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How ED Staff Can Help Break the Cycle of Community Violence

The emergency department (ED) can play a crucial role in curbing violence, thereby reducing deaths and serious injuries, Christopher Colwell, MD, of the Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, said in a presentation at the American College of Emergency Physicians […]

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Criminal behavior linked to thinking about risk, study finds

A new study shows a difference between how risk is cognitively processed by self-reported law-abiding citizens and self-reported lawbreakers, allowing researchers to better view and understand the criminal mind. Along with her team, Valerie Reyna, Lois and Melvin Tukman Professor of Human Development and director of the Cornell University Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility, examined neurological […]