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Public health, social science, and the scientific method (Part I)

1. Introduction During the years 2002-2004, I served in the Injury Research Grant Review Committee (IRGRC, more recently the “Initial Review Group”) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — more specifically, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). I participated not only in the major meetings in Atlanta, but also […]

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Faria Appointed to CDC Committee

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Dr. Miguel A. Faria Jr., a retired neurosurgeon, former Clinical Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) at Mercer University School of Medicine, and contributing editor to Health Care News, was appointed in September to the Injury Research Grant Review Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Faria began serving his term immediately, despite reported

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COLUMNISTA DE LA NUEVA CUBA, EL DR. MIGUEL A. FARÍA, JR. ES NOMBRADO MIEMBRO DE LA COMISIÓN DE REVISIÓN DE “GRANTS”

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El Dr. Miguel A. Faría, Jr., neurocirujano retirado de Macon, ex profesor clínico de Cirugía (Neurocirugía) en la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Mercer y crítico de la investigación sobre armas llevada a cabo por investigadores del gobierno sobre la salud, desde la década de 1990, ha sido nombrado a la Comisión de

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Guns and Violence

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The role of gun violence and street crime in the United States and the world is currently a subject of great debate among national and international organizations, including the United Nations. Because the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the individual right of American citizens to own private firearms, availability of firearms is greater

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The Perversion of Science and Medicine (Part IV): The Battle Continues

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As a physician, I have always been a staunch supporter of public health in its traditional role of fighting pestilential diseases and promoting health by educating the public as to hygiene, sanitation, and preventable diseases, as alluded to in my book, Vandals at the Gates of Medicine; but I deeply resent the workings of that

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Docs, Guns, and the CDC

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A major engagement in the war over the right to keep and bear arms was fought in the House of Representatives this past July. The House voted to shift $2.6 million away from the National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) — a research unit of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) — and

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Public health, social science, and the scientific method (Part I)

Faria Appointed to CDC Committee

COLUMNISTA DE LA NUEVA CUBA, EL DR. MIGUEL A. FARÍA, JR. ES NOMBRADO MIEMBRO DE LA COMISIÓN DE REVISIÓN DE “GRANTS”

Guns and Violence

The Perversion of Science and Medicine (Part IV): The Battle Continues

Docs, Guns, and the CDC

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