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The American Society of Medical Doctors (ASMD) today released a nationwide, nonpartisan poll* of physicians showing that: 70 percent of specialty doctors oppose current Congressional and White House proposals for health-care reform; 66 percent believe that a government-run health insurance plan would restrict doctors' ability to give the best advice and offer the best care possible to their patients; and More than 60 percent would not accept new patients with government insurance (including 27% who would not accept any patients on the new government plan). Chairman of the ASMD, Alfred O. Bonati, M.D., said that, "As a physician, the results...

12/30/2008 - LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Optimally managing the unique head and neck injury patterns seen in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to a successful initiative out of Wilford Hall Medical Center here: sending the first surgical fellow to a war zone for a surgical rotation. In the past, medical and surgical residents and fellows were not deployed to combat zones for hands-on training. Concerns over issues including preparedness for this intense experience, safety, supervision and work-hour restrictions made this type of experience difficult to plan. "The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and individual residency review...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican White House hopeful John McCain said he wants "a crash program" in civilian and military schools that emphasizes language and creates a "new specialty in strategic interrogation" so the nation never feels the need for torture. McCain, a former Vietnam prisoner of war who suffered mistreatment, talked about the new proposal at a Columbia campaign stop Saturday. McCain said he wanted to create an Army Advisory Corps of 20,000 soldiers to act as military advisers and a new Office of Strategic Services to fight terrorists. He said he wanted them to pursue "a crash program in...

/begin my summaryChina:  Gu Yue, 'Mao Zedong on Screen,' is Dead(Beijing, Yonhap News) correspondent Cho Sung-dae -- Gu Yue, an elder Chinese actor, called 'Mao Zedong on Screen,' died of heart attack in San-sui City, Guangdong Province, on July 2nd. He was 68 years old. After Mao's death, for 28 years beginning in 1978, he has played Mao Zedong (on screen.) While staying in San-sui, he suddenly developed trouble in breathing and had heart attack, and was sent to a hospital immediately. However, he was pronounced dead upon arrival, Chinese media reported on July 5th.  /snip.... Born in Han-kou, Hubei Province, he joined army in 1949. After Mao's death in 1976, he was...

When Al Gore said he was out to take on Fox News with his new cable network, we thought for sure he'd be lining up the likes of Teddy Kennedy, Howard Dean, John Kerry and their ilk for 24 hours of non-stop "Hate America First" programming. No so fast. Broadcasting & Cable magazine reports that after buying the small cable news channel Newsworld International, Gore may be taking a completely different tack. Gore has hired David A. Neuman to be president of programming for his network, now called the Current Network. The magazine says Neuman has laid out a less...

Army Addresses Pay Problems January 2004 The Army is working on immediate actions to eliminate the pay problems of deployed soldiers, and long-term solutions are also under way. "The basic pay and allowances for most soldiers is there. It's the situation-unique entitlements based on location, dependent status, special skills – these are the one's that, because they require additional documentation and inputs, fall through the cracks," Eric Reid, chief of Finance and Accounting Oversight and Field Operations Division, U.S. Army Finance Command, said. Reid said most difficulties lie in special entitlements built into the pay process. "For example, the day...