http://www.aapsonline.org/nodarch.htm A voice for Private Physicians Since 1943 en Copyright 2007, AAPS Online.org aaps@aapsonline.org aaps@aapsonline.org Manually Generated http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday506.php Passing the House of Representatives on a voice vote, S. 1858 has been sent to President Bush for signature. The Newborn Genetic Screening bill was passed by the Senate last December. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday506.php , 11 Apr 2008 16:34:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday505.php New York Attorney General Andrew Cuoma has issued subpoenas to Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealth, WellPoint, and other insurers in a broadening investigation of possible fraud in setting insurance reimbursements that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday505.php , 7 Apr 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday504.php In what was called a "thunderclap in the vaccine industry," French authorities have opened a formal investigation concerning a hepatitis B vaccination campaign by GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur in the 1990s. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday504.php Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:20:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday503.php After her daughter died at age 31 of colon carcinoma, Dr. Jennifer Schneider of Tucson wondered whether three cycles of egg donation might have been related. She is asking Congress to create a registry of egg donors. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday503.php Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:19:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday502.php Although an attorney representing the federal government said that it "has not conceded that vaccines cause autism," Associated Press headlines read that "officials concede vaccines' link to illness like autism." http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday502.php Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:52:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday501.php As former Comptroller General David Walker told 60 Minutes, the unfunded liabilities of entitlement programs, especially Medicare, are so huge that even shutting down the Pentagon would not help significantly. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday501.php Fri, 6 Mar 2008 05:44:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday500.php Recent news from the UK http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday500.php Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:18:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday499.php While pressure mounts to get doctors to follow "best practices," getting patients to follow them will be even more difficult. A 2007 Harris Interactive poll found that 43% of Americans say they are concerned about overly aggressive treatment. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday499.php Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:45:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday498.php Merck and Schering-Plough are running full page ads, as in the Wall Street Journal, in an attempt to control the damage from a study questioning the benefits of ezetimibe (Zetia) or Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin). http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday498.php Fri, 8 Feb 2008 04:45:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday497.php Children are getting their fingerprints scanned every day at school-to make the lunch line move faster. It's more efficient than debit cards, ID cards, or cash. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday497.php Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:05:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday496.php Ignored by most politicians, David Walker, who heads the Government Accountability Office (GAO), is taking his message on tour. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday496.php Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:57:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday495.php The New York State health department has plans: to control the cost of hospital care, and to rescue the state's malpractice insurance carriers. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday495.php Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:47:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday494.php The penalties for not buying insurance in Massachusetts have been set too low to "encourage" compliance, stated Jonathan Gruber, a director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday494.php Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:48:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday493.php In 2007, more than 79 million records were compromised in the United States, a fourfold increase from 2006. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday493.php Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:35:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday492.php By a measure signed into law by Acting Governor Richard Codey, pregnant women will be routinely tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It also requires testing of newborns whose mothers with positive or unknown HIV status. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday492.php Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:37:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday491.php Many highly regarded hospitals in the U.S. routinely diagnose brain death without following the guidelines promulgated in 1995 by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), according to a survey presented at the American Neurological Association (ANA) annual meeting (Kurt Samson, Neurology Today 11/6/07). http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday491.php Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:38:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday490.php Although compressions-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was unveiled in 2003, after a decade of research, the American Heart Association still stops short of recommending it. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday490.php Sun, 6 Jan 2008 04:41:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday489.php There's a new kind of brokerage firm in our brave new world: agencies that assemble databases of young women and market their eggs to customers who want a baby and can't produce one themselves. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday489.php Fri, 4 Jan 2008 03:01:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday488.php William McGuire, M.D. former chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, agreed to one of the largest executive-pay givebacks in history, forfeiting $620 million in stock option gains and retirement pay, to settle civil and federal claims against stock-option backdating. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday488.php Tue, 1 Jan 2008 23:25:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday487.php According to a meta-analysis published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, but virtually ignored in the mainstream press, use of oral contraceptives increases risk of premenopausal breast cancer, writes Dennis Byrne. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday487.php Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:01:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday486.php The second Ron Paul "money bomb" exceeded even the first, raising $6.04 million in 24 hours, beating John Kerry's previous one-day internet fund-raising record. