Michaela West, MD, PhD

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Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US This study attempts to measure excess mortality due to firearms among US children aged 0 to 17 years after the McDonald v Chicago US Supreme Court decision (2010).

Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US.

Our national @JAMAPediatrics study is live.

Findings (2011-2023):
•7,400 more deaths in most permissive and permissive firearm law states.
•No increase in the stricter law states.
•Decreases in 4 strict law states.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

In honour of James “Scotty” Doohan on this anniversary of D Day. Love that he was from Vancouver!

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… and the people are really nice, plus it’s much closer than other options! 🇨🇦

Leave MO while you can! I did 8 years ago.

Elizabeth Dulau as Kleya is personally one of my favorites in all of Andor and one of the best characters in Star Wars. We don't know everything about her but what we do see is how she's strong, intelligent and pragmatic. Her vulnerabilities in S2 added such a great layer
#Andor

Here’s to hoping I never become a main character! 😳

Massive crowd at Hands Off rally in St. Paul, Minnesota

Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!

Wow, a functional Supreme Court!

Ohio Appeals Court Rules Trans Care Is Healthcare, Strikes Down Ban For Trans Youth The ruling was in part based on a 2011 Amendment in the state guaranteeing healthcare freedom, originally meant to challenge Obamacare.

1. Incredible ruling! An Ohio appeals court has ruled that trans care is healthcare, strikes down youth trans care ban!

It made the ruling using the Republican-passed "health care freedom amendment" meant to overturn Obamacare!

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You'll want to read this one.

‘Ted Lasso’ Renewed for Season 4, Jason Sudeikis Returning Apple TV+ has officially renewed "Ted Lasso" for Season 4, with series lead Jason Sudeikis onboard to return

Delighted (!) to hear that Ted Lasso is renewed for S4!
variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Liberal leadership election live: Carney new Liberal leader — Toronto Star Four candidates in the race to replace Justin Trudeau. Follow the Star's live updates on Sunday.

Mark Carney has won the
Liberal leadership election this evening with 85.9 percent of the vote!👏👏🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

#MarkCarney4PM
#NeverPierrePoilievre
#USDemocracy

apple.news/AXwRYYAJzQse...

Why???!

So many potentially confusing terms for our “leaders”:
transmembrane
transmission
transmutation
trans-isomer
transduction
transaminase
transcription
transcriptase
transcutaneous
transaction
transfection

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Shame! Shame! Shame!

Putin puppet!

English is a second language for Zelenskyy. Even with the peppering and yelling he cut through the BS to respond with the best comeback.

I stand IN the trans community! 🏳️‍⚧️

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."

- - Charles Bukowski

Brava! 💕

Trump Hotel Gaza South
Trump Hotel Gaza Far South
Trump Hotel Gaza North Egypt

That might almost cover the 25 mile/41 km distance. (Inclusion of Casinos and condos would pretty much guarantee it!).

#47’s vision for Gaza rebuild as “Riviera of the Middle East”:
Trump Hotel Gaza Far North
Trump Hotel Gaza Near North
Trump Hotel Gaza North
Trump Hotel Gaza North Central
Trump Hotel Gaza Central Trump Hotel Gaza South Central
Trump Hotel Gaza Near South
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Terrible! Big Brother manipulating science. 😔

Update on season ending ski injury from Dec.

Surgery 1 week ago (with temp postop Rx dog). Arthroscopic images of new ACL look pretty darn good to my non-orthopedic eyes. No cartilage damage, so can bear weight. Physical therapy 2x/week and a new PT aid today, quad muscle stimulator! 😬

Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy’s letter to Senators setting the truth about her cousin RFK jr Straight

He is truly unqualified in every way possible.

And so it begins…

An apt compound neologism!

Apt compound neologism!