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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Elbert S. Huang, M.D., M.P.H., call Matt Wood at 773-702-5894 or email matthew.wood@uchospitals.edu. CHICAGO – Cardiovascular complications and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) were common nonfatal complications in adults 60 years of age and older with diabetes, according to a study…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Edward F. Patz, Jr., M.D., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. CHICAGO – More than 18 percent of all lung cancers detected by low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) appeared to represent an overdiagnosis, according to a study published by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Christian Mueller, M.D., email christian.mueller@usb.ch. To contact commentary author Louise Pilote, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., call Julie Robert at 514-934-1934 Ext. 71381 or email julie.robert@muhc.mcgill.ca. CHICAGO – Using chest pain characteristics (CPCs) specific to women in the early diagnosis of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Monique L. Anderson, M.D., call Rachel Harrison at 919-419-5069 or email rachel.harrison@duke.edu.     JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training appears to be lower in more rural counties, those with higher proportions of black and Hispanic residents…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Karen J. Wernli, Ph.D., call Rebecca Hughes at 206-287-2055 or email hughes.r@ghc.org. To contact author Natasha K. Stout, Ph.D., call Mary Wallan at 617-509-2419. or email mary_wallan@harvardpilgrim.org. To contact commentary author E. Shelley Hwang, M.D., M.P.H., call Rachel Harrison at…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 9 A.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author P. Michael Ho, Ph.D., call Daniel Warvi at 303-393-5205 or email daniel.warvi@va.gov.     JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Patients better adhered to their medication regimens in the year following hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) when they were part…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Børge G. Nordestgaard, M.D., D. M.Sc., email boerge.nordestgaard@regionh.dk. To contact commentary author Chandra L. Jackson, Ph.D., M.S., call Marge Dwyer at 617-432-8416 or email mhdwyer@hsph.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – Being overweight or obese are risk factors for myocardial infarction (heart attack) and ischemic…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Eileen Rillamas-Sun, Ph.D., call Kristen Woodward at 206-667-2210 or email media@fredhutch.org. An author podcast will be available when the embargo lifts at http://bit.ly/KEPNSw CHICAGO – Obesity and a bigger waist size in older women are associated with a higher risk…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11:30 A.M. (CT), TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jeffrey McCombs, Ph.D., call Sadena Thevarajah at 213-821-7978 or email thevaraj@healthpolicy.usc.edu. CHICAGO – In a study of Veterans Affairs patients with hepatitis C (HCV), only a minority were willing to start treatment and fewer still achieved the undetectable viral loads…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Elsayed Z. Soliman, M.D., M.Sc., M.S., call Bonnie Davis at 336-716-4977 or email bdavis@wakehealth.edu. To contact corresponding editorial author Gregory M. Marcus, M.D., M.A.S., call Leland Kim at 415-502-6397 or email Leland.Kim@ucsf.edu. CHICAGO – Atrial fibrillation (AF, an irregular heartbeat)…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author David J. Brenner, Ph.D., D.Sc, call Karin Eskenazi at 212-342-0508 or email ket2116@cumc.columbia.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Heart Disease Risk Appears Associated with Breast Cancer Radiation  Among patients with early stages of breast cancer, those whose hearts were…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Thomas J. Moore, A.B. call Renee Brehio at 704-831-8822 or email rbrehio@ismp.org. To contact commentary author Daniel Carpenter, Ph.D., call Peter Reuell at 617-496-8070 or email preuell@fas.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – Fewer patients were studied as part of expedited reviews of new…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Odette Wegwarth, Ph.D., email wegwarth@mpib-berlin.mpg.de.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight Patients Report Doctors Not Telling Them of Overdiagnosis Risk in Screenings   A survey finds that most patients are not being told about the possibility of overdiagnosis and overtreatment…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. To contact commentary author Warren S. Browner, M.D., M.P.H., call Dean Fryer at 415-600-7484 or email FryerD@sutterhealth.org. CHICAGO – Compensation for chief executive officers at nonprofit hospitals…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Peter N. Taylor, M.Sc., M.R.C.P., email taylorpn@cardiff.ac.uk. CHICAGO – A study of patients in the United Kingdom suggests widespread prescribing of the medication levothyroxine sodium to boost thyroid function among patients with borderline high levels of the thyroid-stimulating hormone thyrotropin…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jeffrey A. Linder, M.D., M.P.H., call Lori Schroth at 617-534-1604 or email ljschroth@partners.org. This paper is being released to coincide with an IDWeek2013 presentation.