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday486.php Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:59:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday485.php In what has become an annual ritual, Medicare announces a cut in physicians' fees, and physicians threaten that patients will lose access to care. And this time they really mean it. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday485.php Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:37:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday484.php To overcome physicians' and hospitals' opposition to Medicare, the program's congressional architects made certain promises. As explained by Dr. Meredith B. Rosenthal of the Harvard School of Public Health, they " selected payment mechanisms designed to preserve the status quo" http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday484.php Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:16:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday483.php China has now surpassed the U.S. as the world's leading producer of carbon dioxide emissions. It is building about one coal-fired electrical generating station every four days, and is investing in technology to convert coal to liquid fuels. It has rejected efforts to impose international restrictions on its emissions, but claims to be doing its part by enforcing its prohibition against families having more than one child, or at most two children. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday483.php Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:37:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday482.php Because of a civil servant's mistake, two computer disks bearing personal information on half the British population were lost. Disks contained birth dates, addresses, national-insurance numbers, and bank account numbers. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday482.php Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:16:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday481.php Recently, the United Nations AIDS agency slashed its estimates of persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from nearly 40 million to 33 million worldwide. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday481.php Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:02:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday480.php The battle over reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance program (SCHIP) is a feature of the attempt to have the debate about the future of American medicine in the back corridors of Congress, writes Grace-Marie Turner. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday480.php Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:40:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday479.php Medicare beneficiaries have a brief window of opportunity to sign up for the Medical Savings Accounts authorized by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which also created Medicare Part D. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday479.php Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:05:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday478.php Failure of electronic medical records (EMR) systems is not just lore, according to a study conduced by the Boston-based Medical Records Institute. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday478.php Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:33:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday477.php The Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park, Kansas, has been charged by District Attorney Phil Kline with more than 100 counts of violating state abortion and health laws, including the performance of illegal late-term abortions. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday477.php Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:30:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday476.php Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for "helping to waken the world to global warming"; Bill Clinton has teamed up with Wal-Mart on fighting climate change (CNNMoney.com 11/2/07); Hillary Clinton promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050; Barack Obama agrees with the emissions cuts, calling the "urgent threat" of global warming a "faith issue." http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday476.php Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:49:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday475.php On Nov 5, Ron Paul, thanks to an extraordinary outpouring of internet support, raised $4.2 million in 24 hours, surpassing Mitt Romney's previous record of $3.1 million. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday475.php Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:26:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday474.php Formal complaints against Texas Medical Board (TMB) president Roberta Kalafut, D.O., and TMB executive director Don Patrick have been filed with the Travis County District Attorneys office by Steven Hotze, M.D., founder of Texans for Patients' and Physicians' Rights. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday474.php Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:15:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday473.php Since 2002, purchases of the "morning-after" pill for emergency contraception have soared 1,200 percent. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday473.php Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:33:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday472.php On Monday, Nov 5, Ron Paul supporters are hoping to pull off something never before attempted, as far as we know, in a political campaign: collecting $10 million in donations in a single day. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday472.php Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:42:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday471.php An article in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons by actuary Patrick Carroll shows that induced abortion, especially nulliparous abortion, is the reproductive risk factor that most accurately predicts abortion incidence. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday471.php Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:31:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday470.php The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) could come to a Senate vote for ratification soon. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote on Wednesday, Oct 31. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday470.php Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:09:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday469.php Medical boards are supposed to protect the public from incompetent or dangerous doctors-such as drug abusers and sexual predators, notes reporter Nanci Wilson for CBS 42 Investigates. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday469.php Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:25:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday468.php This week democrat presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton defended her new health-care initiative, saying that she believes the country is ready for new effort to bring universal coverage to the uninsured. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday468.php Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:34:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday467.php President Bush having vetoed the renewal of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) - with its numerous accompaniments - the AMA is pressuring Congress to override the veto. