Megan Ranney

2 weeks ago | insidemedicine.substack.com | Jeremy Samuel Faust |Megan Ranney

Today, I was joined in The Doctor’s Lounge on Substack Live by the Dean of the Yale School of Public Health, and one heck of a great friend to me, the brilliant and always insightful Dr. Megan Ranney. Closed captions (㏄) and a transcript option (📄) can be found beneath the video playback control bar above. This session is entirely free for everyone thanks to recent upgrades that sustain this kind of work.

Nov 12, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Megan Ranney |Lawrence O. Gostin

Most patients trust their physicians to provide high-quality, evidence-based health information.1 Unfortunately, misinformation and disinformation are problems as old as medicine and have been recognized as a public health threat for millenia.2 Today, the rise of social media and artificial intelligence, together with a world-wide pandemic, have combined to create an unprecedented “infodemic” of false and misleading health information.

Nov 12, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Richard S. Saver |Megan Ranney |Lawrence O. Gostin

Key PointsQuestion  How frequently do medical boards discipline physicians for spreading medical misinformation relative to discipline for other professional misconduct? Findings  In this cross-sectional study of 3128 medical board disciplinary proceedings involving physicians, spreading misinformation to the community was the least common reason for medical board discipline (<1% of all identified offenses).

Oct 24, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Marian Betz |Megan Ranney

Firearms are the leading cause of deaths for children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years, and numerous medical and public health organizations, as well as the US Surgeon General, have identified firearm violence as a public health crisis. The work by Weybright and colleagues1 examines the experiences of handgun carrying among rural youths and highlights critical gaps in the types of questions researchers are asking—and the types of people they are inviting as partners.

Oct 8, 2024 | nature.com | Megan Ranney

CORRESPONDENCE 08 October 2024 Injuries and deaths caused by firearms are a major health problem in the United States, where guns are the leading cause of death among people under 19. Past prevention efforts have been politicized at the expense of the public’s health. This seems to be happening again.