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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Wafaa El-Sadr, M.D., M.P.H., email Dr. El-Sadr at wme1@columbia.edu or call 917-330-9460. You can also email Stephanie Berger at sb2247@cumc.columbia.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.2158   JAMA Internal Medicine…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 2:30 P.M. (ET), SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact authors Katrina E. Donahue, M.D., M.P.H., and Laura A. Young, M.D., Ph.D., email Mark Derewicz at mark.derewicz@unchealth.unc.edu. Video Content: There is a JAMA Report video for this study. It is available under embargo at this link, and includes broadcast-quality downloadable video…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Bradley P. Turnwald, M.S., email Milenko Martinovich at mmartino@stanford.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1637   JAMA Internal Medicine Does labeling carrots as “twisted citrus-glazed carrots” or…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Yasuhiko Kubota, M.D., email Paige Calhoun at pcalhoun@umn.edu. Related material: The invited commentary, “Why We Ned to Know Patients’ Education,” by Nancy E. Adler, Ph.D., and M. Maria Glymour, Sc.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, also is…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jennifer M. Poti, Ph.D., email David Pesci dpesci@email.unc.edu Related material: The Editor’s Note, “Progress on Decreasing Salt Consumption,” by JAMA Internal Medicine Deputy Editor Mitchell H. Katz. M.D., of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, also is…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Carl G. Streed, Jr., M.D., email Elaine St. Peter at estpeter@bwh.harvard.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1460   JAMA Internal Medicine Gender minority adults report more health…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Benjamin H. Han, M.D., M.P.H., email Annie Harris at Annie.harris@nyumc.org. Related material: The Editor’s Note, “Risks of Statin Therapy in Older Adults,” by Gregory Curfman, M.D., of Harvard Medical School, Boston, and the health care policy and law editor…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Kiarri N. Kershaw, Ph.D., email Marla Paul at marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1226   JAMA Internal Medicine If exposure to neighborhood-level racial residential segregation changes…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Christopher J.L. Murray, M.D., D.Phil., email Dean Owen at dean1227@uw.edu. Related material: A high-resolution image of Figure 1 depicting life expectancy at birth by county, 2014, also is available on the For The Media website. To place an electronic…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Eleni Linos, M.D., Dr.P.H., email Elizabeth Fernandez at Elizabeth.Fernandez@UCSF.edu. Related material: The related research letter, “Workplace Factors Associated with Burnout of Family Physicians,” by Monee Rassolian, M.D., of Michigan State University, Flint, and coauthors, along with the Viewpoint article,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Krista A. Varady, Ph.D., email Jackie Carey at jmcarey@uic.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0936   JAMA Internal Medicine Alternate day fasting regimens have increased in popularity…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Adil H. Haider, M.D, M.P.H., email Lori Schroth at Ljschroth@partners.org. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0906   JAMA Internal Medicine   Patients are more willing to disclose their…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Joshua A. Halpern, M.D., M.S., email Jennifer Gundersen at jeg2034@med.cornell.edu. Related material: The commentary, “Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria – Rethinking the Diagnostic Algorithm,” by Leslee L. Subak, M.D., and Deborah Grady, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Archana Radhakrishnan, M.D., M.H.S., email Chanapa Tantibanchachai at chanapa@jhmi.edu. Related material: The editorial, “Physician Adherence to Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations,” by Deborah Grady, M.D., M.P.H., and Rita F. Redberg, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of California, San Francisco, also…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Lauren P. Daskivich, M.D., M.S.H.S., email Michael Wilson at micwilson@dhs.lacounty.gov. Related audio material: An interview with the authors is available for preview on the For The Media website. The podcast will be live when the embargo lifts on the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Blayne Welk, M.D., M.Sc., email Deborah Creatura at deborah.creatura@ices.on.ca. Related material: The commentary, “The Risk of Suicidality and Depression From 5α-Reductase Inhibitors,” by Stephen Thielke, M.D., M.S., also is available on the For The Media website. To place an…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Yusuke Tsugawa, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., email Todd Datz at tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. Related material: The editor’s note, “Physician Spending and Patient Outcomes,” also is available on the For The Media website. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David A. Klein, M.D., M.P.H., email Alexandra Snyder at Alexandra.r.snyder.civ@mail.mil. Related material: The commentary, “A Transgender Military Internist’s Perspective on Readiness for Treating Patients with Gender Dysphoria,” by Jamie L. Henry, M.D., of the Walter Reed National Military Medical…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Dowin Boatright, M.D., M.B.A., email Ziba Kashef at ziba.kashef@yale.edu and for corresponding author Vineet M. Arora, M.D., M.A.P.P., email John Easton at John.Easton@uchospitals.edu. Related previously published material: The JAMA Viewpoint, “Reporting Sex, Gender or Both in Clinical Research?” may…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Daniel Polsky, Ph.D., call Katie Delach at 215-349-5964 or e-mail Katharine.Delach@uphs.upenn.edu To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9662   JAMA Internal Medicine A new research letter published online…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author J. Michael McWilliams email Ekaterina Pesheva at Ekaterina_Pesheva@hms.harvard.edu and to contact K. John McConnell, Ph.D., email Tracy Brawley at brawley@ohsu.edu. Related audio material: An interview with the authors is available for preview on the For The Media website. The…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Lilia Cervantes, M.D., email Josh Rasmussen at Joshua.Rasmussen@dhha.org or email Kelli Christensen at Kelli.Christensen@dhha.org. Related material: The commentary, “Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Health Care,” by Alicia Fernández, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and Rudolph A….