July 30, 2010Friday House of Delegates AOA Policy House calls for petitioning FDA to review drug expiration dates Physicians seek more flexibility to distribute medications to people who need them, including the growing numbers of the jobless.
July 29, 2010Thursday House of Delegates No smoking House: Insurers should adopt CDC guidelines on covering tobacco cessation The resolution also calls on health plans to reimburse for these services. “Some of us have not been paid,” a delegate said.
July 27, 2010Tuesday House of Delegatesmarijuana Too close to call Unwilling to renounce medical marijuana, House calls for more study Resolution called for withholding support until research results befit an FDA-approved drug.
July 26, 2010Monday House of Delegatespreventive medicine Holistic approach Surgeon general stresses prevention, wellness to AOA House “I want to change the way people think about health in this country,” Dr. Benjamin told delegates on July 17 in Chicago.
July 23, 2010Friday graduate medical educationHouse of Delegates Training shortage House refers resolution on alerting students to GME squeeze The AOA’s COCA, to which the measure was referred, can “meet the intent of this resolution.”
July 13, 2010Tuesday House of Delegates Big ideas AOA leaders open Board meeting with a look back and a look ahead Work on health care reform dominated the past year, but “much work remains,” said the AOA’s executive director.
July 8, 2010Thursday osteopathic history Looking back With $10,000 in prizes, history bureau’s essay contest targets five core principles The AOA Bureau of Osteopathic History and Identity is conducting its sixth annual history essay competition.