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight Study Finds No Change in Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Gordon D. Schiff, M.D., call Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg at 617-534-2208 or email mmontemayor-quellenberg@partners.org. An author video will be available on the JAMA Internal Medicine website when the embargo lifts.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight Massachusetts Primary Care Malpractice Claims Related…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Nicholas L. Smith, Ph.D., call Leila Gray at 206-685-0381 or email leilag@uw.edu. CHICAGO – The oral hormone therapy conjugated equine estrogens (CEEs), which is used by women to relieve menopause symptoms, appears to be associated with increased risk for venous…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Donald S. Likosky, Ph.D., call Shantell M. Kirkendoll at 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@umich.edu. To contact commentary author Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. An author interview podcast with Donald S. Likosky, Ph.D., will…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Keith S. Goldfeld, Dr. P.H., M.S., M.P.A., call Lorinda Klein at 212-404-3533 or email lorindaann.klein@nyumc.org. To contact commentary author William J. Hall, M.D., M.A.C.P., call Lori Barrette at 585-275-1310 or email Lori_Barrette@urmc.rochester.edu.   CHICAGO – Elderly nursing home residents with…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Raymund Dantes, M.D., M.P.H., call Melissa Dankel at 404-639-4718 or email mdankel@cdc.gov.     JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Fewer Cases of Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA Infection in the U.S. in 2011   An estimated 30,800 fewer invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPEMBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Brian S. Schwartz, M.D., M.S., call Tim Parsons at 410-955-7619 or email tmparson@jhsph.edu. To contact commentary author Franklin D. Lowy, M.D., call Karin Eskenazi at 212-305-3900 or email ket2116@cumc.columbia.edu. CHICAGO – High exposure to swine manure spread in crop…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPEMBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Louise Pilote, M.D., M.P.H, Ph.D, call Rebecca Burns at 514-843-1560 or email rebecca.burns@muhc.mcgill.ca. To contact corresponding editorial author Samia Mora, M.D., M.H.S., call Jessica Maki at 617-534-1603 or email jmaki3@partners.org. CHICAGO – A higher proportion of women than men…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPEMBER 9, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Thanh N. Huynh, M.D., M.S.H.S., call Rachel Champeau at 310-794-2270 or email rchampeau@mednet.ucla.edu.To contact commentary author Robert D. Truog, M.D., call David Cameron at 617-432-0441 or email david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – Critical care treatment for patients that was perceived to be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013   JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint Highlights   Improving Quality Improvement for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Jeffrey T. Berger, M.D., of Stony Brook University, New York: “Continuous quality improvement seeks to improve the delivery of clinical care by collecting and analyzing data, measuring outcomes, and providing feedback….

Media Advisory: To contact study author Michael E. Hochman, M.D., M.P.H., call Laura Astor at 323-622-2408 or email Lastor@la.altamed.ord. JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Patient-Centered Medical Home Intervention Makes Some Progress   A patient-centered medical home (PCMH) intervention model emphasizing continuity, coordination and quality of care had favorable effects on patient and resident satisfaction…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013   JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint Highlights     Cholesterol Level and Stroke…A Complex Relationship by Joshua Willey, M.D., M.S., and Marco Gonzalez-Castellon, M.D., of Columbia University Medical Center, New York, N.Y., write “It is likely that the difficulty establishing an association between dyslipidemia and stroke…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Anupam B. Jena, M.D., Ph.D., call Katie Dean at 617-432- 1909 or email dean@hcp.med.harvard.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Gap In Earnings Persists Between Male And Female Physicians, Research Letter Suggests   A gap in earnings between…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPEMBER 2, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Eyal Zimlichman, M.D., M.Sc., call Lori Schroth at 617-534-1604 or email ljschroth@partners.org.   