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Revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki on Its 60th Anniversary

Oct 19, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Jack S. Resneck

Created by the World Medical Association (WMA) in the wake of historical abuses and violence committed under the guise of scientific research, the Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) was the first set of international ethical principles guiding medical research involving human participants.1,2 In this year of the DoH’s 60th anniversary, the WMA General Assembly, whose constituent members represent more than 10 million physicians worldwide, gathered again in Helsinki and unanimously adopted a robust...
Medicine’s race dilemma: What science says about genetics and health [PODCAST]

Sep 12, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Jack S. Resneck |Joshua W. Elder |Tamara Scott |Martin Lustick

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!We sit down with surgeon Charles Dinerstein to explore the complex role of race in medical research and practice. We dive into the historical use of race as a variable in health care, its limitations, and potential alternatives like genetic ancestry and social determinants of health.
Breaking the stigma with science

May 18, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Caissa Troutman |Sarah Murad |Jack S. Resneck |Peter Ubel

Oxford Dictionary defines stigma as “a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.” In other words, it’s a state of being in shame. One of the most influential thought leaders in shame is Brene Brown. She describes shame as “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging.
The Supreme Court must consider science, not pseudo-science, in public health rulings

Apr 16, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Jack S. Resneck |Donna Grande |Rob Palmer |Isaac Freedman

Measles is on the rise in more than a dozen states, an alarming surge for a vaccine-preventable disease eliminated in the United States nearly 25 years ago. Meanwhile, young women exposed to relentless unscientific deception by social media algorithms are abandoning hormonal contraception in favor of significantly less effective methods that result in more unwanted pregnancies.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Nov 21, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Jack S. Resneck |Robert A. Berenson |Ezekiel J. Emanuel

To the Editor A recent Viewpoint1 provided faulty accusations to support an unfounded attack on the integrity of tens of thousands of physicians and other clinicians who have been voluntary participants and survey respondents in the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) process over the past 30 years.
Medicare Physician Payment in Need of Major Repair

Jun 22, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Jack S. Resneck

More than 3 decades have passed since Congress enacted and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) as the basis for the Medicare physician payment system. During that period, the American Medical Association/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC), an independent expert panel that recommends updates to CMS for the relative valuations of medical services, has faced scrutiny.
These are brazen attacks on Americans’ health

Apr 20, 2023 | iolaregister.com | Jack S. Resneck

In their zeal to continue upending abortion access after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, legislators, activists and litigants have pushed increasingly extreme measures that disregard medical science, insert government into the exam room and increase the odds of maternal deaths. Not satisfied with banning abortion in their home states, some lawmakers are trying to restrict access in other states as well — a chilling attempt to intimidate patients and physicians alike.
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Apr 12, 2023 | iolaregister.com | Jack S. Resneck

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Physicians are a finite resource we need to protect

Mar 30, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Jack S. Resneck |Valerie Jones |Monique Tello |Michele Luckenbaugh

As we pause on Doctors’ Day to salute America’s physicians and all the ways they’re contributing to healthier families and communities, it’s important we also recognize the extraordinary pressures physicians are facing in a time of rising burnout, proliferating obstacles to delivering care and increasing governmental interference into the once-sacred patient-physician relationship.