Pelzman's Picks: Why FluMist Fizzled Out

• Chana A. Sacks, MD, and colleagues discuss the tragic Orlando shooting and gun violence, in general, in New England Journal of Medicine ~ In the Wake of Orlando -- Taking Steps against Gun Violence
• Perhaps we can learn from Australia when it comes to gun laws, Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH, writes in the Journal of the American Medical Association ~ Lessons From Australia's National Firearms Agreement
• "We are long overdue for a new perspective -- both because our understanding of the neuroscience underlying addiction has changed and because so many existing treatments simply don't work," Maia Szalavitz writes in The New York Times ~ Can You Get Over an Addiction?
• Colin Baigent, BM BCh, MA, MScv, deliberates on the value of the recent recommendations on aspirin for disease prevention in Annals of Internal Medicine ~ Aspirin for Disease Prevention: Public Policy or Personal Choice?
• More and more young adults appear to be staying with their pediatricians into their mid-to-late 20s, Jane H. Furse writes in The New York Times ~ Leaving the Pediatrician? Not at 26
• Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, and colleagues review the current laws on marijuana prescribing in JAMA ~ Medical Board Expectations for Physicians Recommending Marijuana
• "What led to the abrupt fall of FluMist -- the nasal spray version of influenza vaccine -- which until recently was considered the preferred alternative to the injectable vaccine for younger children?" Julie Appleby asks in Kaiser Health News ~ Flu-Miffed: Piecing Together Clues On How FluMist Lost Its Place In The Flu-Fighting Toolbox

Fred N. Pelzman, MD, of Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates and weekly blogger for MedPage Today, follows what's going on in the world of primary care medicine. Pelzman's Picks is a compilation of links to blogs, articles, tweets, journal studies, opinion pieces, and news briefs related to primary care that caught his eye.

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Pelzman's Picks: Why FluMist Fizzled Out