Topic - American Medical Association

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  ARMSTRONG: Obamacare grants doctors liberty to withhold care

  If you haven't noticed it yet, you soon will. The Obama administration has launch-ed a full-court press to sell the president's "signature" achievement, Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, to the American public as well as to the 800,000 American physicians it directly impacts.

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  ARMSTRONG: Our dead American Medical Association

  So, what's up with the AMA? You know, the American Medical Association, venerated representative of the American physician, right? Wrong.

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  HPV carried in mouth linked to virulent cancers

  A first-of-its kind study released Thursday estimates that about 7 percent of the U.S. population carries in their mouths and throats a sexually transmitted virus that can cause a virulent form of cancer.

• Oral cancer virus affects 7 percent of Americans

  About 16 million Americans have oral HPV, a sexually transmitted virus more commonly linked with cervical cancer that also can cause mouth cancer, according to the first nationwide estimate.

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  ORIENT: Uncle Sam exacts penalty for quitting Medicare

  Should people be allowed to leave Medicare? This is a real question, not a rhetorical one. Even though Medicare is said to be highly popular, indispensable and a great boon to American seniors, some people really want out.

• Study: Heartburn drugs don't aid children's asthma

  An acid reflux drug often used for hard-to-treat asthma doesn't help children with the breathing disease and may cause side effects, a study in 300 children found.

• Obesity epidemic shows no hint of reversing course

  America's obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and it shows no sign of reversing course.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Marijuana study flawed

  The headlines streaming from the recent Journal of the American Medical Association study on marijuana use and pulmonary function all suggest that marijuana is safe ("Marijuana doesn't harm lung function," Web, Jan. 10). Omitted from the calculation is the large number of marijuana users who believed that they would always be occasional users but progressed to heavy use.

• Marijuana doesn't harm lung function, study found

  Smoking a joint once a week or a bit more apparently doesn't harm the lungs, suggests a 20-year study that bolsters evidence that marijuana doesn't do the kind of damage tobacco does.

• New England Journal: 200 years of medical history

  Unhappy with today's health care? Think of what it was like to be sick 200 years ago.

• Payroll tax deal extends 'Doc Fix'

  Thursday's tentative deal on Capitol Hill to extend the payroll tax cut also freed another hostage — the so-called "Doc Fix" that Congress has enacted each year to keep a 1997 budget-cutting law from biting too deeply into physicians' payments, which doctors say would force them to stop seeing Medicare patients.

• ADHD drugs safe for adults' hearts, research finds

  Ritalin and other drugs used to treat attention deficit disorder are safe for adults' hearts, even though they can increase blood pressure and heart rate, according to the largest study of these medicines in adults.

• Do presidents really age faster than rest of us?

  White House wannabes take note: Contrary to the idea that being president speeds up aging, a study shows that many U.S. commanders in chief have actually lived longer than their peers.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: New research highlights dangers of alcohol

  A recent Washington Times article correctly quoted the Journal of the American Medical Association stating that even moderate wine drinkers are at risk of increased cancer rates ("Light drinking linked to slight breast cancer risk," Web, Tuesday).

• Light drinking linked to slight breast cancer risk

  Whether sipping beer, wine or whiskey, women who drink just three alcoholic beverages a week face slightly higher chances for developing breast cancer compared with teetotalers, a study of more than 100,000 U.S. nurses found.

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