Policy & Ethics

I was thinking about how the thinkers and the doers came together in medicine’s distant past, and I realized that there was really no distinction between doing and thinking in our origin stories.

#An opinion piece by ACSH advisor Dr. Jeffery Singer and Dr. Josh Bloom entitled "Stop Making Surgeons Undertreat Postoperative Pain" was published in the latest issue of General Surgery News.

# Reprinted with permission. The original article can be found on the InsideSources website.

As if our never-ending war on drugs hasn't already done enough damage (1), children are now in the cross-hairs.

By Josh Bloom, PhD; Alex Berezow, PhD; Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA; and Thom Golab

# Reprinted with permission. The original article can be read in Human Events.

One of the greatest things about the Church -- and religion in general -- is its ability to inspire positive social change.

The Washington Post has reported on Dr.

I am a technically trained non-physician who advocates on behalf of patients who are now being widely denied safe and effective opioid therapy for their pain.  I’ve been active in this field for 25 years, communicating with tens of thousands

By Susan Goldhaber, MPH