Grupo médico retira artículo sobre la ‘excitación delirante’, a menudo citada en casos de uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de la policía
LUNES, 16 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El Colegio Americano de Médicos de Emergencias (ACEP por sus siglas en inglés), un destacado grupo de médicos, retiró el jueves un artículo utilizado en casos judiciales para justificar el uso excesivo …
Learn MoreDoctor’s Group Pulls Paper on ‘Excited Delirium,’ Often Cited in Cases Involving Excessive Force by Police
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A paper that has been used in court cases to justify excessive police force was withdrawn Thursday by the American College of Emergency Physicians, a prominent doctor’s group.The paper, published in 2009, was …
Learn MoreAumento significativo de muertes por armas de fuego y por sobredosis entre niños en EE.UU.
VIERNES, 6 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) – A pesar de que los niños de Estados Unidos están más seguros ahora que hace una década en relación con muchos tipos de lesiones, hay dos excepciones alarmantes: las drogas y las armas.Esa es la esencia…
Learn MoreBig Rise Seen in Gun Deaths, Overdoses Among U.S. Kids
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — America’s kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns.That’s the crux of a new study that looked at injury trends among U.S. childre…
Learn MoreMost PCPs Do Not Feel Comfortable Screening for Firearm Safety
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Only a minority of internal medicine (IM) providers report feeling comfortable conducting routine firearm safety screening, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in the Journal of General Internal M…
Learn MoreGun Injuries Rise as Neighborhoods Gentrify
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As working class neighborhoods gentrify, you’ll likely see rents rise, pricey restaurants move in — and maybe also a rise in gunshot wounds, researchers say.In U.S. neighborhoods that gentrified, gun injuri…
Learn MoreDoctors Often Wary of Asking Patients About Guns in the Home
MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s an important health topic, but both adult patients and their primary care doctors shy away from discussing firearms and gun safety, a new survey finds.While they may discuss a variety of health risks, fi…
Learn MoreSigue en aumento el número de suicidios con armas de fuego entre los jóvenes de EE. UU.
MARTES, 5 de septiembre de 2023 (Noticias de HealthDay) — Los suicidios de estadounidenses de entre 10 y 24 años continúan en aumento y las armas de fuego son cada vez más el método elegido en estas tragedias, según un nuevo informe.El fácil acceso a…
Learn MoreGun Suicides Keep Rising Among U.S. Youth
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Suicides by Americans aged 10 to 24 are continuing to climb and guns are increasingly the method of choice in these tragedies, a new report finds.Easy access to firearms can mean suicide is often impulsively …
Learn MoreRecurrent Injury, Death Common After Acute Firearm Injury
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Recurrent injury and death are common among acutely firearm-injured patients in the United States, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Kristen L. Mueller, M.D., f…
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