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Linda S. Kinsinger, M.D., M.P.H., email lkinsinger@mac.com. Related material: The research letter, “Use of CT and Chest Radiography for Lung Cancer Screening Before and After Publication of Screening Guidelines: Intended and Unintended Uptake,” by Ya-Chen Tina Shih, Ph.D., of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Ph.D., call Paige Calhoun at 612-625-4110 or email pcalhoun@umn.edu Related material: The editorial, “Advancing the Needs of Patients in the Trump Era,” by JAMA Internal Medicine editors Robert Steinbrook, M.D., Mitchell H. Katz, M.D., and Rita F….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Alicia Fernández, M.D., call Laura Kurtzman at 415-476-3163 or email laura.kurtzman@ucsf.edu and to contact author Melissa M. Parker, M.S., call Vincent Staupe at 510- 267-7364 or email vincent.p.staupe@kp.org. Related material: The editorial, “Diabetes Care in Latinos with Limited English…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Steven D. Pearson, M.D., M.Sc., email Justin Cohen at Justin.Cohen@nih.gov or call 301-402-6202; to contact corresponding author Susannah L. Rose, Ph.D., email Andrea Pacetti at PACETTA@ccf.org or call 216-444-8168; to contact corresponding author G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., M.S., email…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Gary O’Donovan, Ph.D., email g.odonovan@lboro.ac.uk   Related material: The commentary, “Physical Activity on the Weekend: Can It Wait Until Then?” by Hannah Arem, Ph.D., and Loretta DiPietro, Ph.D., of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., also is available on the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Robert Steinbrook, M.D., email mediarelations@jamanetwork.org; to contact corresponding author Bernadette C. Hohl, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Jeff Tolvin at 908-229-3475 or email jeff.tolvin@rutgers.edu; to contact corresponding author Andrew V. Papachristos, Ph.D., call Bess Connolly Martell at 203-432-1324 or email elizabeth.connollymartell@yale.edu;…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Damien Léger, M.D., Ph.D., email damien.leger@aphp.fr. Related material: The Editor’s Note, “Sleeping on the Street,” by Deborah Grady, M.D., M.P.H., a deputy editor of JAMA Internal Medicine, also is available on the For The Media website. To place an…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Yusuke Tsugawa, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. Related material: The editorial, “Women in Medicine and Patient Outcomes: Equal Rights for Better Work?” by JAMA Internal Medicine Editor Rita F. Redberg, M.D., M.Sc., and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Thomas J. Moore, A.B., call Renee Brehio at 614-376-0212 or email rbrehio@ismp.org. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7507   JAMA Internal Medicine About 1 in 6 adults in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Maayan Agmon, Ph.D., email agmon.mn@gmail.com. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7266   JAMA Internal Medicine Is walking fewer than 900 steps per day associated with functional decline…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Maki Inoue-Choi, Ph.D., M.S., call NCI Press Officers at 301-496-6641 or email ncipressofficers@mail.nih.gov. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7511   JAMA Internal Medicine Low-intensity smokers who puff on…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, NOVERMBER 21, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Kenneth M. Langa, M.D., Ph.D., call Kara Gavin at 734-764-2220  or email kegavin@med.umich.edu. Video Content: The JAMA Report video will be available under embargo at this link, and include broadcast-quality downloadable video files, B-roll, scripts and other images. Please…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, NOVERMBER 21, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Joshua I. Barzilay, M.D., call Kerri Hartsfield Johnson at 404-949-5121 or email Kerri.M.Hartsfield@kp.org. Related material: The commentary, “Cardiovascular Medications and Fractures: Dodging Complexity,” by Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, M.D., M.H.S., and Richard Lee, M.D., M.H.S., of the Duke University School…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 2:30 P.M. (ET), TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Paul J. Hauptman, M.D., call Maggie Rotermund at 314-977-8018 or email rotermundmm@slu.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6955   JAMA Internal Medicine A research letter published online…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, NOVERMBER 14, 2016   JAMA Internal Medicine JAMA Internal Medicine has published online a collection of research and opinion articles in a special theme series focused on firearm violence. “With the 2016 Presidential and Congressional elections behind us, there is again an opportunity for the United States to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Lisa A. Bero, Ph.D., email lisa.bero@sydney.edu.au   To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6721   Researchers in Australia analyzed medical literature to determine whether nutrition studies sponsored by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Anna D. Sinaiko, Ph.D., M.P.P., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6622   JAMA Internal Medicine If patients know beforehand…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Joannie Lortet-Tieulent, M.Sc., email David Sampson at david.sampson@cancer.org. Related material: The commentary, “The Case for a Concerted Push to Reduce Place-Based Disparities in Smoking-Related Cancers,” by Kurt M. Ribisl, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David M. Levine, M.D., M.A., call Haley Bridger at 617-525-6383 or email hbridger@partners.org. Related material: The commentary, “The Quest to Improve Quality: Measurement Is Necessary but Not Sufficient,” by Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente Research, Pasadena, Calif.,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Luis E. Rohde, M.D., Sc.D., email rohde.le@gmail.com Related material: The commentary, “More Evidence That Caffeine Consumption Appears to Be Safe in Patients With Heart Failure,” by Jacob P. Kelly, M.D., and Christopher B. Granger, M.D., of Duke University, Durham,…