I Am a Doctor

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

At the first convention of the American Medical Association after Medicare becomes law, the president of the doctors' group calls the program unnecessary and unwanted, but says it's time to move on and focus on "the new economics of medicine."

PRESS CONFERENCE W/ PRESS STATEMENT FROM AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) ABOUT SUNBEAM CORPORATION

Dr. Mary S. Calderone Pushing her new book ""The Family Book About Sexuality"" Mary Steichen Calderone (July 1, 1904 - October 24, 1998) was a physician and a public health advocate for sexual education. She served as president and co-founder of the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) from 1954 to 1982. She was also the medical director for Planned Parenthood. She wrote many publications advocating open dialogue and access to information at all ages. Her most notable feat was overturning the American Medical Association policy against the dissemination of birth control information to patients

THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION SAYS 40 OF THE FIFTY STATES STILL EXCEED HEALTHY CLEAN AIR STANDARDS, AND THAT OZONE LEVELS IMPACT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

American Medical Association declares obesity a disease

United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor along with other officials and medical staff tours 8th field hospital in Nha Trang, South Vietnam. He speaks with a United States Army nurse. Taylor and other officials leave headquarters of Nha Trang province chief. Luman and others tour the Nha Trang market place. Taylor and party enter and leave the Vietnamese American Association building. (Vietnam War period). Location: Nha Trang Vietnam. Date: May 15, 1965.

Man speaks at podium ata CDC meeting; Shots of Kimberly Bergalis lying in bed and dying of AIDS contracted from her dentist Dr. Acer; ADA (American Dental Association) panelists defend their procedures while accusing Dr. Acer; Operating room surgery of some sort taking place; Asst medical professional offer opinions

Dr. Frederick Earl McLendon and his wife Mrs. Bennie B. McLendon are seen with a guest on the backyard terrace of their home in Atlanta, Georgia. They are then see in front of their house. Dr. McLendon, pulls mail from his mailbox. The couple returns to the house. Mailbox address reads "Dr. F. Earl McLendon 866 Woodmere Dr. N.W." Dr. McLendon is then seen talking with an older associate while sitting at a patio table on the terrace. View of the home's swimming pool. African American Doctor Frederick Earl McLendon founded the McLendon Medical Clinic, later McLendon Hospital, which served African-American residents in Atlanta at the height of the Jim Crow era. The hospital opened in April, 1946 during a time of segregation in the south. Location: Atlanta Georgia USA. Date: May 23, 1960.

Good Eating Habits

00:00:00:00 [Pillars of medical community support Dr Henry Foster's nomination for Surgeon General]-- SOT Dr William Brown, National Medical Association/ SOT Dr Jordan Cohen, President of Assoc ...

MORRIS FISHBINE OF AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SPEAKS ABOUT QUACKS. WARNS THAT NO KNOWN CURE FOR CANCER EXISTS AS YET

NEWS CONFERENCE TO RELEASE A STUDY BY MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL SHOWING SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS MAY IMPROVE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND BEHAVIOR.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

The leader of of the American Medical Association reassures doctors that while the newly enacted Medicare program will make some healthcare problems worse and create entirely new ones, it won't completely destroy medicine in the United States.

00:00:00:15 President Obama comes to podium to speak to the American Medical Association on health care reform (0:44) /

Covers of Jama Magazine (Journal of American Medical Association) - each peeling away revealing the next cover.