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June 24, 2014 16:03 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Survey: VA Can't Be Fixed, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., June 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) released results of an online survey to which more than 1,000 physicians, other medical...
June 02, 2014 09:21 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Police Home Invasions Threaten Babies, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., June 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) released the following statement concerning a night-time no-knock raid on a home in Georgia...
April 10, 2014 13:22 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Medicare Data Release Counterproductive, Misleading, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., April 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) released the following statement concerning Medicare's publication of amounts paid to...
March 03, 2014 10:42 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

EPA's "Particulate Matter" Rule is Cargo Cult Science, Doctor States

TUCSON, Ariz., March 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Extremely costly rules that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is imposing on industry, especially users of diesel engines, have no sound...
March 03, 2014 10:31 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Patients Should Avoid "Re-Certified" Physicians, Plastic Surgeon Suggests

TUCSON, Ariz., March 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Although he supports board certification, which signifies successful completion of a rigorous training program, board-certified plastic surgeon Kenneth...
February 18, 2014 10:32 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Are Eligible Patients Forced to Use Medicaid, Asks the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) sent the following letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and...
February 14, 2014 15:31 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Abortion Case in North Dakota Should Not be Settling in Secret, Urges the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) deplores the cancellation of the trial this week by North Dakota Attorney General Wayne...
January 20, 2014 09:09 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

ObamaCare Survey by Association of American Physicians and Surgeons: Doctors and Patients Unhappy

TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The public relations campaign that is being waged by both advocates and opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "ObamaCare") is largely a war of...
January 16, 2014 12:24 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Case of "Brain-Dead" Mom Raises Many Questions, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The battle between the state of Texas and the family of Marlise Machado Muñoz about discontinuing life support to a "brain dead" pregnant woman...
December 12, 2013 12:27 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Doctor Asks Whether Social Security is an Illegal Ponzi Scheme, in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conservatives sometimes describe Social Security and Medicare as Ponzi or pyramid schemes. Dermatologist Richard Swint, M.D., of Paris, Texas, explores...