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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,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Daniel Freedberg, M.D., M.S., call Lucky Tran, Ph.D. at 212-305-3689 or email lucky.tran@columbia.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6193   JAMA Internal Medicine Antibiotics are a risk…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Saeid Shahraz, M.D., Ph.D., call Rhonda Mann at 617-636-3265 or email RMann1@tuftsmedicalcenter.org. Related material: The Editor’s Note, “The Medicalization of Common Conditions,” by JAMA Internal Medicine Editor Rita F. Redberg, M.D., M.Sc., also is available. To place an electronic…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Enrique F. Schisterman, Ph.D., call Robert Bock or Meredith Daly at 301-496-5133 or email nichdpress@mail.nih.gov. Related material: The commentary, “Toward a Deeper Understanding of Nausea, Vomiting and Pregnancy Loss,” by Siripanth Nippita, M.D., M.S., and Laura E. Dodge, Sc.D.,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Lisa Harnack, Dr.P.H., call Caroline Marin at 612-624-5680 or email crmarin@umn.edu. Related material: The commentary, “Incentive and Restriction in Combination – Make Food Assistance Healthier with Carrots and Sticks,” by Marlene B. Schwartz, Ph.D., of the University of Connecticut,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author James Baggs, Ph.D., call Melissa Brower at 404-639-4718 or email mbrower@cdc.gov. Related material: The commentary, “Tipping the Balance Toward Fewer Antibiotics,” by Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., M.P.H., and Jeffrey A. Linder, M.D., M.P.H., of Harvard Medical School, Boston, also is…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author John W. Ayers, Ph.D., M.A., email ayers.john.w@gmail.com or call 619-371-1846. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6274   JAMA Internal Medicine Motorists, passengers and pedestrians beware. A new…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact authors Stanton A. Glantz, Ph.D., Cristin E. Kearns, D.D.S., M.B.A., or Laura Schmidt, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.H., call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592 or email Elizabeth.Fernandez@UCSF.edu. To contact commentary author Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., email marion.nestle@nyu.edu. Related audio material: An interview with the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study author Hyun-seok Kim, M.D., M.P.H., call LaCarla Donaldson at 973-972-1216 or email donaldla@njms.rutgers.edu. Related material: The commentary, “Maybe It’s Not the Gluten,” by Daphne Miller, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, also is available. To place an electronic…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study author Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H., call Karin Eskenazi at 212-342-0508 or email ket2116@cumc.columbia.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.5057   JAMA Internal Medicine A new study suggests gaps…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study author Jeffrey C. Munson, M.D., M.S.C.E., call Paige Stein at 603-653-1971 or email Paige.Stein@Dartmouth.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Sarah D. Berry, M.D., M.P.H., call Jacqueline Mitchell at 617-667-7306 or email jsmitche@bidmc.harvard.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study authors Mika Kivimäki, M.D., Ph.D., email mika.kivimaki@helsinki.fi and Anna Pulakka, Ph.D., email anna.pulakka@utu.fi. To contact corresponding commentary author Thomas A. Farley, M.D., M.P.H., call Jeff Moran at 215-686-5244 or email Jeff.Moran@phila.gov. To place an electronic embedded link in your story:…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Benjamin D. Sommers, M.D., Ph.D., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Joel C. Cantor, Sc.D., call Steve Manas at 848-932-0559 or email smanas@ucm.rutgers.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Dong W. Chang, M.D., M.S., call Laura Mecoy at 310-546-5860 or email Lmecoy@labiomed.org. To contact commentary author Neil A. Halpern, M.D., M.C.C.M., call Rebecca Williams at 646-227-3318 or email williamr@mskcc.org. Related audio content: An author podcast will be live…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Peter Nordström, Ph.D., email peter.nordstrom@germed.umu.se Related content: The commentary, “Using Discordance in Monozygotic Twins to Understand Causality of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors,” by Michael H. Davidson, M.D., of the University of Chicago, also is available. To place an…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Mingyang Song, M.D., Sc.D., call Terri Ogan at  617-726-0954 or email togan@partners.org. Video and Audio Content: The JAMA Report video and audio will be available under embargo at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday at this link and include…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Kimon Bekelis, M.D., call Paige Stein at 603-653-1971 or email Paige.Stein@Dartmouth.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., call Terri Ogan at 617-726-0954 or email togan@partners.org. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Gregory E. Brisson, M.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3878   JAMA Internal Medicine Many medical students are…