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday467.php Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:23:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday466.php President Bush having vetoed the renewal of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) - with its numerous accompaniments - the AMA is pressuring Congress to override the veto. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday466.php Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:00:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday465.php A decades-old privacy policy has prevented the release of information on doctors from the Medicare claims data base, the "mother lode" of information concerning adult patients. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday465.php Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:22:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday464.php Although slogans in the advertising campaign for China's one-child policy have softened, fines for violating the policy are increasing. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday464.php Wed, 3 Oct 2007 00:01:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday463.php For most of Israel's existence, the kibbutz ran on the Marxist axiom: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." As debts mounted and the young moved away, Israel's kibbutzim seemed doomed. By 2000, more than half of the 257 collective farms were bankrupt. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday463.php Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:17:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday462.php Patients seeking an appointment with a dermatologist for Botox treatment of wrinkles can generally get in within a week or two. But if they are worried about a potentially life-threatening condition, such as a changing mole, they may have to wait months. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday462.php Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:23:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday461.php A just-published article in Archives of Neurologyy demonstrates that patients may retain conscious awareness despite peripheral motor damage so severe that they cannot make any overt response, even eye blinking. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday461.php Sat, 8 Sep 2007 10:10:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday460.php Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a $12 billion "universal" health care proposal that would impose new fees on doctors, hospitals, and employers, and require the uninsured to buy coverage. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday460.php Wed, 4 Sep 2007 02:00:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday459.php A new CMS rule to take effect in October 2008 will deny payment to hospitals for complications that it thinks could have been prevented using "evidence-based" guidelines. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday459.php Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:23:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday458.php As of May 31, there have been 13 cases of Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) in association with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil) reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday458.php Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:08:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday457.php SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or HillaryCare for children, needs to be reauthorized by September 30, or expire. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday457.php Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:39:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday456.php According to Wikipedia, Michael Moore's film Sicko debuted in the U.S. on June 22, 2007, earning $4.6 million in 441 theatres and achieving the second highest opening weekend for a documentary, after Fahrenheit 9/11. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday456.php Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:38:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday455.php Soldiers from elite unit have submitted a petition to Israel's High Court of Justice, demanding that the army accept responsibility for treating the illnesses allegedly resulting from an experimental anthrax vaccine, and that it reveal the secret experiment's decision-making process and supervision mechanism. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday455.php Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:24:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday454.php Data from growing electronic data warehouses are being crunched to assess doctors' performances-with no second opinions available. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday454.php Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:53:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday453.php Another physician, Dr. William Mangino of Pennsylvania, age 64, who was convicted for violating the drug act by writing unnecessary prescriptions for OxyContin and for related Medicaid-fraud counts, is in the Lawrence County Jail awaiting sentencing scheduled for Sept 14, so far having been unable to raise $3,500 bail. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday453.php Wed, 1 Aug 2007 06:03:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday452.php Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who discovered viral material from the measles vaccine strain in the lymphoid tissue of children with inflammatory bowel disease and autism, faces about 15 weeks of hearings before the General Medical Council in the UK. Wakefield and two colleagues could be barred from medical practice. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday452.php Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:09:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday451.php Dr. William Hurwitz of McLean, VA, a prominent specialist in pain management, had been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment after a 2004 conviction for drug trafficking-virtually a life sentence for a man nearly 60 years of age. In a rare action, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the verdict, ruling that a judge had improperly barred the jury from considering whether Hurwitz was acting in good faith. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday451.php Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:46:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday450.php According to a study by the Coma Science Group of the University of Liege, Belgium, up to half the patients in an acute vegetative state regain some level of consciousness. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday450.php Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:38:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday449.php An ad in Roll Call, a leading publication for congressional news and information, draws attention to a telephone survey showing that vaccinated boys had a 2.5 times higher risk of neurological disorders than unvaccinated boys, and calling for a national study to explore these disturbing results. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday449.php Thu, 12 Jul 2007 3:30:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday448.php President Bush has again vetoed a bill that would have forced Americans to pay for research on embryonic stem cells, and Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) have added less comprehensive embryonic stem-cell research funding to an appropriations bill. