Tag Archives: guns

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold a “physician gag law” in Florida violates the First Amendment rights of pediatricians and threatens their ability to counsel ...

By Alan Lyndon It appears as though guns will prove to be more powerful than the President of the United States in the battle for ...

By Brad Broker Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday made it clear that he does not like President Obama’s choice for Surgeon General and plans to ...

By Brad Broker In 1985, former Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop hosted his Workshop on Violence and Public Health, where he said ...

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that 20 children are hospitalized every day due to firearm injuries. Among young children in the ...

Nearly one in five children and teens found to be at risk for suicide report that there are guns in their homes, and 15 percent ...

By Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH As physicians, some of us have the job of rising in the middle of the night to try to reverse ...

By Jeffrey Cain, MD The recent tragedies in Colorado and Connecticut highlight the need for focused attention on the all-too-often unacknowledged public health concern of ...

By Sarah Varney Kaiser Health News If the National Rifle Association’s plan to curb violence is, in part, arming school employees with guns, President Barack Obama ...

By Jay Hancock Kaiser Health News Did you know the Affordable Care Act stands up for gun rights?  The “Protection of Second Amendment Gun Rights” ...