAPS brief supports the Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation […]
A couple of degrees increase in average temperature might not seem like much, but what about an increase in hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, droughts, floods, and other disasters? Climate deaths from such events are the main […]
Are you up to date on your COVID boosters? Your doctor may be nudging you—since the recommendations and information on shot availability may be in every issue of medical society electronic publications, as they are […]
Volume 80, no. 4 The U.S. is said to be a “Vaccine Nation.” The central dogma of public health and most pediatric practices is that vaccination is the most important medical advance. It purportedly has […]
The institutions and experts we have long relied on are now contaminated with intellectual, moral, and ethical rot, writes ophthalmologist Jane Lindell Hughes, M.D., F.A.C.S., in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians […]
Although “off-label” use of drugs approved for a different indication is routine in medical practice, there was an early, aggressive campaign against such use for COVID-19, writes infectious disease specialist Wendell W. Hoffman, M.D., in […]
Sham peer review is often used by hospitals and medical boards to discredit and remove physicians who stand out from the crowd (e.g., innovators, physician whistleblowers, successful competitors). One technique for physicians who fail to […]
