JAMAINTE_OF:02082016
Multicomponent Intervention Linked to Better Sun Protection for Kids
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author June K. Robinson, M.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To contact editorial corresponding author Albert C. Yan, M.D., call Joey McCool Ryan at 267-426-6070 or email MCCOOL@email.chop.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in…
Difference in PSA Testing Among Urologist and Primary Care Physician Visits
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author Quoc-Dien Trinh, M.D., call Johanna Younghans at 617-525-6373 or email Jyounghans@partners.org. To contact the Editor’s Note authors email mediarelations@jamanetwork.org Please note: A related Editor’s Note accompanies this research letter. To place an electronic embedded link in your story:…
Variation in Hospice Visits for Medicare Patients in Last 2 Days of Life
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Joan M. Teno, M.D., M.S., call Brian Donohue at 206-543-7856 or email bdonohue@uw.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Eric Widera, M.D., call Scott Maier at 415-476-3595 or email scott.maier@ucsf.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story:…
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Surgical Safety Checklists Associated With Reduced Risk of Death, Length of Hospital Stay
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Matthias Bock, M.D., email matthias.bock@sabes.it. To contact William Berry, M.D., M.P.H., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and commentary in your story: These links will be live at the embargo…
Parental Depression Associated with Worse School Performance by Children
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016 To contact study corresponding author Brian K. Lee, Ph.D., M.H.S., call Frank Otto at 215-571-4244 or email fmo26@drexel.edu. To contact editorial author Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D., call Rachel Yarmolinsky at 646-774-5353 or email Yarmoli@nyspi.columbia.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…
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Does Text Messaging Help with Medication Adherence in Chronic Disease?
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study author Clara K. Chow, Ph.D., email Jenifer Sarver jenifer@sarverstrategies.com. To contact corresponding commentary author R. Brian Haynes, M.D., Ph.D., email bhaynes@mcmaster.ca To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links are live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7667; http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7853 …
Greater Weight Loss During Aging Associated with Increased Risk for MCI
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Rosebud O. Roberts, M.B., Ch.B., call Susan Barber Lindquist at 507-284-5005 or email barberlindquist.susan@mayo.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.4756 JAMA Neurology Increasing weight loss per…
Long-Term Marijuana Use Associated with Worse Verbal Memory in Middle Age
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author Reto Auer, M.D., M.A.S., email reto.auer@hospvd.ch. To contact corresponding commentary author Wayne Hall, Ph.D., email w.hall@uq.edu.au To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links are live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7841; http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7850 JAMA Internal Medicine…
Rate of Abuse in Organizations Serving Youth
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David Finkelhor, Ph.D., call Erika Mantz at 603-862-1567 or email erika.mantz@unh.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4493 JAMA Pediatrics The rate of abuse among children…
Follow-up Care Low Among Adolescents with New Depression Symptoms
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11A.M. (ET), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Briannon C. O’Connor, PhD., call Cindy Pena at 202-735-3690 or email Pena@ncqa.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4158 JAMA Pediatrics While most adolescents with newly…
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Fertility Issues for Patients with Cancer Examined in Collection of Articles
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Special Communication author Ehren M. Fournier, J.D., call Claudia L. Maj at 312-832-4540 or email CMaj@foley.com. To contact Viewpoint corresponding author Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To contact editorial corresponding author Clarisa R. Gracia,…
Genomics Studies Assess Childhood, Young Adulthood Cancers
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), THURSDAY, JAUARY 28, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Katherine A. Janeway, M.D., M.Sc., call Anne Doerr at 617-632-5665 or email anne_doerr@dfci.harvard.edu. To contact corresponding study author D. Williams Parsons, M.D., Ph.D., or Sharon Plon, M.D., Ph.D., call Dana Benson at 713-798-8267 or email benson@bcm.edu. To contact…
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Evidence Lacking to Support Use of More Expensive Biological Mesh Materials for Abdominal Hernia Repair
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Sergio Huerta, M.D., call Cathy Frisinger at 214-648-3404 or email cathy.frisinger@utsouthwestern.edu. To contact commentary co-author Benjamin K. Poulose, M.D., M.P.H., email Craig Boerner at craig.boerner@Vanderbilt.Edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and commentary in your story: These links…
Manifestation of Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia During Adolescence in Population
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 To contact study corresponding author Hannah J. Jones, Ph.D., email hannah.jones@bristol.ac.uk To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.3058 JAMA Psychiatry A new study published online by JAMA Psychiatry examined psychopathological features…