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday448.php Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:57:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday447.php After a public meeting that highlighted problems with the management of Christus Spohn Hospital in Beeville, Texas, resulting in the loss of three physicians and surgical coverage, a number of administrators in the system resigned. Physicians are now having discussions with community leaders about the possibility of running the hospital themselves. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday447.php Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:02:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday446.php To avoid losing federal money for medications and health services, all 50 states have agreed to begin electronic tracking of HIV-positive patients by the end of the year. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday446.php Sun, 1 Jul 2007 04:40:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday445.php High-income consumers were most interested in tax savings, and low-income workers in access to lower-cost coverage and the ability to pay for things not normally covered by insurance. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday445.php Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:15:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday444.php A central premise of Medicare planners in recent years has been the idea that medical practice will be improved by "pay for performance." But a just-completed pilot project has shown that financial incentives did not significantly improve compliance with guidelines. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday444.php Wed, 26 Jun 2007 01:35:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday443.php Michael Moore's film SiCKO, which premieres June 29, will be used as a propaganda piece for those who say "It's time for Guaranteed Healthcare in America." The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee will join other nursing organizations that are hosting 3,000 screenings. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday443.php Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:23:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday442.php According to the first in a series of reports that will examine the operation of federal agencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wastes hundreds of millions of tax dollars, while it keeps asking for more. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday442.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:11:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday441.php Some doctors view patients with electronic personal health records (PHRs) as their own personal nightmare. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday441.php Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:04:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday440.php Health Savings Accounts are "faltering" after a "fast start," and patients are dissatisfied with them, writes Vanessa Fuhrmans (Wall Street Journal 6/12/07). http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday440.php Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:49:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday439.php The Arizona Medical Association decided not to put out a "stat" alert to Arizona physicians to check their NPI information pending the outcome of next week's AMA meeting. CMS is "flying in" to discuss the issues, and there may be an extended time period to correct entries before the database is released to the public. If there is no extension, the deadline is June 28. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday439.php Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:28:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday438.php Presidential hopeful Barack Obama says that "universal health coverage" has been debated for decades, and "the time had finally come to act." http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday438.php Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:06:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday437.php After thousands of junior doctors marched in protest and filed a lawsuit that ultimately failed, the computerized Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) was sidelined. It will not be used for matching candidates to training posts but only for "national monitoring." http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday437.php Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:14:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday436.php If you have obtained an NPI, be aware that you have only until the end of June to delete "optional" elements supplied on your application from the publicly available NPI database. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday436.php Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:50:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday435.php High-level government and military officials recently held a planning session entitled "The Day After" premised on the assumption that prevention of nuclear terrorism might not work and an emergency survival program was needed. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday435.php Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:09:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday434.php A number of AAPS members have volunteered to help rescue Canadians stuck on waiting lists from "universal health care." http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday434.php Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:39:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday433.php An AAPS member writes: "I think all of our AAPS members should take the National Coalition in Health Care survey, which is obviously biased toward socialized medicine. We need to have a strong representation in the survey to show that not everyone thinks that universal health care coverage is a panacea." The Coalition writes that the survey results will be presented to 'elected officials' and candidates. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday433.php Fri, 1 Jun 2007 05:52:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday432.php To settle a case of alleged misbranding brought by John Brownlee, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Purdue Frederick agreed to pay $635 million. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday432.php Wed, 30 May 2007 18:27:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday431.php A new coalition called State Legislators for Legal Immigration has announced an "unprecedented and historic effort to secure borders and cut off all economic attractions for illegal aliens." http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday431.php Sun, 27 May 2007 21:40:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday430.php A 1,200-patient trial, the world's largest study of the potential of stem cells, is underway in Brazil, for four different heart conditions that cause the death of cardiac cells, including Chagas disease. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday430.php Sat, 26 May 2007 05:06:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday429.php According to a report from Judicial Watch, at least three deaths and 1,600 adverse reactions have been connected to Merck's new human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday429.php Fri, 25 May 2007 00:41:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday428.php On May 9, the Food and Drug Administration killed two reportedly safe, promising therapies that stimulate patients' immune systems to attack cancers. