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When pregnancy causes stroke: the risk we must talk more about

June 23, 2023 cardiovascular/cerebrovascular events, maternal health, maternal mortality, Postpartum, pregnancy-related stroke, Public Policy, women of color

In March of 2020, just as the world entered lockdown, I experienced a personal loss: a friend died following a stroke. She was 30 years

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The time is now for evidence-based gun reform

April 6, 2018 Gun Violence, Healthcare, Public Policy

The survivors of the Parkland Massacre are relentless and determined to raise to prominence the issue of gun control in order to make change. In

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Experts tackle 3 key policy areas for using cutting-edge sequencing in patient care

September 30, 2014 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Amy McGuire, Dr. Maggie Curnutte, ethics, Genetics, health policy, Healthcare, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, next-generation sequencing, policy, Public Policy, Technology

As techniques such as next generation sequencing, which determines the precise order of the nucleotides that make up DNA, are used in patient diagnosis and

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AAMC policy leader calls on medical school, teaching hospitals

October 15, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Atul Grover, Education, Healthcare, Public Policy, Ruth SoRelle

In the midst of healthcare change and new health directives, academic medical centers, including medical schools and teaching hospitals like those in the Texas Medical