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Don't be surprised if your doctor asks you about guns
By now you are probably used to the probing questions your doctor asks during your annual checkup.
Apr 20, 2018
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More students report carrying guns in Chicago than New York or Los Angeles
More students report carrying guns in Chicago than in New York or Los Angeles, a new Northwestern Medicine study shows. The findings provide historical background for Chicago's 2016 spike in gun violence, which occurred mostly ...
Apr 19, 2018
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More prehospital deaths may mean increased intensity in violence
A new Johns Hopkins Medicine analysis of national trauma data shows that trauma patients were four times more likely to die from gunshot wounds and nearly nine times more likely to die from stab wounds before getting to a ...
Apr 16, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bullying based on stigma
Bullying is an issue that is constantly in the news – either as a standalone story about a particularly egregious case or as a major contributor to much larger issues, including school shootings.
Mar 8, 2018
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Tough gun laws keep more hands off the trigger: study
Debate over the value of tough state gun control laws has reached a fever pitch following last month's deadly shooting of 17 people at a Florida high school.
Mar 5, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Doctors blast Trump's mental illness focus to fight violence
Frustration is mounting in the medical community as the Trump administration again points to mental illness in response to yet another mass shooting.
Feb 19, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Opinion: Persistent lack of evidence connecting video games and violence
In the wake of the Valentine's Day shooting at a Broward County, Florida high school, a familiar trope has reemerged: Often, when a young man is the shooter, people try to blame the tragedy on violent video games and other ...
Feb 16, 2018
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Hot spot policing focusing on guns is most effective strategy for reducing gun violence in Baltimore, study finds
A Baltimore program that assigns detectives to work in neighborhoods at high risk for gun violence was more effective at reducing gun violence in Baltimore than other initiatives, a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...
Jan 12, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Allowing mentally ill people to access firearms is not fueling mass shootings
On a quiet Sunday last November, a young man wielding an assault-style weapon took aim at a church in rural Texas, killing 26 people.
Jan 4, 2018
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Broader gun restrictions lead to fewer intimate partner homicides
State laws that restrict gun ownership among domestic abusers and others with violent histories appear to significantly reduce intimate partner homicides, indicates a groundbreaking national study led by a Michigan State ...
Nov 29, 2017
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