San Francisco juries have awarded up to $1 billion to persons claiming their cancer resulted from exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup™. In the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Paul Driessen, J.D., examines the evidence and the legal process in this case study of litigation that […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented disruptive effect on medicine as well as the economy, writes Jane M. Orient, M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. She compares it with the response to AIDS, which at first was believed to be highly contagious and invariably fatal. It was […]
The constant alarming media reports about COVID-19 are causing widespread panic and acceptance of unprecedented intrusions into everyday life, writes Michigan immunologist Martin Dubravec, M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Absent is any perspective on the much larger expected number of deaths from heart disease, cancer, and other […]
COVID-19 Actions May Violate Medical Ethics and Civil Liberties Public health law developed as a response to potential bioterrorism as with weaponized smallpox. But its grant of arbitrary power to government officials creates many conflicts with civil liberties and medical ethics, writes bioethicist and immunologist Jeffrey Hall Dobken, M.D., M.P.H., in the summer issue of […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the oldest “consumer protection agency” in our federal government, has lacked transparency for many years, writes New York neurologist Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. This deficiency “has adversely affected many aspects of science, medicine, public health, and […]
Republicans having reneged on their campaign promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), while ACA has failed to deliver on its promise of affordable care to all, what comes next? The most vocal Democrats clamor for Medicare for All, and Republicans appear to be in disarray. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) […]
Reportedly, about half of American physicians feel “burned out” and thus unable to serve their patients well. The problem is not pathology in physicians, but rather the toxic work environment where third parties pressure physicians to act in ways contrary to their patients’ best interest, writes Vermont psychiatrist Robert Emmons, M.D., in the winter issue […]
Many American physicians are wondering whether they still can be physicians. “We physicians have lost control of our profession, our patients’ safety, and our ability to freely practice patient-centered Hippocratic medicine in the United States,” writes San Antonio ophthalmologist Kristin Held, M.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. […]
Abortion providers are encouraging women to choose the medical abortion option, but studies consistently show that the rate of complications is four times higher than for a surgical procedure, writes San Antonio obstetrician Ingrid Skop, M.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Currently, about 39 percent of abortions in […]
If a Medicare patient gets a service performed in a hospital-owned facility, Medicare may pay far more than if the same service was done in a physician-owned clinic, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. This unfair advantage to hospitals has caused many physician practices […]