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday428.php Thu, 24 May 2007 06:26:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday427.php The U.S. based National Abortion Federation has urged the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) to change its conscientious objector policy, which allows physicians to refuse to refer patients for abortions. This policy was passed in 1988 and is "re-confirmed" annually. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday427.php Tue, 22 May 2007 08:09:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday426.php The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, Saul Anuzis, is circulating a petition among Republican National Committee members to bar Rep. Ron Paul, M.D., (R-TX) from future presidential debates. Anuzis said the petition would go to debate sponsors and broadcasters to discourage inviting Paul, writes Jim Davenport for the Associated Press. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday426.php Mon, 21 May 2007 04:58:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday425.php The Health Freedom Protection Act, H.R. 2117, introduced by Rep. Ron Paul, M.D., (R-TX), would stop the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from censoring truthful claims about the curative, preventative, or mitigative effects of dietary supplements. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday425.php Fri, 18 May 2007 00:09:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday424.php Texas obstetrician Ron Paul, M.D., member of the House of Representatives, made a surprisingly strong showing in the first debate of GOP presidential hopefuls, placing first in an MSNBC poll and third in a DrudgeReport poll. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday424.php Mon, 14 May 2007 21:33:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday423.php As enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans has burgeoned, federal and state officials are concerned about "abusive" hard-sell tactics. As one agent told seniors at a promotional meeting in Tucson, Ariz., the plan makes "a ton of money" from Medicare. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday423.php Fri, 11 May 2007 15:12:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday422.php For the first time, Medicare trustees have issued the warning required by the bill that created Medicare Part D. They are projecting that Medicare will rely on general revenues, rather than payroll taxes and premiums, for more than 45 percent of its revenue in consecutive years. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday422.php Tue, 8 May 2007 07:16:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday421.php The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is to become the largest provider of private insurance to Medicare recipients. It will begin offering a Health Maintenance Organization to Medicare recipients and several other products to people from ages 50 to 64. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday421.php Sun, 6 May 2007 05:08:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday420.php Convicted of first-degree reckless homicide and 10 years into an 18-year prison sentence, baby sitter Audrey Edmunds is seeking a new trial. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday420.php Thu, 3 May 2007 02:25:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday419.php In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of Congress to forbid partial-birth abortions, or intact dilation and extraction (D&X) (Gonzales v. Carhart), without an exception for the health of the mother. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday419.php Tue, 1 May 2007 06:44:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday418.php New York City officials are set to announce a great leap forward in health care, starting with the poor. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday418.php Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:47:00 GMT http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday417.php Shortage of transplantable organs and the dissemination of technology is fueling a global commerce in body parts between rich and poor countries. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday417.php 24 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday416.php As documented in various state reports, New Jersey put $551 million, $56 million, or $0 in its employee pension funds in 2005. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday416.php 22 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday415.php According to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, one in nine Canadian-trained physicians-and one in five specialists-now practices in the United States. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday415.php 20 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday414.php Researchers at the Center for Mass Destruction Defense at the University of Georgia conclude that a concerted effort to teach civilians what to do in the event of a nuclear attack is the best-perhaps the only-way to save untold numbers of lives that would otherwise be needlessly lost. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday414.php 14 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday413.php A 27-year-old man in Phoenix is locked in a jail cell with negative-pressure ventilation, perhaps for life, because he failed to heed doctors' instructions to wear a mask in public. He is infected with an extensively drug resistant strain of tuberculosis, XDR-TB, which is considered virtually untreatable. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday413.php 12 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday412.php In Massachusetts v. EPA, five Supreme Court justices have overruled the executive branch and Congress in a decision declaring that carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" are "pollutants" under the Clean Air Act. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday412.php 9 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday411.php If comprehensive tort reform had been adopted in the states, more than 77,000 additional people would be alive and contributing to the work force, conclude researchers Lawrence J. McQuillan and Hovannes Abramyan, in a study released by the Pacific Research Institute. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday411.php 7 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday410.php A "Perspective" in the New England Journal of Medicine notes that women in the United States are permitted to "donate" their eggs for profit if used for reproduction, but are not allowed to receive payment beyond reasonable costs for donating oocytes for stem-cell research http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday410.php 5 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday409.php Because he believes that "Plan B" contraception can cause an abortion in some circumstances, Luke Vander Bleek, owner of pharmacies in Whiteside and DeKalb counties in Illinois, doesn't want to sell it. When Gov. Rod Blagojevich handed down an executive order, later made permanent by a legislative panel, requiring all pharmacists to dispense the product, Vander Bleek filed a lawsuit. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday409.php 3 Apr 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday408.php By a vote of 91 to 23, the South Carolina state House approved a measure that would require women contemplating an abortion to first see the ultrasound pictures of her unborn child. An amendment exempting women who conceived through rape or incest was defeated. