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Suicides Account for Bulk of Firearm Deaths
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and the 2nd leading cause of death among youth ages 16 to 25. Politicians have renewed interest in the gun control debate in the wake of several mass Continue Reading …
Health Policy Twitterati 2016
It’s summer. It’s time to completely unplug. Turn off the devices. Get off the grid. Take off your shoes and put your feet into the sand. Simply, relax. But since you’re probably a bit too much like me, and for some Continue Reading …
Policy Trends in 2016
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/Episode25.mp3 In this Policy Prescriptions® edition of the AAEM Emergency Physician Advocates: Legal and Policy Issues in Emergency Medicine podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH, Assistant Professor at the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks with Jessie Continue Reading …
Treating Baltimore’s Sweet Tooth
At Baltimore’s City Hall this month, I joined dozens of others giving testimony to the City Council’s health committee on a bill that would require warning labels for sugary drinks on advertisements and wherever these products are sold in Baltimore. Continue Reading …
Without Obamacare 18.1 million would be Uninsured
Health care reform under President Obama aimed to decrease the number of uninsured in the United States via passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Though the political implications of the ACA will largely be determined by the outcomes of Continue Reading …
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