Day: June 8, 2017

JAMA Forum: Why Is US Maternal Mortality Rising?

Aaron Carroll June 8, 2017

I’ve written about maternal mortality on this blog a number of times (for example here, and here, and here). But the data are getting even

New study doesn’t support AAP guidelines on infant room-sharing

Aaron Carroll June 8, 2017

Last year, Claire Caine Miller and I teamed up to write about the then-new AAP guidelines on infant sleep. Those guidelines recommended that infants sleep

Horrifying numbers on drug overdoses

Bill Gardner June 8, 2017

From Josh Katz in The New York Times Upshot: How bad is this? The Times estimates that 62,500 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016.

Day: June 8, 2017

JAMA Forum: Why Is US Maternal Mortality Rising?

New study doesn’t support AAP guidelines on infant room-sharing

Horrifying numbers on drug overdoses

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