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The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons files an Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court in Support of the Right to Conversion Therapy
TUCSON, Ariz., June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed its amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on June 12 against a Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors, in Chiles v. Salazar (No. 24-539). In this case, a therapist challenges the Colorado law, similar to bans in roughly half the states, that prevents her from counseling in support of a patient's gender, while allowing transgender conversion advice. Colorado and most blue states censor therapists from helping teenagers overcome gender dysphoria and same-sex attractions. But therapists are permitted to encourage transgender transitions and homosexuality, the brief states. 'This is a blatant content-based discrimination by government in violation of the First Amendment,' observes AAPS General Counsel Andrew Schlafly. 'Government cannot lawfully pick sides with viewpoint censorship.' At issue before the Supreme Court is not whether conversion therapy, which is better called gender support therapy, is beneficial to most people. Instead, the issue is whether there is a free-speech right of licensed counselors to provide such talk therapy to patients, the brief explains. 'Physicians, therapists, and other caregivers are professionals not to be censored and controlled. They must retain First Amendment freedom of speech rights after licensure which they properly enjoyed prior to licensure,' the brief argues. AAPS quotes Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in his dissent from a Court decision not to review a challenge to a similar Washington State law. Justice Thomas wrote in Tingley v. Ferguson (2023) that the State allows counseling of 'minors about gender dysphoria, but only if they convey the state-approved message of encouraging minors to explore their gender identities.' 'Expressing any other message is forbidden—even if the counselor's clients ask for help to accept their biological sex. That is viewpoint-based and content-based discrimination in its purest form,' Justice Thomas added. AAPS in its amicus brief urged the Court to invalidate Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. This would also negate similar laws in about half the country. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a national organization representing physicians in all specialties since 1943. Contact: Andrew Schlafly, (908) 719-8608, [email protected], or Jane M. Orient, M.D., (520) 323-3110, [email protected] Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. Ahmedabad Plane Crash
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The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons files an Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court in Support of the Right to Conversion Therapy
TUCSON, Ariz., June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed its amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on June 12 against a Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors, in Chiles v. Salazar (No. 24-539). In this case, a therapist challenges the Colorado law, similar to bans in roughly half the states, that prevents her from counseling in support of a patient's gender, while allowing transgender conversion advice. Colorado and most blue states censor therapists from helping teenagers overcome gender dysphoria and same-sex attractions. But therapists are permitted to encourage transgender transitions and homosexuality, the brief states. 'This is a blatant content-based discrimination by government in violation of the First Amendment,' observes AAPS General Counsel Andrew Schlafly. 'Government cannot lawfully pick sides with viewpoint censorship.' At issue before the Supreme Court is not whether conversion therapy, which is better called gender support therapy, is beneficial to most people. Instead, the issue is whether there is a free-speech right of licensed counselors to provide such talk therapy to patients, the brief explains. 'Physicians, therapists, and other caregivers are professionals not to be censored and controlled. They must retain First Amendment freedom of speech rights after licensure which they properly enjoyed prior to licensure,' the brief argues. AAPS quotes Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in his dissent from a Court decision not to review a challenge to a similar Washington State law. Justice Thomas wrote in Tingley v. Ferguson (2023) that the State allows counseling of 'minors about gender dysphoria, but only if they convey the state-approved message of encouraging minors to explore their gender identities.' 'Expressing any other message is forbidden—even if the counselor's clients ask for help to accept their biological sex. That is viewpoint-based and content-based discrimination in its purest form,' Justice Thomas added. AAPS in its amicus brief urged the Court to invalidate Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. This would also negate similar laws in about half the country. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a national organization representing physicians in all specialties since 1943. Contact: Andrew Schlafly, (908) 719-8608, aschlafly@ or Jane M. Orient, M.D., (520) 323-3110, janeorientmd@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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06-06-2025
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President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Writes, ‘Let's Make America Healthy Again'
