Tammy Fox wanted to help after a friend took ill with a rare and difficult-to-diagnose autoimmune disorder that required many trips to the Mayo Clinic. ...
Read More »Osteopathic Medical Schools Graduated a Record Number of New Physicians in 2018
CHICAGO —With one in four American medical students choosing to attend an osteopathic medical school, the American Osteopathic Association reports a record 6,504 new osteopathic physicians ...
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Whenever I see a report touting possible new peanut allergy treatments, I devour it. I can’t help it. It’s an occupational hazard for any health ...
Read More »No-Go On Drunken Driving: States Deploy Breathalyzers In Cars To Limit Road Deaths
On Jan. 1, California joined the majority of states that have laws requiring drivers with drunken-driving convictions to install breathalyzers in vehicles they own or ...
Read More »5 Ways Nixing The Affordable Care Act Could Upend The Entire Health System
If Friday night’s district court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional were to be upheld, far more than the law’s most high-profile provisions ...
Read More »Five Unexpected Rewards of Becoming a Caregiver
It’s true, the life of a caregiver can be demanding, difficult and daunting. I spent seven years of my life in that role, keeping an ...
Read More »The Year Of The Vape: Teen E-Cigarette Use Spikes
New data suggest that vaping isn’t a passing fad: Teenagers across the country are doing it in record numbers. More than one-third — or 37.3 ...
Read More »AMA Applauds Surgeon General’s E-cigarette Advisory to Protect Youth from Nicotine Addiction
The American Medical Association (AMA) strongly supports the Surgeon General’s advisory announced today calling for immediate action to address the skyrocketing use of e-cigarettes by ...
Read More »AMA: Repealing Obamacare Would ‘Wreak Havoc on American Health Care’
Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision is a stunning display of judicial activism. Judicial power does not extend to settling policy disputes or exercising general supervision over ...
Read More »Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act Putting Law In Legal Peril — Again
The future of the Affordable Care Act is threatened — again — this time by a ruling Friday from a federal district court judge in ...
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