D oes the public have a right to know about the health of someone running for political
office? Paul Tsongas, the former US senator who was a rival to Bill Clinton for the …

Abstract In July 1995, presidential candidate Robert Dole celebrated his 72nd birthday by
releasing a detailed nine-page summary of his medical records. His personal physician told …

Presidential campaigns are unique events in American political life. They provide the only
opportunity for the public to express its views as one on a vast array of critical policy issues …

NEWS this study and the others listed in the Toomey amendment were scientifically sound
and relevant. He voiced his confidence in the integrity of the method by which NIH selects …

Health care professionals and election analysts agree that health care will be a bigger issue
in the 1992 election than it was in 1988. Among the reasons: Some prominent members of …

AS THE WAR-HERO-TURNED-POLITICIAN CONTEM-plated a second run for the
presidency, several ur-gent concerns were on his mind. Foremost was his recent diagnosis …

Dear Vice President Gore and Governor Bush: Medical care and issues related to it are of
vital interest to all Americans. As we approach the presidential election, physicians across …

Abstract To the Editor: In regard to the article by Sharfstein and Sharfstein (Jan. 6 issue) 1 on
campaign contributions by the American Medical Political Action Committee (AMPAC) …

Recently, the US Supreme Court reached one of its most controversial decisions in years, in
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Lainie Rutkow and colleagues write that …

Kim Campbell, a former Prime Minister of Canada, regretted that elections were a terrible
time to discuss substantive policy issues. Canada is not an exception. The discussion of …