The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is the national medical specialty society of physicians dedicated to disease prevention, health promotion and systems-based health care...

Drew Altman, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, recently posted a blog, "The Falloff in Utilization: There's Something Happening Here, What it...

The timed release of several reports, studies, and documentaries, all centered around the recent CDC-sponsored "Weight of the Nation” conference , have thrust the national...

Last week, the National Consumers League issued a press release stating it has filed a complaint with the FDA calling for the banishment of the...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released its prostate cancer screening final recommendation statement, recommending against (D recommendation) prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate...

ACPM representatives recently met with senior officials at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to discuss the...

Outraged by the General Services Administration (GSA) spending scandal that broke a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. House and Senate in two separate bills...

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