A Voice for Private Physicians Since 1943
If you know someone who is contemplating—or recommending—the use of puberty blockers, you should ask this question. The graph below shows test results in one individual. Puberty involves much more than the development of […]
I hope your insurance premium is not costing more than your mortgage. Medical costs seem so outrageous that no one can afford them without insurance—but what if the reason they are unaffordable is because of […]
I hope you are in good health—as the costs of medical care are exorbitant. There are many reasons for the staggering cost. The graph shows the percentage of the economy devoted to the “health” sector. […]
In 1987, panic about the “ozone hole” from ozone-depleting chemicals such as refrigerants led to the Montreal Protocol. Now, the narrative mainly concerns the climate effects of such chemicals. Are you ready to do without […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (“AAPS”) served a lawsuit on Oct 11, seeking to block the upcoming requirement that tens of millions of Americans provide their personal information to federal agencies beginning Jan […]
You are likely horrified by the heart-rending death and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. The immediate need is to rescue people, provide them with necessities, and begin clean-up and restoration of […]
The heavily politicized response to COVID included a war on the use of ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, despite the previously favorable response to the repurposing of old drugs to new uses, writes Jane Orient, M.D., […]
A bad-faith or sham peer review can ruin a physician’s entire career, but there are some methods that might help undo the damage, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the fall issue of the Journal […]
After thousands of conversations with artificial intelligence (AI) systems, software developer Jonathan Cohler concludes that they lie, they know they are lying, and they are forced to lie, as he reports in the fall issue […]
Almost four years into the COVID saga, Americans still seem to be in a dystopian world reminiscent of Lewis Carroll’s 1865 Alice in Wonderland, writes Jane Lindell Hughes, M.D., F.A.C.S., in the fall issue of […]
