TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 25 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: Reportedly, about half of American physicians feel "burned out" and thus unable to serve their patients well. The problem is not pathology in physicians, but rather the toxic work environment where third parties pressure physicians to act in ways contrary to their patients' best interest, writes Vermont psychiatrist Robert Emmons, M.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of America  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities issued the following statement by President Peter McPherson regarding President Trump's announcement that he intends to nominate Sethuraman Panchanathan as director of the National Science Foundation: "We are very pleased that the president intends to nominate Sethuraman Panchanathan as Director of the National Science Foundation. This is an outstanding selection to lead an agency critical to ensuring the United States  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 28 -- The Astrophysical Journal, a research journal from the American Astronomical Society that says it is devoted to recent developments, discoveries and theories in astronomy and astrophysics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Jan. 1, 2020 edition: * Collision and Radiative Parameters for Cr ii Lines Observed in Stellar and Nebular Spectra * Constraining the Equation of State of High-density Cold Matter Using Nuclear and Astronomical Me  more