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday408.php 30 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday407.php Last summer, Calgary patient Bill Murray filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to overturn the provincial ban on private medical insurance, in an attempt to broaden the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Chaoulli case. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday407.php 29 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday406.php According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), more than 21,000 providers who receive Medicare payments owe more than $1 billion in back taxes. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday406.php 26 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday405.php Amillia Sonja Taylor made headlines worldwide as the world's most premature baby to have survived. She weighed only 4 ounces when born by Caesarian section at Baptist Children's Hospital in Kendall, Florida. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday405.php 24 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday404.php Florida's largest auto insurer is suing the state's largest hospital system, Florida Hospital, alleging that its officials "set their charges for medical services at highly inflated rates that bear no connection to the actual cost of providing the services." http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday404.php 23 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday403.php Blue Cross/Blue Shield of South Carolina has formed a partnership with Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand, and hopes to expand its services to two more hospitals abroad in the near future. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday403.php 21 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday402.php To help cope with the shortage of organs for transplantation, the United Network for Organ Sharing and the Joint Commission on Accrediation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) are requiring hospitals to decide whether to accept the practice of "donation after cardiac death" (DCD). Hospitals are scrambling to develop policies. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday402.php 19 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday401.php Many politicians and left-leaning advocacy groups such as Families USA blame the uninsured for higher insurance premiums. "Free riders" impose "hidden taxes," they say. And once everyone is insured, fewer people will use expensive options such as emergency rooms for their primary care-or so the argument goes. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday401.php 19 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday400.php While chickenpox vaccine has substantially reduced the incidence of varicella, protection wanes with time, and older children and adults are at greater risk of complications from the disease. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday400.php 17 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday399.php Impatient with lack of action by Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Kyoto Treaty, which was never ratified by the U.S. Senate, five western governors have decided to impose emission controls on their states. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday399.php 8 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday398.php Eli Lilly has asked for and obtained an injunction to prevent Jim Gottstein from distributing documents he obtained by subpoena from the records of a court case pertaining to side effects of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday398.php 4 Mar 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday397.php Merck announced that it has suspended its campaign to persuade state legislatures to mandate Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine, for schoolgirls, after running into unexpected opposition from parents and medical groups. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday397.php 27 Feb 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday396.php Universal Health Care of St. Petersburg, FL, which has attracted 115,000 Medicare beneficiaries with promises of zero premium, money back, and "hassle free" health care, is under investigation by the Florida Department of Insurance Regulation. The company, which started in Florida, has now expanded to a total of eight states http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday396.php 24 Feb 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday395.php Single-payer advocates consistently defend the Canadian system by claiming that waiting lists are almost exclusively for patients who want elective procedures, such as hip and knee replacements. Not so. Patients also wait for vascular surgery because surgeons are barred from operating more than a certain number of hours per week. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday395.php 21 Feb 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday394.php On the campaign trail in Iowa, Hillary Clinton said the "best way to begin moving toward health care coverage for everyone is to guarantee it for children." SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Plan, the first step in the back-up plan for incremental Clinton Care, was supposed to do just that for poor children. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday394.php 19 Feb 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday393.php Just as the FDA was approving Gardasil, the Merck vaccine for human papillomavirus, a study found that HPV type 58, not included in the vaccine, is far more oncogenic when found in co-infections with other HPV types (AJCP News July 10 2006). http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday393.php 15 Feb 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday392.php As was predicted by parental rights advocates, the "recommendation" of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil) was immediately followed by legislative proposals to force 11-year-old girls to receive the vaccine as a condition of school attendance. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday392.php 04 Feb 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday391.php The changes proposed by President Bush in his State of the Union message would, for the first time, give workers a tax break for buying their own insurance. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday391.php 26 Jan 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday390.php According to PR Newswire, an "unprecedented alliance" of "health care leaders" has announced "historic agreement" on a plan to reduce the number of uninsured. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday390.php 24 Jan 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday389.php Gov. Schwarzenegger, who campaigned on opposing a far less onerous measure proposed by former Gov. Gray Davis, wants to drive toward "universal coverage," perhaps garnering media plaudits such as those that heralded Gov. Mitt Romney's Massachusetts plan. http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday389.php 22 Jan 2007 http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday388.php In a first swipe at American medicine, the House of Representatives passed, on a vote of 255 to 170, a measure requiring the government to "negotiate" prescription drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry, H.R. 4. The Senate is closely divided on the issue, and President Bush has threatened a veto http://www.aapsonline.org/nod/newsofday388.php 20 Jan 2007