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  • 1 week ago | bmj.com | Christopher Worsham |Charles Bray |Anupam B. Jena

    Research BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082324 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:e082324 Christopher M Worsham, assistant professor123, Charles F Bray, research assistant1, Anupam B Jena, Joseph P Newhouse professor of health care policy and medicine124 1Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 2Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 3Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital,...

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Christopher Worsham

    About half of Americans have a gun in the home, and hunting is a major reason why. When hunting season rolls around each fall, guns suddenly become more visible: hunters take firearms out of storage, clean and maintain them, and go to the store to purchase more guns and ammunition. As researchers, we wondered if this has any effect on gun injuries: not just during hunting, but overall. To our surprise, it did—in a big way.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christopher Worsham

    Credit - Getty ImagesIf your doctor told you that a vaccine against dementia was available, would you be interested? According to a study published April 2 in the journal Nature by researchers in the U.S. and Germany, this question might not be hypothetical anymore.

  • 4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christopher Worsham

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reportedly has plans to perform a large study on a “possible connection” between vaccines and autism—a topic of interest to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, despite plenty of research showing no such connection exists. During his Senate confirmation hearings, Kennedy was asked by Republican senator and physician Bill Cassidy about his views on vaccines and autism.

  • 1 month ago | jamanetwork.com | Christopher Worsham |Kevin Duan |Emmi E. Obara |Edwin Wong

    Medicare Competitive Bidding Program and the SOAR Act Supplemental Oxygen Use and Spending for COPD in the Medicare Competitive Bidding Program Kevin I. Duan, MD, MS; Emmi Obara, PhD; Edwin S. Wong, PhD; Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc; Amber K. Sabbatini, MD, MPH; Lucas M. Donovan, MD, MS; Laura J. Spece, MD, MS; Laura C. Feemster, MD, MS; David H. Au, MD, MS Medicare Competitive Bidding Program and the SOAR Act—Reply Kevin I. Duan, MD, MS; David H.

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Chris Worsham
Chris Worsham @ChrisWorsham
19 Apr 25

RT @MGBResearchNews: In a new study, researchers from @MGH_PCCM and colleagues found that hunting season led to a rise in non-hunting firea…

Chris Worsham
Chris Worsham @ChrisWorsham
17 Apr 25

Check out our latest study in @bmj_latest, and accompanying pice for @TIME Ideas, examining changes in firearm incidents during the beginning of deer hunting season in the U.S. (w/ @AnupamBJena @Bray_Charles_) https://t.co/EpgkhAvMlT

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The BMJ @bmj_latest

The start of US hunting season is linked to increased firearm incidents, including violent crimes and suicide, finds this study. Efforts to promote firearm safety at start of hunting season might help curb firearm incidents, say researchers https://t.co/GvnzS6YuAY

Chris Worsham
Chris Worsham @ChrisWorsham
17 Apr 25

RT @bmj_latest: The start of US hunting season is linked to increased firearm incidents, including violent crimes and suicide, finds this s…