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Why Did Mike DeWine Rush to Ban Transgender Surgeries for Minors 1 Week After Vetoing Similar Bill? This Doctor Thinks He Knows
On Friday, Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, issued an “emergency” executive order to ban sex-reassignment surgeries for minors just one week after he vetoed a bill that…

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Psychoanalysis’s Racial Hysteria
“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise,” Sigmund Freud once said. Psychoanalysis, the field that he founded, is taking the opposite approach. The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) is…

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Watchdog Sues Louisiana Over Racial Quota on Medical Board
A medical watchdog group is suing Louisiana in federal court over a racial quota for the state’s board of medical examiners, which the group argues violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee…

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University Of Michigan’s Spending On ‘Diversity’ Grew 66% In Just One Year
University of Michigan Medical School
The University of Michigan’s (UM) spending on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) increased about 66% from the 2022-2023 school year, according to an analysis by Mark Perry, a senior fellow…

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‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Is Increasingly Being Recognized as Unscientific
American medical associations are doubling down on their support of so-called gender-affirming care for children even as lawsuits mount and European countries reverse course. America’s public reckoning with the…

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Suit challenges required minority appointments to Louisiana medical licensing board
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A law requiring that some members appointed to the board that licenses and regulates physicians in Louisiana be from minority groups is being challenged in federal…

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Ohio State health sciences program sparks controversy with mandatory ‘privilege’ assignments
Ohio State University College of Medicine
A health sciences course at The Ohio State University asks students to address their “privileges” if they are white, heterosexual, or able-bodied. The course, which has been offered since 2009,…

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Ohio’s Top Children’s Hospital Coaches Doctors To Circumvent Parents Wary Of Trans Treatments, Training Videos Show
An Ohio hospital that actively lobbied Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a ban on transgender procedures for minors has grossly misrepresented its approach to parental involvement in decisions, according…

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Dr. Marilyn Singleton blasts MSNBC guest for blaming racism for health issues
California anesthesiologist and ‘Do No Harm’ senior fellow Dr. Marilyn Singleton joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to follow up on her criticism against MSNBC guest Dr. Uché Blackstock’s claim that racism…

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Physician Group Settles Suit Over Program for Black Doctors
Do No Harm, a healthcare professionals advocacy group, says it agreed to settle the challenge it brought against a physician-owned healthcare group’s leadership program for Black doctors. The advocacy group…

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Doctors Call for Withdrawal of Psychiatry Textbook Promoting ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care
Nearly 170 health professionals have signed an open letter to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) condemning its new “gender-affirming” care textbook as “unacceptable, unethical and unsafe.” Their…

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Gov. Mike DeWine Vetoes Bill Protecting Kids From ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill to protect minors from experimental transgender medical interventions that are euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care.” DeWine, a Republican, framed his veto of…

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Penn affiliates want merit and ‘intellectual diversity’ to guide university
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania should reorient itself to support “intellectual diversity” and merit, according to some students, faculty, and alumni. “A Vision for a New Future of the University of…

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Major medical association slammed for offering ‘segregated’ scholarships to students
The largest association of physicians in the U.S. is limiting some of its scholarships to only students of certain racial groups, drawing criticism from a healthcare researcher. The American Medical…

Op-Ed
It’s DEI or Bust for the American College of Surgeons
America’s surgeons are not woke enough, according to the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Such is the message of the leadership to fellows of the ACS. In a previous column on this…

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Surgeon says ‘toxic’ DEI in medicine has led to ‘erosion’ of quality care: ‘Dangerous to our patients’
Dr. Richard Bosshardt railed against the American College of Surgeons for releasing a DEI toolkit for providers.

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Dr. Stanley Goldfarb Discusses Anti-Semitism in U.S. Medical Schools
Do No Harm chairman Stanley Goldfarb, M.D., recently joined John Solomon and Amanda Head on Just the News, No Noise on Real America's Voice to discuss incidents of anti-Semitism on…

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The Biden Admin Is Investigating Elite Colleges For Antisemitism — But Don’t Expect Any Repercussions
While Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are under investigation by the Biden administration following a rise in antisemitic incidents at the…