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Trauma researchers identify characteristics of communities where mass shootings occur

A trauma research team has developed a profile of commonalities among communities where mass shootings have occurred. It includes a shortage of mental health professionals, a relative lack of socialization opportunities, higher rates of income inequality, and relatively high housing costs, according to findings presented today at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018. […]

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Recent years have seen U.S. military reinventing trauma care

(HealthDay)—The U.S. military has reinvented trauma care, offering hope for changing approaches to health care, according to a blog post published online July 3 in Health Affairs. Arthur Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues write about the U.S. military’s transformation of trauma care experienced […]