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Background checks for all but guns

Posted by Mark Ryan, MD May 20, 2013 at 8:31 PM

An important reminder as interest remains to revive a bill to expand gun purchase background checks: Americans wanted expanded background checks to pass the Senate, and has been broadly favored by gun owners. We expect others working in potentially life-and-death situations to have proper background checks.  Why would we not expect the same from those [...]

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How Drug Reps Size Up Doctors

Posted by Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD, NPA Executive Director May 14, 2013 at 12:09 PM

By Sharam Ahari Shahram Ahari is a former sales representative for Eli Lilly who left the pharmaceutical industry to become a public health advocate.  He has since completed his MPH at UC Berkeley, become a researcher at UCSF School of Pharmacy, testified before Congress and the Supreme Court, and will be graduating from UC Davis [...]

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A Letter from NPA President, Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH

Posted by Darden Rice, NPA Communications Director May 2, 2013 at 10:15 AM

As I prepared for NPA’s recent board meeting, I thought about the email I received from a pediatrician after the Newtown shootings. The email said simply, “I’ve had it.” That message not only represents the reaction of many NPA members (and many Americans) to the epidemic of gun violence. It also describes the moment for [...]

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