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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

You know your patients’ evolving story as well as their family, friends, coworkers, and the peculiarities of their local community. Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. Over time, communication improves. Over time, GPs put their patients into context.

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STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Dismayed by Kennedy Testimony

Doctors for America

It is incredibly alarming that in his first time testifying before the HELP Committee since taking the oath of office, Secretary Kennedy chose to defend the dismantling of our nation’s public health agencies and engage in false rhetoric around vaccine safety and efficacy.