- + Audio Highlights—Listen to the JAMA Editor’s Audio Summary for an overview and discussion of the important articles appearing in this week’s issue of JAMA.
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- + Narrative Play—Promoting Adolescent Health With Interactive Games—This Arts and Medicine feature discusses INSPIRE, a digital health game designed to foster adolescent health behavior change.
- + Error in Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statements—In several JAMA articles published in 2022 and 2023, an incorrect institution was published in Dr Califf’s conflict of interest disclosure statements:...
- + Meta-Analysis: “Limited” Benefits to Rapid Viral Tests in EDs—Observational studies have suggested that rapid viral testing for respiratory viruses is tied to lower use of antibiotics. Now, a meta-analysis publis...
- + WHO Documents Rising Resistance to First-Line HIV Drug—Currently, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends using dolutegravir, an integrase strand transfer inhibitor approved by the US Food and Drug ...
- + Less Sleep Tied to Increased Risk of Diabetes Despite Healthy Diet—People who slept 5 or fewer hours each night had a higher risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes than those who slept 7 to 8 hours, even if they...
- + Deaths From Excessive Drinking Rose in the US During Pandemic—Deaths associated with excessive alcohol use have been rising over the past 20 years. But during 2020-2021 they went up dramatically—from an average o...
- + How Generative AI Done Right Could Help Democratize Health Care—This Medical News article is an interview with JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo and Virologist Davey Smith, head of the Division of Infect...
- + Multitarget Stool RNA Testing—To the Editor The study by Dr Barnell and colleagues raises methodological and clinical concerns. First, sessile serrated lesions (SSLs) 1 cm or large...
- + Multitarget Stool RNA Testing—To the Editor Dr Barnell and colleagues reported an mt-sRNA colorectal cancer screening test with higher sensitivity for colorectal cancer compared wi...
- + Multitarget Stool RNA Testing—Reply—In Reply We appreciate the Letters from Drs Imperiale and colleagues and Dr Baird. Regarding SSLs of at least 1 cm in size, we are following the most ...
- + Reporting on Health and War in Medical Journals—We write to respond to the Viewpoint by Greenland et al that proposes a form of content moderation for medical journals. Greenland et al suggest that ...
- + Reporting Health Consequences of War in Medical Journals—This Viewpoint suggests that medical and public health journals should publish articles focused singularly on health without political bias when repor...
- + Nostrums—By H. C. Wood, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
- + Patient Information: Hyperthyroidism—This JAMA Patient Page describes hyperthyroidism causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
- + How’s Your Soul—In this narrative essay, a physician reflects on the way in which his residency program director’s unique background as a Master of Divinity helped hi...
- + Guidelines on Falls Prevention in Older Adults—This article summarizes a 2022 clinical practice guideline on falls prevention and management in older adults from the World Falls Guidelines Initiati...
- + Lepodisiran for Elevated Lipoprotein(a)—To the Editor In a recent randomized clinical trial, Dr Nissen and colleagues found that lepodisiran, an extended-duration short interfering RNA targe...
- + Lepodisiran for Elevated Lipoprotein(a)—Reply—In Reply We disagree with Drs Endo and Kami that the long duration of action of lepodisiran raises special safety concerns. Although we acknowledged i...
- + Health Equity Adjustment and Hospital Performance in the Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program—This cross-sectional study discusses hospital performance after the incorporation of health equity adjustment into Medicare’s Hospital Value-Based Pur...
- + Let Her Home—“I'm sorry, darling, that I missed your text; I've had 14 admissions overnight.” “Lucky and then some! Are the residents showing some pluck and helpin...
- + In Love: the Sonnet and Medicine—Of the so-called received forms in poetry, the sonnet is most well-known and easily recognizable. Arriving into the English language in the 16th centu...
- + Risk Assessment and Prevention of Falls in Older Community-Dwelling Adults—This Review summarizes current best practices for risk stratification, clinical assessment, and selection of risk reduction interventions for falls in...
- + Reported Political Participation by Physicians vs Nonphysicians—This study uses survey data to compare rates of political participation between US physicians and nonphysicians from 2017 to 2021.
- + Prevalence of Type 1 Diabetes Among US Children and Adults by Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity—This study uses data from the 2019 to 2022 cycles of the National Health Interview Survey to estimate the prevalence of type 1 diabetes among US youth...
- + School Shootings in US Reach Highest Recorded Levels—School shootings in the US surged over the past 25 years and mass shootings that occurred at kindergarten through 12th-grade school sites became more ...
