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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Richard D. Semba, M.D., M.P.H., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu. JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: The antioxidant resveratrol found in red wine, chocolate and grapes was not associated with longevity or the incidence of cardiovascular disease, cancer…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author J. Michael McWilliams, M.D., Ph.D., call David Cameron at 617-432-0441 or email David_Cameron@hms.harvard.edu. JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: A substantial number of Medicare beneficiaries receive low-value medical services that provide little or no benefit to patients, such as some…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Karen Smith-McCune, M.D., Ph.D., call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592 or email Elizabeth.Fernandez@ucsf.edu . To contact author Sarah Feldman, M.D., call Lori J. Schroth at 617-525-6374 or email ljschroth@partners.org. A podcast with the authors will be available on the JAMA Internal…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Douglas C. Bauer, M.D., call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592  or email Elizabeth.Fernandez@ucsf.edu. To contact commentary author Margaret L. Gourlay, M.D., call Stephanie Mahin at 919-966-2860 or email Stephanie.Mahin@unchealth.unc.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: Age and testing of hip…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Matthew Miller, M.D., Sc.D., call Marge Dwyer at 617-432-8416 or email mhdwyer@hsph.harvard.edu. To contact commentary author David A. Brent, M.D., call Gloria Kreps at 412-586-9764 or email krepsga@upmc.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: Children and young adults who…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Anna N. A. Tosteson, Sc.D., call Linda Kennedy at 603-653-3612 or email Linda.S.Kennedy@Dartmouth.edu. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related commentary.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Bottom Line: Mammograms with false-positive results were associated…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author J. Michael McWilliams, M.D., Ph.D., call David Cameron at 617-432-0441 or email David_Cameron@hms.harvard.edu. To contact commentary author Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., call Sadena Thevarajah at 213-821-7978 or email thevaraj@healthpolicy.usc.edu. JAMA Internal Medicine Bottom Line:  A third of Medicare beneficiaries assigned…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Jeff C. Huffman, M.D., call Kristen Chadwick at 617-643-3907 or email kschadwick@partners.org. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related commentary.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Bottom Line:  A telephone-based collaborative care model helped manage…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Sandra L. Decker, Ph.D., call the National Center for Health Statistics press office at 301-458-4800 or email PAOQuery@cdc.gov.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: Low-income uninsured adults in states that opted not to expand Medicaid eligibility as part of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Karin V. Rhodes, M.D., M.S., call Jessica Mikulski at 215-349-8369 or email Jessica.Mikulski@uphs.upenn.edu. To contact commentary author Andrew B. Bindman, M.D., call Karin Rush-Monroe at 415-502-6397 or email Karin.Rush-Monroe@ucsf.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: Individuals posing as patients…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Amal N. Trivedi, M.D., M.P.H., call David Orenstein at 401-863-1862 or email david_orenstein@brown.edu. To contact editorial author Mitchell H. Katz, M.D., please call JAMA media relations at 312-464-5262 or email jamanetwork@mediarelations.org.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line:  Previous…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Daniel J. Elliott, M.D., M.S.C.E., call Hiran J. Ratnayake at 302-327-3327 or email HRatnayake@ChristianaCare.org. To contact commentary author Robert M. Wachter, M.D., call Karin Rush-Monroe at 415.502.NEWS (6397) or email Karin.Rush-Monroe@ucsf.edu. A podcast with authors will be available on the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jaimie P. Meyer, M.D., call Helen Dodson at 203-436-3984 or email Helen.dodson@yale.edu. To contact commentary author Michael Puisis, D.O., email mpuisis@gmail.com.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: Treating inmates for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while they were…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Gerrit Jan Liefers, M.D., email g.j.liefers@lumc.nl. To contact commentary author Alfred I. Neugut, M.D., Ph.D., call Karin Eskenazi 212-342-0508 or email ket2116@cumc.columbia.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: Taking low doses of aspirin (which inhibits platelet function) after a…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jianghua Chen, M.Med., email chenjianghua@zju.edu.cn.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: The blood pressure medication angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) appear to reduce major cardiovascular events and death, as well death from all other causes, in patients with diabetes,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Pamela M. Ling, M.D., M.P.H., call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592 or email Elizabeth.Fernandez@uscf.edu.     JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) by smokers is not associated with greater rates of quitting cigarettes or…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Denise E. Bonds, M.D., M.P.H., call 301-496-4236 or email nhlbi_news@nhlbi.nih.gov. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related commentary.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Bottom Line: Daily dietary supplements of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (also found…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Brian C. Callaghan, M.D., M.S., call Kara Gavin at 734-764-2220 or email kegavin@umich.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Bottom Line: Neuroimaging for headaches is frequently ordered by physicians during outpatient visits, despite guidelines that recommend against such routine…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Andrew I. Geller, M.D., call Melissa Dankel at 404-639-4718 or email mdankel@cdc.gov. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related commentary.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Bottom Line: Elderly patients with diabetes treated with insulin…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Christopher M. Jones, Pharm.D., M.P.H., call Morgan Liscinsky at morgan.liscinsky@fda.hhs.gov. To contact author Jane A. Gwira Baumblatt, M.D., call Alison Hunt at 301-427-1244 or email alison.hunt@ahrq.hhs.gov. A podcast will be available on the JAMA Internal Medicine website when the embargo…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Mary E. Tinetti, M.D., call Karen Peart at 203-432-1326 or email karen.peart@yale.edu. To contact commentary author Sarah D. Berry, M.D., M.P.H., call David Cameron at 617-432-0441 or email david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu.     JAMA Internal Medicine Bottom Line: Medication to treat high…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Melissa D. Aldridge, Ph.D., call Sid Dinsay at 212-241-9200 or email sid.dinsay@mountsinai.org. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related commentary.     JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight Bottom Line: The tax status of a hospice (for-profit…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Sunil M. Shah, B.Sc., M.B.B.S., M.Sc., F.F.P.H., email sushah@sgul.ac.uk.     JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight Bottom Line: The risk of heart attack or stroke is increased in the 30 days after a partner’s death.   Author: Iain M….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Yoko Yokoyama, Ph.D., M.P.H., email yyokoyama-kyt@umin.ac.jp.     JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight Bottom Line: Eating a vegetarian diet appears to be associated with lower blood pressure (BP), and the diets can also be used to reduce blood pressure.  …

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Jeremiah D. Schuur, M.D., M.H.S., call Jessica Maki at 617-525-6373 or email jmaki3@partners.org. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related editorial. JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Study Develops Top 5 List of Procedures to Reduce…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Holly N. Thomas, M.D., call Andréa Stanford at 412-647-6190 or email stanfordac@upmc.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Midlife women who placed greater importance on sex maintained more sexual activity, according to a study published in a research letter…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Shreya Kangovi, M.D., M.S., call Katie Delach at 215 349-5964 or email katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related commentary.     JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Hospitalized patients with low-socioeconomic status were more…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Jeff D. Williamson, M.D., M.H.S., call Bonnie Davis at 336.716.4977 or email bdavis@wakehealth.edu. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related commentary. An author audio interview also will be available when the embargo lifts on the JAMA…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Quanhe Yang, Ph.D., call Karen Hunter at 404-639-3286 or email ksh7@cdc.gov. To contact commentary author Laura A. Schmidt, Ph.D., call Laura Kurtzman at 415-502-6397 or email laura.kurtzman@ucsf.edu.   CHICAGO – Many U.S. adults consume more added sugar (added in processing…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Madhav Goyal, M.D., M.P.H., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Mindfulness meditation programs may help reduce anxiety, depression and pain in some individuals, according to a review of medical literature by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Lyndonna M. Marrast, M.D., call David Cecere at 617-591-4044 or email dcecere@challiance.org.   JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlight   Nonwhite physicians cared for 53.5 percent of minority patients and 70.4 percent of non-English speaking patients in an analysis of medical…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Stephan R. Thilen, M.D., M.S., call Leila Gray at 206-685-0381 or email leilag@uw.edu, or call Susan Gregg at 206-616-6730 or email sghanson@uw.edu. To contact commentary author Lee A. Fleisher, M.D., call Lee-Ann Landis at 215-349-5660 or email lee-ann.landis@uphs.penn.edu. CHICAGO –…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Chih-Cheng Hsu, M.D., Dr. PH., email cch@nhri.org.tw. To contact corresponding commentary author Chi-yuan Hsu, M.D., M.Sc., call Pete Farley at 415-502-4608 or email peter.farley@ucsf.edu. CHICAGO – Patients with stable hypertension and the most advanced stage of chronic kidney disease…

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…