Why there's a push for more doctors to ask patients about their access to firearms. (Getty Images) A new survey of parents — including those who own firearms and those who do not — finds that most (96 ...

To pediatricians, guns are a health issue. Firearms remain a leading cause of death and injury for young people. The doctors say the evidence shows that homes are safer for kids, and adults for that ...

A child finding an unsecured gun in a dresser drawer In the wake of the Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park mass shootings earlier this year, Dr. Eunice Chen wanted make a change in her medical practice.

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A few years ago Halleh Akbarnia, M.D., M.P.H., was leaving her shift at a Chicago hospital at 1 a.m. when gunfire broke out. “As I was walking out, a car was driving by and shooting at an individual ...

A federal court has blocked a new Florida law that limited the ability of doctors to ask patients if they had guns in the home. Judge Monica Cooke, a Republican appointee, rightly said that the law ...

July 25 (Reuters) - It is part of my job as a physician to ask patients about behaviors that may affect their health. Examples are smoking, drinking and wearing bicycle helmets. Sign up here. But if I ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — A team of doctors including one at Upstate Medical University are working to prevent more gun deaths in the future, saying gun violence is a public health issue.Dr. Margaret Formica ...

(Reuters Health) - A majority of U.S. adults say it’s at least sometimes appropriate for doctors to discuss guns with patients during check-ups, a nationwide survey finds. While just 23 percent of ...

The silence of Tuesday night was broken by a gunshot and sirens. Cobb County first responders arrived at an apartment complex off of White Circle Road and found a one-year-old child who had been shot ...

With frustration mounting over lawmakers' inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as way to fight ...

For the last five months, Chicago-based pediatrician Emily Lieberman has been splitting her time between treating patients and parenting two young daughters — along with trying to get assault weapons ...