- + Plastic in Arteries Tied With Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Problems—Past research has linked people’s exposure to microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) to health problems. MNPs have been found in a range of products, i...
- + Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Now Available in US—People will be able to buy an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, marketed by Perrigo Company as Opill, at major retailers and pharmacies in the US i...
- + Medical Debt in US Linked With Worse Health, More Deaths—An estimated 8% of US adults, or about 20 million people, live with medical debt of at least $250, based on recent survey results from the nonprofits ...
- + Momentum Grows for Disaggregated Asian American Health Data—This Medical News article discusses how aggregated data obscure large health disparities among the 24 million Asian American people in the US.
- + Integrated Hepatitis C–Opioid Use Disorder Care Through Telemedicine—This study discusses whether facilitated telemedicine for hepatitis C treatment increases cure rates compared with standard-of-care referral to hepati...
- + Medicine—Both a Science (Care) and an Art (CARE)—This Viewpoint discusses the concept of CARE (compassion, assistance, respect, and empathy) as a way physicians can practice the art of medicine in th...
- + Is Equity Being Traded for Access to Heart Transplant?—Disparities in care and outcomes are common, complex problems and are well illustrated by heart failure, from the initial diagnosis to the treatment o...
- + Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease—This JAMA Insights Clinical Update discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, and management of eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases.
- + Gender Eligibility Descriptions for Clinical Trials—To the Editor A recent Research Letter by Dr Burton and colleagues revealed that almost two-thirds of the trials included in ClinicalTrials.gov report...
- + Gender Eligibility Descriptions for Clinical Trials—Reply—In Reply Our Research Letter analyzed free-text entries for the optional ClinicalTrials.gov data element, Gender Eligibility Description, as provided ...
- + Donor Heart Acceptance and Race and Gender of Patients on the Transplant Waiting List—This cohort study assesses differences in donor heart acceptance by transplant center teams for Black and White men and women on the transplant waitin...
- + Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators: Transformative or Abuse Potential?—This Viewpoint examines whether selective androgen receptor modulators have the potential to be transformative drugs or whether they herald the next d...
- + Audio Highlights—Listen to the JAMA Editor’s Audio Summary for an overview and discussion of the important articles appearing in this week’s issue of JAMA.
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- + Industry Payments to US Physicians by Specialty and Product Type—This study examines the distribution of payments within and across specialties and the medical products associated with the largest total payments.
- + COVID-19 Infection Tied to Slight Cognitive Deficits—People who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 tended to score slightly worse on cognitive assessments—particularly in memory, reasoning, and tasks that req...
- + Ultraprocessed Foods Linked With 32 Types of Health Problems—Ultraprocessed foods include ready-to-eat meals, snacks, and sugary drinks that contain a long list of ingredients and additives designed to make the ...
- + Study: Nearly 1 in 4 Families With Older Adults Has Food Insecurity—The proportion of US families that had at least 1 adult aged 60 years or older in the household and had food insecurity almost doubled over the past 2...
- + Therapy Delivered by Nonspecialists Improved Postpartum Mental Health—Women with anxiety who began receiving a cognitive behavioral therapy–based intervention from nonclinicians when they were less than 22 weeks pregnant...
- + Meta-Analysis: Cardiovascular Risks Rose After Stopping Aspirin—Past recommendations suggested that patients with a high risk of cardiovascular problems might benefit from a daily low-dose aspirin when the advantag...
- + COVID-19 Associated With Higher Risk of Autoimmune Diseases—People who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 had a 25% higher risk of later being diagnosed with an autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease (AIRD) after...
- + Antidepressant Prescriptions for Female Teens Surged After Pandemic—The rate of antidepressant prescriptions for teens and young adults increased by about two-thirds between 2016 and 2022, an analysis of information fr...
- + Nerve Cell Growth Might Underlie Discomfort Tied to Recurrent UTIs—Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are defined as 2 positive urine cultures in the past 6 months, or 3 positive cultures within the past year. ...
- + How AI Is Helping to Restore Speech In Aphasia—In this Medical News article, Edward Chang, MD, chair of the department of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco Weill I...
- + What Clinicians Need to Know About TikTok—This Medical News article discusses research on health information being shared on the social media platform.
- + FDA in the Crosshairs of Science, Politics, and Abortion—In this Viewpoint, the Supreme Court case FDA v AHM is used to illustrate the tension the FDA faces between science and politics, and state authority ...
- + International Humanitarian Law in the Israeli-Gaza Conflict—To the Editor In response to the recent Viewpoint titled “Wars in Gaza and Beyond,” we would like to highlight that the most important law for protect...
