Democratic Debate Dives Deep into Health Care Topics
We don’t have a literature review for this week so instead I wanted to provide some insights on the recent Democratic Debate held last night. Two main healthcare themes came up for discussion – the...
View ArticleE-Cigarettes: Harm reduction or just harm?
Electronic cigarettes (or Electronic Nicotine Delivery Service—ENDS) are battery-powered devices that deliver heat to a liquid nicotine-containing solution, creating an inhalable aerosol or vapor. This...
View ArticleDo cellphone bans work?
New evidence states that cellphone bans have not yet demonstrated an overall decrease in fatal crashes. Whether it be from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) or the Governors...
View ArticleCellphone ban policies
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/EPAdvocates-Episode8.mp3 In this Policy Prescriptions® edition of the AAEM Emergency Physician Advocates: Legal and Policy Issues in Emergency Medicine podcast, Cedric...
View Article“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
Providing universal health care in America would be easy if it were free. Sadly, that is not the case. All too often, the general public, doctors and researchers are quick to look for new drugs,...
View ArticleTreating 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...
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