Study Estimates Costs of Health Care-Associated Infections   CHICAGO – A study estimates that total annual costs for five major health care-associated infections (HAIs) were $9.8 billion,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., call Jeffrey Norris at 415-476-8255 or email jnorris@pubaff.ucsf.edu. JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight Thyroid ultrasound imaging could be used to identify patients who have a low risk of cancer for whom biopsy could be postponed, according…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013 Policing Online Professionalism…Are We Too Alarmist? by Barron H. Lerner, M.D., Ph.D., of New York University School of Medicine, writes “clearly unprofessional online activities by certain medical students, house staff, and senior physicians should not reflexively promote widespread censorship of less offensive internet posts. The…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Elissa M. Ozanne, Ph.D., call Karin Rush-Monroe at 415-502-6397 or email Karin.Rush-Monroe@ucsf.edu. JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight When ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS, a preinvasive malignancy of the breast) is described as a high-risk condition rather than cancer, more…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Gary G. Bennett, Ph.D., call Steve Hartsoe at 919-681-4515 or email Steve.Hartsoe@Duke.edu.To contact commentary author Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., call Flo McAfee at 202-486-3673 or email flo@summerlandstudio.com. CHICAGO – An intervention not focused on weight loss was effective for…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013   JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint Highlights     The Future of Medicare Supplemental Insurance by Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., of Project HOPE, Millwood, V.A., writes “neither the outdated structure of Medicare nor the costs imposed on the program by Medigap insurance are new issues. Medicare…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Gery P. Guy Jr., Ph.D., M.P.H., call Anita Blankenship at 770-488-6320 or email ablankenship@cdc.gov.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Research Letter Examines Prevalence of Indoor Tanning Use Among Non-Hispanic White Females In U.S.   Indoor tanning appears…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Christine A. Sinsky, M.D., call 563-584-3195 or email csinsky1@mahealthcare.com.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Physicians Providing “Cognitive Care” Earn Significantly Less Revenue From Medicare Reimbursements Than Physicians Performing Common Specialty Procedures   Medicare reimburses physicians three to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Miles D. Witham, Ph.D., email m.witham@dundee.ac.uk.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Appear To Reduce Blood Pressure In Patients With Isolated Systolic Hypertension   Vitamin D supplementation does not appear to improve blood…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Peter Nordstrӧm, Ph.D., email peter.nordstrom@germed.umu.se. To contact commentary author Deborah A. Levine, M.D., M.P.H., call Beata Mostafavi at 734-764-2220 or email bmostafa@med.umich.edu. CHICAGO – A study of Swedish men suggests nine risk factors, most of which can be traced to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Rainer Oberbauer, M.D., email Rainer.Oberbauer@meduniwien.ac.at. To reach commentary author Holly Kramer, M.D., M.P.H., call Jim Ritter at 708-216-2445 or email jritter@lumc.edu. CHICAGO – Eating a healthy diet and drinking a moderate amount of alcohol may be associated with decreased…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 8 A.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Thomas G. Neltner, J.D., call Linda Paris at 202-540-6354 or 202-365-3343or email lparis@pewtrusts.org. To contact commentary author Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Courtney Bowe at 212-998-6797 or email Courtney.Bowe@nyu.edu.   Editor’s Note: The report is being released in conjunction…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013   JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint Highlights     Managing Chronic Disease in Hospitalized Patients by Michael A. Steinman, M.D., and Andrew D. Auerbach, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, suggest “management of chronic disease in hospitalized patients is best done in coordination with…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Samir Gupta, M.D., M.S.C.S, call Debra Kain at 619-543-6202 or email ddkain@ucsd.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Mailed Outreach Invitations to Underserved Patients for Colorectal Cancer Screening Appear to Result in Higher Screening Rate Than Usual Care…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Christopher I. Li., MD., Ph.D., call Kristen Woodward at 206-667-5095 or email kwoodwar@fhcrc.org. To contact commentary author Patricia F. Coogan, Sc.D., call Gina DiGravio at 617-638-8480 or email Gina.Digravio@bmc.org. CHICAGO – Long-term use of a calcium-channel blocker to treat hypertension…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013   JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint Highlights     The Future of Gene Patents and the Implications for Medicine by Jacob S. Sherkow, J.D., and Henry T. Greely, J.D., of Stanford University, Stanford, California, suggests the Supreme Court’s ruling in Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Kathryn L. Taylor, Ph.D., call Karen Mallet at 215-514-9751 or email km463@georgetown.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Print and Web-Based Decision Aids Associated With Increase in Informed Decision Making About Prostate Cancer Screening, Study Suggests   Both…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Kenneth A. Andreoni, M.D., call Katrina Ciccarelli at 352-594-4135 or email kciccarelli1@ufl.edu.   Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipients Appear to Be at Higher Risk of Transplant Failure   CHICAGO – Patients who received their first kidney transplant at ages 14 to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Bruce E. Landon, M.D.., M.B.A., M.Sc., call Jerry Berger at 617-667-7308 or email jberger@bidmc.harvard.edu. To contact commentary author Donald E. Casey, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., call Lorinda Klein at 212-404-3533 or email LorindaAnn.Klein@nyumc.org.   Treatment for Back Pain Varies…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 22, 2013   JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint Highlights   Responses of State Medicaid Programs to Buprenorphine Diversion…Doing More Harm Than Good? by Robin E. Clark, Ph.D., and Jeffrey D. Baxter, M.D., of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, suggests placing buprenorphine (a drug used to treat opioid…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 22, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Susan A. Matulevicius, M.D., call Lisa Warshaw at 214-648-3404 or email Lisa.Warshaw@utsouthwestern.edu. To contact invited commentary authors John P.A. Ioannidis, M.D., D. Sc., call Susan Ipaktchian at 650-725-5375 or email susani@stanford.edu and to reach Kim A. Eagle, M.D., call…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 22, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Haakon Lindekleiv, M.D., Ph.D., email haakon.lindekleiv@gmail.com. To contact commentary author Erin D. Michos, M.D., M.H.S., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu. CHICAGO – A study in Norway suggests echocardiographic screening in the general public for structural and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013   JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint Highlights   The JAMA Network specialty journals are now publishing Viewpoint articles. Below are the Viewpoints to be published July 15 in JAMA Internal Medicine.     An Organizational Approach to Conflicts of Interest…Lessons From Non-Health Care Businesses by Donald…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact article author Catherine Reinis Lucey, M.D, call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592 or email Elizabeth.Fernandez@ucsf.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Article Highlight   Special Article: Medical Education…Part of the Problem and Part of the Solution   In a special article, Catherine Reinis Lucey…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Tahaniyat Lalani, M.D., M.H.S., call JoAnna Sperber at 240-694-2163 or email jsperber@hjf.org.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights   One-Year Mortality Remains High in Patients with Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis With No Significant Difference With Early Valve Surgery vs. Medical…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Marco D. Huesch, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., call Suzanne Wu at 213-740-0252 or email Suzanne.Wu@usc.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights   Health-Related Website Search Information May Be Leaked to Third-Party Tracking Entities, Research Letter Suggests   Patients who search on…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013   JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint Highlights   The JAMA Network specialty journals are now publishing Viewpoint articles. Below are the Viewpoints to be published July 8 in JAMA Internal Medicine.     Diagnostic Decision-Making, Burdens of Proof, and a $6,000 per Hour Memory Lapse by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Alexander K. Smith, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., and commentary author Christine S. Ritchie, M.D., M.S.P.H., call Leland Dwight Kim at 415-999-0791 or email Leland.Kim@ucsf.edu.  To contact study author Sarwat I. Chaudhry, M.D., call Karen N. Peart at 203-980-2222 or email…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Dana P. Edelson, M.D., M.S., call Matt Wood at 773-702-5894 or email Matthew.Wood@uchospitals.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Nighttime frequency of vital signs monitoring for low-risk medical inpatients might be reduced, according to a research letter by Jordan…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Thomas P. J. Solomon, Ph.D., email Thomas.Solomon@inflammation-metabolism.dk.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Exercise-induced improvements in glycemic control are dependent on the pre-training glycemic level, and although moderate-intensity aerobic exercise can improve glycemic control, individuals with ambient hyperglycemia (high…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Salim S. Virani, M.D., Ph.D., call Graciela at 713-798-4710 or email ggutierr@bcm.edu or email Maureen Dyman at Maureen.Dyman@va.gov. To contact commentary author Joseph P. Drozda, Jr., M.D, call Bethany Pope at 314-251-4472 or email Bethany.Pope@Mercy.net. CHICAGO – An analysis of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Jonas K. Eriksson, M.Sc., email Jonas.Eriksson@ki.se. To contact commentary author Edward Yelin, Ph.D., call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592 or email Elizabeth.Fernandez@ucsf.edu. CHICAGO – Treatment with a biological agent was not superior to conventional treatment in terms of the effect…