- + International Humanitarian Law in the Israeli-Gaza Conflict—To the Editor IHL regulates the special circumstances of armed conflict. It strikes a delicate balance between military and humanitarian imperatives b...
- + International Humanitarian Law in the Israeli-Gaza Conflict—To the Editor A recent Viewpoint elucidated the potential of IHL in protecting the sacredness of health care. But, they also highlighted the difficult...
- + International Humanitarian Law in the Israeli-Gaza Conflict—To the Editor A recent Viewpoint addressed the importance of protecting the sacredness of health in the context of the conflict in Israel and Gaza. Wh...
- + International Humanitarian Law in the Israeli-Gaza Conflict—Reply—In Reply Letters by Dr Adler and colleagues, Dr Sheinfeld Gorin, Mr Kels, and Dr Richter and colleagues in response to our recent Viewpoint raise 3 ce...
- + Predicting Liver-Related Outcomes in Steatotic Liver Disease—Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), recently renamed metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), has a global prevalence o...
- + Current Comment
- + Sintilimab and Cardiovascular Toxicity—To the Editor A recent randomized clinical trial reported improved overall survival among patients receiving the combination of sintilimab with first-...
- + Sintilimab and Cardiovascular Toxicity—Reply—In Reply On behalf of the ORIENT-16 Investigators, I thank Dr Peng and colleagues for their interest in the ORIENT-16 study and acknowledge their conc...
- + Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography Scores and Liver-Related Events in Steatotic Liver Disease—This cohort study evaluates the prognostic implications of baseline and repeated vibration-controlled transient elastography scores and liver stiffne...
- + What Is Priapism?—This JAMA Patient Page describes the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of priapism.
- + Quieting the Quiver—In this narrative medicine essay, a pediatric hospitalist identifies her sense of foreboding as a quiver that has and can rob her of moment-to-moment ...
- + Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate—This JAMA Insights in the Climate Change and Health series discusses the importance of clinicians having awareness of changes in the geographic range,...
- + Partner Plan Choices and Medicare Advantage Enrollment Decisions Among Older Adults—This study examines the association of partner Medicare Advantage plan status over 1 year with beneficiary and plan characteristics.
- + Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction—To the Editor A recent article reported a positive effect of a traditional Chinese drug (Tongxinluo) on outcomes of patients with acute myocardial inf...
- + Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction—To the Editor The China Tongxinluo Study for Myocardial Protection in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (CTS-AMI) recently showed that the Chi...
- + Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction—Reply—In Reply In their Letter, Drs Asham and Entezari-Maleki inquire about the TIMI and GRACE risk scores of patients enrolled in our recent study on Tongx...
- + Skin Biopsy Detection of Phosphorylated α-Synuclein in Patients With Synucleinopathies—This cross-sectional study evaluates the rate of detection of cutaneous phosphorylated α-synuclein by skin biopsy in individuals with and without synu...
- + Holy—Born with four grandmothers, half of them Jewish, on Hitler’s birthday, Emma’s echocardiogram showed three septal defects when she was two days old. T...
- + The Rise and Risks of Medicare Advantage “Affinity Plans”—This Viewpoint discusses the proliferation of Medicare Advantage plans targeting specific groups of individuals and whether these plans will improve q...
- + Guidance on Race, Ethnicity, and Origin as Proxies for Genetic Ancestry in Biomedical Publication—In March 2023, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a consensus study report titled Using Population Descrip...
- + Multimodal Large Language Model Performance on Clinical Vignette Questions—This study compares 2 large language models and their performance vs that of competing open-source models.
- + Ableist Language in NIH’s Mission Statement—To the Editor As a physician with a disability, I read with interest the Viewpoint “Revising NIH’s Mission Statement to Remove Ableist Language.” I al...
- + Ableist Language in NIH’s Mission Statement—Reply—In Reply Dr Jost’s Letter recounts his individual story of spinal cord stroke as a teenager, subsequent long and productive career as a practicing phy...
- + Video Laryngoscopy vs Conventional Direct Laryngoscopy for Intubation—This cluster randomized clinical trial assesses the extent to which video laryngoscopy compared with direct laryngoscopy might facilitate intubation i...
- + Arteriovenous Access for Hemodialysis—This Review discusses the selection, creation, and maintenance of arteriovenous access for hemodialysis for patients with kidney failure.
- + Digital Redlining—The Invisible Structural Determinant of Health—This Viewpoint describes digital redlining as racialized inequities in access to technology infrastructure, including access to health care, education...
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