Child Abuse Exposure, Suicidal Ideation in Canadian Military, General Population
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 To contact study corresponding author Tracie O. Afifi, Ph.D., call Chris Rutkowski at 204-474-9514 or email Chris.Rutkowski@umanitoba.ca. To contact corresponding editorial author John R. Blosnich call Sheila Tunney at 412- 360-1479 or email sheila.tunney@va.gov. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…
Women Younger Than 40 at Melanoma Diagnosis Indoor Tanned Earlier, More
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D., call Matt DePoint at 612-625-4110 or email mdepoint@umn.edu. To contact corresponding editorial author Gery P. Guy, Jr., Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, call Brittany Behm at 404-639-3286 or email media@cdc.gov. To place an electronic embedded…
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Global, National Burden of Diseases, Injuries Among Children & Adolescents
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Theo Vos, Ph.D., M.Sc., call William Heisel at 206-897-2886 or email wheisel@uw.edu. To contact editorial corresponding author Paul H. Wise, M.D., Ph.D., call Erin Digitale 650-724-9175 or email digitale@stanford.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…
What Factors Influence Timing of Start of Dialysis?
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author Susan P.Y. Wong, M.D., email spywong@uw.edu. To contact editorial corresponding author Peter P. Reese, M.D., M.S.C.E., email peter.reese@uphs.upenn.edu To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links are live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7412; http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7796 JAMA…
Mailed Nicotine Patches with No Behavioral Support Associated with Cessation
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author John A. Cunningham, Ph.D., call Kate Richards at 416-535-8501 x36015 or email kate.richards@camh.ca. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links are live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7792 JAMA Internal Medicine Mailing free nicotine patches…
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Nonrecommended Screenings for Prostate, Breast Cancer in Older Individuals
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Firas Abdollah, M.D., call Tammy Battaglia at 248-881-0809 or email Tammy.Battaglia@hfhs.org. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://oncology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5871 JAMA Oncology An estimated 15.7 percent of individuals 65 or…
Study Examines Associations of HPV Types, Risk of Head and Neck Cancers
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), THURSDAY, JAUARY 21, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Ilir Agalliu, M.D., Sc.D., call Deirdre Branley at 718-430-2923 or email dbranley@einstein.yu.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://oncology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5504; http://oncology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5686 JAMA Oncology A new study suggests…
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Substance Use, Indoor Tanning Among Colorado High School Students
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Robert P. Dellavalle, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.P.H., email robert.dellavalle@ucdenver.edu To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.5663 JAMA Dermatology Analyses of the results of a survey of…
Preoperative Frailty Associated With Increased Risk of Death Following Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Daniel I. McIsaac, M.D., M.P.H., F.R.C.P.C., call Danika Gagnon at 613-863-7221 or email danika.gagnon@uOttawa.ca. To contact Jason M. Johanning, M.D., M.S., email William Ackerman at william.ackerman@va.gov. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and commentary in your story: These…
Increased Diabetes Risk Associated with Youth Antipsychotic Treatment, Still Rare
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016 To contact study corresponding author Christoph U. Correll, M.D., email ccorrell@nshs.edu To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2923 JAMA Psychiatry A review of medical literature suggests antipsychotic treatment in youth was…
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Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy Not Associated with Improvements in Patients with Early Stages of Parkinson Disease
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M (ET), TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Carl E. Clarke, M.D., email carlclarke@nhs.net. To contact corresponding editorial author J. Eric Ahlskog, Ph.D., M.D., call Susan Barber Lindquist at 507- 293-3228 or email barberlindquist.susan@mayo.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live…
Water Availability Associated with Decreased Student Weight in New York Schools
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Brian Elbel, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Jim Mandler at 212-404-3525 or email Jim.mandler@nyumc.org. To contact editorial corresponding author Lindsey Turner, Ph.D., call Brady W Moore at 208-426-1586 or email bradywmoore@boisestate.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…
High BMI, Low Aerobic Capacity in Late Teens Linked with Hypertension in Adults
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author Casey Crump, M.D., Ph.D., call Ruthann Richter at 650-725-8047 or email richter1@stanford.edu. To contact commentary corresponding author Carl J. Lavie, M.D., call Giselle Hecker at 504-842-9219 or email ghecker@ochsner.org. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links…
Are High-Deductible Health Plan Enrollees Better Health Care Price Shoppers?
