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Study Looks at Falls From Furniture by Children in Their Homes

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact study author Denise Kendrick, D.M., email denise.kendrick@nottingham.ac.uk To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: https://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.2374 JAMA Pediatrics Parents of children who fell at home were more likely not to…

Anticholesterol Rosuvastatin Not Associated with Reduced Risk for Fractures

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Jessica M. Pena, M.D., M.P.H., call Kim Newman at 718-430-3101 or email sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The link will be live at the embargo time: https://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6388 JAMA Internal Medicine Treatment with the anticholesterol medicine…

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Survival Differences Seen for Advanced-Stage Laryngeal Cancer

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Cherie-Ann O. Nathan, M.D., call Sally Croom at 318-675-8769 or email scroom@.lsuhsc.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links will be live at the embargo time: https://archotol.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoto.2014.2998 JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery   The…

Long-Term Complication Rate Low in Nose Job Using Patient’s Own Rib Cartilage

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Hong-Ryul Jin, M.D., Ph.D., email hrjin@snu.ac.kr or doctorjin@daum.net JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery Using a patient’s own rib cartilage (autologous) for rhinoplasty appears to be associated with low rates of overall long-term complications and problems at the rib site where…

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Follow-up on Psychiatric Disorders in Young People After Release From Detention

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Linda A. Teplin, Ph.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1375 JAMA Psychiatry   Juvenile…

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2 Studies, 2 Editorials Put Focus on School Breakfasts, Lunches

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact study author Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Ph.D., call Andrea Grossman at 617-636-3728 or email Andrea.Grossman@tufts.edu. To contact editorial author Lindsey Turner, Ph.D., call 208-426-1632 or email lindseyturner1@boisestate.edu. To contact study author Karen W. Cullen, Dr.P.H., R.D., call Dipali Pathak at 713-798-4710 or email…

In-Home Asthma Intervention Improves Asthma Control, Quality of Life in Adults

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author James Krieger, M.D., M.P.H., call Sharon Bogan at 206 263-8770 or email Sharon.Bogan@kingcounty.gov. To contact commentary author Harrison J. Alter, M.D., M.S., call Jerri Applegate Randrup at 510-437-4732 or email jrandrup@alamedahealthsystem.org. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The…

Basic vs. Advanced Life Support Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Prachi Sanghavi, B.S., call Angela Alberti at 617-432-3038 or email Angela_Alberti@hms.harvard.edu. To contact commentary author Michael Callaham, M.D., call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592 or email efernandez@pubaff.ucsf.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The link will be live…

Delaying ART in Patients with HIV Reduces Likelihood of Restoring CD4 Counts

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Sunil K. Ahuja, M.D., call Will Sansom at 210-567-2579 or email SANSOM@uthscsa.edu. To contact commentary author Timothy W. Schacker, M.D., call Caroline Marin at 612-624-5680 or email crmarin@umn.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The link will…

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Pain, Magnet Displacement in MRI in Patients with Cochlear Implants

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jae Young Choi, M.D., Ph.D., email jychoi@yuhs.ac. To reach commentary author Emanuel Kanal, M.D., call Anita Srikameswaran at 412-578-9193 or email srikamav@upmc.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will…

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Laser for Tattoo Removal Appears to Improve Facial Acne Scarring

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Jeremy A. Brauer, M.D., call Jim Mandler at 212-404-3525 or email Jim.mandler@nyumc.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.3045 JAMA Dermatology A laser…

Study Examines National Trends in Mastectomy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Kristy L. Kummerow, M.D., call Craig Boerner at 615-322-4747 or email craig.boerner@vanderbilt.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Michael E. Zenilman, M.D., call Vanessa Wasta at 410-614-2916 or email wastava@jhmi.edu. A podcast will be available when the embargo lifts on the…

Telemedicine Collaborative Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in U.S. Veterans

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author John C. Fortney, Ph.D., call Deborah Bach at 206-543-2580 or email bach2@uw.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1575 JAMA Psychiatry Military veterans…

