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 ...
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 ...
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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 »Ten Health Recommendations for Successful New Year’s Resolutions
With the new year quickly approaching, the American Medical Association (AMA) is offering 10 recommendations to help Americans make the most impactful, long-lasting improvements to ...
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 ...
Read More »AMA, Pennsylvania Medical Society Release Study of PA Efforts to Reverse Opioid Epidemic
The American Medical Association (AMA), Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) and Manatt Health today released the first in a series of studies of state responses to ...
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