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author Neeraj Sood, Ph.D., call Emily Gersema at 213-740-0252 or email gersema@usc.edu. Related material: An accompanying Editor’s Note also is available. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links are live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7554 …
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Higher Dietary Nitrate and Green Leafy Vegetable Intake Associated With Lower Risk of Glaucoma
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Jae H. Kang, Sc.D., call Elaine St. Peter at 617-525-6375 or email estpeter@partners.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.5601 JAMA Ophthalmology Greater intake of dietary nitrate…
Palliative Care Initiated in the ED Associated with Improved Quality of Life
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Corita R. Grudzen, M.D., M.S.H.S., call Rob Magyar at 212-404-3591 or email Robert.magyar@nyumc.org. To contact editorial author Eduardo Bruera, M.D., call Laura Sussman at 713-745-2457 or email lsussman@mdanderson.org. To contact editor’s note author Charles R. Thomas Jr., M.D., email…
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Study Looks at Association of Infant Gut Microbiome, Delivery Mode & Feeding
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Anne G., Hoen, Ph.D., call K. Derik Hertel at 603-650-1211 or email kenneth.d.hertel@dartmouth.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3732 JAMA Pediatrics The composition of the…
Proton Pump Inhibitors Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author Morgan E. Grams, M.D., call Lauren Nelson at 410-955-8725 or email Laurennelson@jhmi.edu. To contact editorial corresponding author Adam Jacob Schoenfeld, M.D., call Scott Maier at 415-476-3595 or email scott.maier@ucsf.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story:…
Exercise Associated with Prevention of Low Back Pain
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author Daniel Steffen, Ph.D., email dsteffens@georgeinstitute.org.au. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links are live at the embargo time: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7431; http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7636 JAMA Internal Medicine A review of medical literature suggests that exercise, alone or in combination…
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Higher Cancer Death Rate Associated with Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), THURSDAY, JAUARY 7, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding study author Nancy N. Baxter, M.D., Ph.D., email baxtern@smh.ca. To contact corresponding editorial author Marianne Schmid, M.D., email dr.marianne.schmid@gmail.com To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://oncology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5137; http://oncology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5172 JAMA…
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High Rate of Symptoms, Hospitalization Following Gastric Bypass Surgery for Obesity
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Sigrid Bjerge Gribsholt, M.D., email sigrgrib@rm.dk. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: This link will be live at the embargo time: http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamasurg.2015.5110 JAMA Surgery Although the vast majority of patients reported improved well-being after…
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Is There a Connection Between Your Age at Menopause and Later Depression?
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 To contact study author Eleni Th Petridou, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., email epetrid@med.uoa.gr To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2653; http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2701 JAMA Psychiatry A review of medical literature suggests older age at menopause…
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Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act Linked to More Nutritious Meals
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Donna B. Johnson, Ph.D., call Abby Manishor at 917-539-3308 or email amanishor@burness.com.To contact corresponding editorial author Erin R. Hager, Ph.D., call Andrea Baird at 410-328-7960 or email andreabaird@umm.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links…
Higher Monthly Doses of Vitamin D Associated with Increased Risk of Falls
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact study corresponding author Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, M.D., Dr.P.H., email heike.bischoff@usz.ch. To contact editorial author Steven R. Cummings, M.D., call Karin Fleming at 415-600-5953 or email flemink@cpmcri.org. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links are live at the embargo…
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in 25-year-old Former Football Player
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M (ET), MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Ann C. McKee, M.D., call Gina DiGravio-Wilczewski at 617-638-8480 or email ginad@bu.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3998 JAMA Neurology Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a…