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Small Fraction of Students Attended Schools with USDA Nutrition Components

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath, M.S.A., call Diane Swanbrow at 734-647-4416  or email swanbrow@umich.edu. To contact editorial author Leslie A. Lytle, Ph.D., call David Pesci at 919-962-2600 or email dpesci@email.unc.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story Links…

Specialized Ambulance Increases Thrombolysis for Stroke Patients in ‘Golden Hour’

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Martin Ebinger, M.D., email martin.ebinger@charite.de. To contact editorial author Steven Warach, M.D., Ph.D., call Gregg Shields at 214-648-9354 or email Gregg.Shields@utsouthwestern.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: https://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.3188 and…

Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Postconcussion Symptoms in Military Members

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author R. Scott Miller, M.D., call Ellen Crown at 301-619-7549 or email jennifer.e.crown.civ@mail.mil. To contact commentary author Charles W. Hoge, M.D., call Debra L. Yourick, Ph.D. at 301-319-9471 or 301-792-3941 or 410-627-5097 or email debra.l.yourick.civ@mail.mil. To place an electronic embedded link…

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Telemedicine Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Finds Condition in 1 of 5 Patients

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D., call Bob Shepard at 205-934-8934 or email bshep@uab.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: https://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.4652. JAMA Ophthalmology A telemedicine program to screen for diabetic…

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Predicting U.S. Soldier Suicides Following Psychiatric Hospitalization

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D., call David Cameron at 617-432-0441 or email david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1754. JAMA Psychiatry   A…

Quarter of Patients Have Subsequent Surgery After Breast Conservation Surgery

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Lee G. Wilke, M.D., call Susan L. Smith at 608-890-5643 or email SSmith5@uwhealth.org. To contact corresponding commentary author Julie A. Margenthaler, M.D., call Jim Goodwin at 314–286-0166 or email Jgoodwin@wustl.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Links…

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Home Health Nurses Integrated Depression Care Management but Limited Benefit

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Martha L. Bruce, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Ashley Paskalis at 646-317-7378 or email asp2011@med.cornell.edu. To contact commentary author Constantine G. Lyketsos, M.D., M.H.S., call Audrey Huang 410-614-5105 or email audrey@jhmi.edu To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The link…

2nd-Hand Smoke Exposure of Hospitalized Nonsmoker Cardiac Patients

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Nancy A. Rigotti, M.D., call Terri Ogan at 617-726-0954 or email togan@partners.org. To contact commentary author R. William Vandivier, M.D., call Mark Couch at 303-724-5377 or email mark.couch@ucdenver.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The link…

ACE-Inhibitors Associated with Lower Risk for ALS Above Certain Dose Over Time

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Charles Tzu-Chi Lee, Ph.D., email charles@kmu.edu.tw. To place an electronic embedded link in your story Links for this study and editorial will be live at the embargo time: https://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.3367 JAMA Neurology The antihypertensive medications angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) were associated with…

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Location of Oral Cancers Differs in Smokers, Nonsmokers

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Christopher F.L. Perry, M.B.B.S., D.T.M&H., F.R.A.C.S., email admin@brisbaneent.com.au. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archotol.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoto.2014.2620. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery The location…

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Few Adverse Events Found in Noninvasive, Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Procedures

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Murad Alam, M.D., M.S.C.I., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.2494. JAMA Dermatology A tiny…

Increase in Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults, Rate Expected to Rise

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author George J. Chang, M.D., M.S., call Laura Sussman at 713-745-2457 or email lsussman@mdanderson.org. To contact commentary author Kiran K. Turaga, M.D., M.P.H., call Maureen Mack at 414-955-4744 or email mmack@mcw.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study…

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Increased Prevalence in Autism Diagnoses Linked to Reporting in Denmark

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Stefan N. Hansen, M.Sc., email stefanh@biostat.au.dk. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1893. JAMA Pediatrics About 60 percent of the increase in the…

