State Medical Board Attacks On Integrative MD’s and DO’s
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 | Integrative practitioners have had an uphill battle in protecting their right to practice medicine in a manner that assesses the whole patient—mind, body, lifestyle, and genetics. The right to exercise independent judgment in developing a course of treatment for a patient that exceeds the conventional model of care has been under the microscope by the allopathic community for years and many integrative practitioners have paid the price. Read More>> |
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 | Is Your State Medical Board in Bed with the FSMB?The Senate Finance Committee has launched an investigation into the close ties between pharmaceutical companies and the FSMB. Please contact your local state medical board and demand information about its relationship with the FSMB!Read More>> Tell the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to Stop Harassing Integrative Physicians! The LSBME has demonstrated a clear bias against the CAM and integrative physicians. In one recent case, it targeted a minor record-keeping violation and assigned penalties far beyond what such small infractions usually incur and tried to suspend the doctor even when a court had ruled that the violations didn’t occur! Read More>> Tell the Texas Legislative Oversight Committees and Gov. Rick Perry to Stop the TMB’s Harassment of Dr. Burzynski! For nearly three decades, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski has been battling the FDA and the Texas Medical Board (TMB) over his important, nontoxic, gene-targeted cancer therapy called antineoplastons. He has won every court battle, and has been vindicated in every hearing. But now the TMB is making yet another attempt to revoke Dr. Burzynski’s medical license which, if successful, would result in the closure of his clinic, the abandonment of all his patients. Read More>> Stop the Washington State Medical Board’s Persecution of Dr. Wright! The Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission (MQAC) is blaming Dr. Jonathan Wright for a mistake that was actually made by the Commission. Dr. Wright’s clinic hired an MD whose Washington State license, according to the MQAC website, was “pending,” which allowed him to practice under close supervision according to the law. MQAC has now scheduled a three-day hearing March 18–20, and Dr. Wright’s license will be at stake. Please contact your governor and your legislators about MQAC blaming—and threatening Dr. Wright with penalties—for a problem MQAC itself created! Read More>> |
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| Readers’ Corner: Can Physicians Write Prescriptions for Drugs that the FDA Has Not Approved? | |
| September 13, 2011 A reader asks us to clarify.Read More>> | |
| Readers’ Corner: Can My Doctor Get Into Big Legal Trouble by Offering Natural Health Treatments? | |
 | August 9, 2011 A reader asks an important question about the laws threatening integrative doctors. We lay it all out. Read More>> |
| Threat to Texas Chiropractors’ Scope of Practice | |
 | July 12, 2011 The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners (TBCE) wants to greatly limit the scope of chiropractic practice in Texas. Why? Read More>> |
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 | April 19, 2011 Is the Federation of State Medical Boards Behind the Brutal Attacks on Integrative Medicine Practitioners? Read More>> |
| Urgent Action Alert for North Carolinians! Medical Licensing Bill Due for Vote Tuesday Evening | |
 | April 5, 2011 The North Carolina Senate is likely voting on a bill this evening which will make the unlicensed and unregistered practice of “medicine or surgery” a felony. The problem is that “medicine or surgery” is unnecessarily vague, and may include some alternative health practices. Read More>> |
| Milestone Victory: Texas State Medical Board’s Attack on Leading Integrative Doctor Beaten Back | |
 | December 21, 2010 A court defeat for the Texas Medical Board is changing policies—and minds .Read More>> |
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 | December 21, 2010 Another Defeat for the Texas Medical Board—Court Rules in Favor of Physicians Read More>> |
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 | December 21, 2010 We have to watch both the AMA and the Federation of State Medical Boards. They have a new strategy to limit your health freedom Read More>> |