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Statement of the American College of Physicians on President Obama’s Health Insurance Reform Proposal[PDF]
Today the American College of Physicians (ACP) released a statement on President Obama’s health insurance reform proposal. Attribution should be to Joseph W. Stubbs, MD, FACP, president of ACP.

ACP Advocate Blog Cited as Best Health Policy/Ethics Weblog ‘One of the more influential professional association blogs out there,’ declares contest sponsor
Washington— The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty was cited at the conclusion of voting last week as “the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog of 2009” in the 2009 Medical Blog Awards. The announcement of the winners noted that “while representing The American College of Physicians (ACP) on societal and public policy issues, [Robert B. Doherty] runs one of the more influential professional association blogs out there.”

America’s Health Care System in State of Decline, Urgent Need to Move Forward on Essential Reforms American College of Physicians Tells President Obama and Congress
Washington, February 17, 2010 – “The unfortunate truth is that by many measures, the State of America’s health care is in decline,” Joseph W. Stubbs, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), reported today at ACP’s annual State of the Nation’s Health Care briefing. “We have too many uninsured, too few primary care physicians, and the cost of health care is rising faster than we can afford.”

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R. Graham Barr, MD, DrPH, discusses how pipe and cigar smoking negatively affect lung function.

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