Dabigatran Associated with Higher Incidence of Major Bleeding vs. Warfarin

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Yuting Zhang, Ph.D., call Allison Hydzik at 412-647-9975 or email hydzikam@upmc.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The link will be live at the embargo time: https://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5398. JAMA Internal Medicine A study of Medicare beneficiaries suggests…

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Self-Reported Cognitive Difficulties Better for Patients with Tinnitus in Clinical Trial

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jay F. Piccirillo, M.D., call Julia Evangelou Strait at 314-286-0141 or email straitj@wustl.edu. An author podcast with Dr. Piccirillo will be available on the JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery website when the embargo lifts: https://bit.ly/1ncGvTg To place an electronic…

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Study Compares Gastric Bypass Procedures in Weight Loss, Complications

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author David Arterburn, M.D., M.P.H., call Rebecca Hughes 206-287-2055 or email hughes.r@ghc.org. To contact corresponding commentary author Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H., call Shantell M. Kirkendoll 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@umich.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…

Adult Eczema May Be Unrecognized Risk Factor for Fracture, Other Injuries

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jonathan I. Silverberg, M.D., M.P.H., call Erin Elizabeth White at 847-491-4888 or email ewhite@northwestern.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.2098. JAMA…

Study Examines Availability of Tanning Beds on and Near College Campuses

  EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Sherry L. Pagoto, Ph.D., call Lisa M. Larson at 508-856-6200 or email lisa.larson@umassmed.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.3590. JAMA Dermatology…

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Traumatic Brain Injury Associated with Increased Dementia Risk in Older Adults

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Raquel C. Gardner, M.D., call Laura Kurtzman at 415-476-3163 or email Laura.Kurtzman@ucsf.edu. To contact editorial author Steven T. DeKosky, M.D., call Anita Srikameswaran at 412-578-9193 or email srikamav@upmc.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link in your story Links for this study…

Agave Nectar, Placebo Both Perceived Better Than Doing Nothing for Cough in Kids

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Ian M. Paul, M.D., M.Sc., call Matt Solovey at 717-531-8606 or email msolovey@hmc.psu.edu. To contact editorial author James A. Taylor, M.D., call Susan Gregg at 206-616-6730 or email sghanson@uw.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…

Prescription Opioids Involved in Most Overdoses Seen in Emergency Departments

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Michael A. Yokell, Sc.B., call Tracie White at 650-723-7628 or email traciew@stanford.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The link will be live at the embargo time: https://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5413.   JAMA Internal Medicine In a national study of…

Maintenance Opioid Agonist Therapy for Injection-Drug Users Associated with Lower Incidence of Hepatitis C

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Kimberly Page, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Luke Frank at 505-272-3679 or 505-907-9525 or email lfrank@salud.unm.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story: The link will be live at the embargo time: https://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5416.   JAMA Internal Medicine In a group of young…

Initial Choice of Oral Medication to Lower Glucose in Diabetes Patients Examined

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Niteesh K. Choudhry, M.D., Ph.D., call Elaine St. Peter at 617-525-6375 or email estpeter@partners.org . To contact commentary author Jodi B. Segal, M.D., M.P.H., call Patrick Smith at 410-955-8242 or email psmith88@jhmi.edu. To place an electronic embedded link in your story:…

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Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in 1 Eye Then Other Eye

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Ronald Klein, M.D., M.P.H., call Emily Kumlien at 608-265-8199   or email EKumlien@uwhealth.org.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: The link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.4252.   JAMA Ophthalmology…

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Study Examines Readmission After Colorectal Cancer Surgery as Quality Measure

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Timothy M. Pawlik, M.D., call Vanessa Wasta at 410-614-2916 or email wasta@jhmi.edu. An invited commentary by Frank G. Opelka, M.D., of Louisiana State University is also available. To contact Dr. Opelka email fopelk@lsuhsc.edu.   To place an electronic embedded…

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