Three bills moving rapidly through the California legislature threaten to outlaw certain treatments that may be offered by physicians or other therapists, or sought by patients, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). […]
Newly installed Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar says that President Trump wants “big and bold” health care changes. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) agrees that such changes are long […]
Drugs and medical devices may cost ten times as much in the U.S. as in other advanced countries, and the most basic essential drugs are increasingly scarce, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider its appointment of a vice president of the nation’s second largest Pharmacy Benefits Management firm, CVS […]
The U.S. is said to be suffering from a crisis in deaths from opioid overdoses, prompting legislative and other efforts to clamp down on physician prescribing of these drugs. However, this effort is likely misdirected, […]
Physicians just out of residency, experiencing their first taste of independence, need to beware of traps in employment contracts, writes Philip Eskew, D.O., J.D., M.B.A., in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians […]
A self-selected committee of psychiatrists led by Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div., is declaring a state of emergency that “could be the end of humankind” requiring the removal of President Donald Trump from office, states […]
Forcing doctors to electronically prescribe all controlled drugs, as in Oklahoma proposed bill Req. No. 8141, is a “flawed and misguided” idea that will not reduce opioid abuse, writes Albert L. Fisher, M.D., president of […]
Tucson, Ariz. Women’s response to the experience of abortion involves many complex factors, writes Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, and coworkers […]
Tucson, Ariz. About half of American physicians are experiencing burnout, writes Michael J. A. Robb, M.D., of Phoenix, Arizona, the immediate past president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), in the winter […]