TUCSON, Ariz., June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) project is a monumental task, writes Erika L. LeBaron, DO., M.S.N., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. LeBaron, current president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), practices family medicine with an osteopathic and integrative approach in Manassas, Va. The role of food and medicine must be addressed as a start. Factory-made foods look and taste good, but health and nutrition are not their focus, she states. In contrast to allopathic medicine, she explains, osteopathic medicine does not primarily emphasize medications and surgery, but rather the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit. Disease is seen as the body being at dis-ease vs. at ease or in balance. In the late19th century, allopathic medicine accepted the concept of monomorphism, that a particular germ creates a specific disease, as taught by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. However, two of their contemporaries believed that the inner condition of the body was more important than the germ itself. Antoine Bechamp formulated the pleomorphism theory, which held that germs have many forms and theorized that disease is a condition of one's internal environment (terrain), Dr. LeBaron writes. When her patients ask about vaccines, she discusses the germ theory vs. terrain theory. Vaccines are not the answer to health. She points to data from a pediatric practice showing that patients who were unvaccinated or had fewer vaccines were healthier in the long run than those patients who had more vaccinations. For treating disease, pharmaceuticals are not the only option, she writes, citing examples of physicians who successfully treated COVID patients without drugs. The key lesson, she writes, is that 'every patient is unique, and we must treat the patient not the disease. We must take a root-cause analysis and whole person approach to care, not a pharma/industry guideline or protocol.' The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons is published by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a national organization representing physicians in all specialties since 1943. Contact: Jane M. Orient, M.D., (520) 323-3110, janeorientmd@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Associated Press
04-06-2025
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Severe Allergic Reactions post Vaccination Discussed in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Severe allergic reactions involving a cytokine storm can follow vaccination for respiratory viruses such as influenza or COVID-19, writes Irene Mavrakakis, M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. A possible treatment is cromolyn sodium, which prevents the release of histamine and other inflammatory mediators from immune cells called mast cells. It is often used in asthma. Dr. Mavrakakis presents a case history of a patient with latex allergy who experienced a severe reaction to an influenza vaccination. For years after this, she experienced frequent episodes of life-threatening anaphylaxis. Eventually these were eliminated by a strict diet, latex avoidance, and medications including cromolyn sodium. This type of reaction involves a type of serum antibody called immunoglobulin E (IgE), Dr. Mavrakakis explains. Repeated exposures to triggering allergens can lead to increased IgE responses and very severe reactions. Specific studies have demonstrated the production of IgE anti-influenza virus antibodies in the vaccinated. This raises the possibility that repeated exposure from annual vaccination could intensify allergic responses and immune reactivity, she suggests, also pointing out the paucity of evidence for the benefit of repeated shots. Implementing comprehensive immune profiling, including markers such as histamine, IgE, tryptase, and eosinophils, could help identify patients predisposed to severe inflammatory reactions, she states. She also recommends: (1) study of longitudinal changes in IgE and other immune markers in vaccinated populations; (2) evaluation of the potential for cross-reactivity between influenza and coronavirus antigens, possibly exacerbating immune responses; and (3) clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of allergy treatments, including cromolyn sodium and other mast-cell stabilizers, for managing cytokine storms related to respiratory virus vaccinations. The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons is published by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a national organization representing physicians in all specialties since 1943. Contact: Jane M. Orient, M.D., (520) 323-3110, [email protected]
Yahoo
04-06-2025
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Severe Allergic Reactions post Vaccination Discussed in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Severe allergic reactions involving a cytokine storm can follow vaccination for respiratory viruses such as influenza or COVID-19, writes Irene Mavrakakis, M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. A possible treatment is cromolyn sodium, which prevents the release of histamine and other inflammatory mediators from immune cells called mast cells. It is often used in asthma. Dr. Mavrakakis presents a case history of a patient with latex allergy who experienced a severe reaction to an influenza vaccination. For years after this, she experienced frequent episodes of life-threatening anaphylaxis. Eventually these were eliminated by a strict diet, latex avoidance, and medications including cromolyn sodium. This type of reaction involves a type of serum antibody called immunoglobulin E (IgE), Dr. Mavrakakis explains. Repeated exposures to triggering allergens can lead to increased IgE responses and very severe reactions. Specific studies have demonstrated the production of IgE anti-influenza virus antibodies in the vaccinated. This raises the possibility that repeated exposure from annual vaccination could intensify allergic responses and immune reactivity, she suggests, also pointing out the paucity of evidence for the benefit of repeated shots. Implementing comprehensive immune profiling, including markers such as histamine, IgE, tryptase, and eosinophils, could help identify patients predisposed to severe inflammatory reactions, she states. She also recommends: (1) study of longitudinal changes in IgE and other immune markers in vaccinated populations; (2) evaluation of the potential for cross-reactivity between influenza and coronavirus antigens, possibly exacerbating immune responses; and (3) clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of allergy treatments, including cromolyn sodium and other mast-cell stabilizers, for managing cytokine storms related to respiratory virus vaccinations. The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons is published by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a national organization representing physicians in all specialties since 1943. Contact: Jane M. Orient, M.D., (520) 323-3110, janeorientmd@ in to access your portfolio
