December, 2018

Addicted to Vaped Nicotine, Teenagers Have No Clear Path to Quitting

By drwong
December 20, 2018

The New York Times By Jan Hoffman Dec 18, 2018             A Harvard addiction medicine specialist is getting calls from distraught parents around the country. A Stanford psychologist is getting calls from rattled school officials around the world. A federal agency has ordered a public hearing on the issue. Alarmed...   read more


Ruling ACA Unconstitutional Could Have Devastating Effects on Patients, American Psychiatric Association Warns

By drwong
December 18, 2018

American Psychiatric Association Mon Dec 17, 2018 APA is calling for vigorous appeal of Friday’s decision by a Texas court that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. “This ruling has an unconscionable result,” APA President Altha Stewart, M.D., said in a press statement. “Should this ruling stand, millions of our patients will lose their health...   read more