Introduction

This is the jama medical news podcast, discussing timely topics in clinical medicine, bio medical sciences, public health and health policy. To day we're going to be talking about three stories that we've published during december. The first is by a free lance wrider, anita slamski, and it has to deal with the trama that so many young people are going through now after they have lost loved ones. Losing a parent is among the adverse childhood experiences or aces that are associated with mental health problems like depression,. And also icreased risk of substance abuse, violence and risky sexual behaviors.