Nation's largest doctors' group joins efforts to repeal DADT

The Nation's largest doctors' group has joined efforts to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT), the United States military policy term about homosexuality in the U.S. military mandated by federal law that...

Arrgh! AMA Joins AARP in Support of Public Option

It came as no surprise to learn this morning that the American Medical Association announced its support for concurrent passage of two health care reform bills in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Sadly, the...

AMA Nominations 2009: Complete List of AMA Nominations

The nominees for the 2009 American Music Awards were announced on Tuesday, October 13. The most notable news coming out of the 2009 AMA Nominations is that Michael Jackson received five posthumous nominations. Among his five nominations were nods for Favorite Male Artist,...

President to Doctors: ‘Don’t Get Too Excited Yet’

“Don’t get too excited yet.” Delivered to an audience of doctors and other medical professionals at the Annual Conference of the American Medical Association in Chicago this morning, those five words are...

Lennox wows Audience at American Music Awards, Brown snags 3 American Music A...

The American Music Awards traditionally centers on its  spectacular performances, and this yeart it was not different. The show featured high-energy sets from Miley Cyrus, Ne-Yo and Beyonce, though a pair...

The One Health Initiative MWV18

Ronald Atlas, former President for the American Society for Microbiology, discusses the new One Health Initiative that recognizes the inter-relationships among human, animal, and environmental health and seeks to...

An Update: AMA Apologizes for Racist History

A press release issued by the American Medical Association (AMA), dated July 10, 2008, reads in part:   .... In 2005, the AMA convened and supported an independent panel of experts to study the...

Lewis Hamilton Wins Hungarian Grand Prix

"In a weekend when he stood up against his McLaren boss Ron Dennis and double world champion teammate Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton took his fourth 2007 victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix, extending his...

My E Mail to the Pediatric Seizure Study

Thank you for your responses to my questions.   After reading your responses, additional questions have occurred to me to ask but, I will confine myself to responding to your request for my thoughts...

Who Will Speak for the Voiceless?

As I reported in my piece, Ignoring Patient and Family Rights, a study has been approved by the United States government, under the auspices of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of...

Coffee May Spell Heart Trouble for Some

"Here's a real caffeine jolt — heart attacks might be a risk for coffee drinkers with a common genetic trait that makes caffeine linger in their bodies, a study suggests. Research on more than 4,000 people...

AMA fights refusals to fill prescriptions

The American Medical Association on Monday agreed to use its clout to try to ensure that pharmacists' moral objections don't ...

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