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Research Letter Examines Pacemaker Use in Patients with Cognitive Impairment

  EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014   Media Advisory: To contact author Nicole R. Fowler, Ph.D, M.H.S.A., call Anita Srikameswaranat at 412-578-9193 or email srikamav@upmc.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story A link for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3450….

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Electronic Screening Tool to Triage Teenagers and Risk of Substance Misuse

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Sharon Levy, M.D., M.P.H., call Erin Tornatore at 617-919-3110 or email erin.tornatore@childrens.harvard.edu. To contact editorial author Geetha A. Subramaniam, M.D., D.F.A.P.A., call Sheri Grabus at 301-443-6245 or email media@nida.nih.gov. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…

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Increased Risk for Head, Neck Cancers in Patients with Diabetes

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Yung-Song Lin, M.D., email kingear@gmail.com. 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.2014.1258. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery   Bottom Line: Diabetes mellitus…

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Study Examines Postoperative Pneumonia Prevention Program in Surgical Ward

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Sherry M. Wren, M.D., call Michelle L. Brandt at 650-723-0272 or email mbrandt@stanford.edu. To contact commentary author Catherine E. Lewis, M.D., call Roxanne Yamaguchi Moster at 310-794-2264 or email RMoster@mednet.ucla.edu or call Enrique Rivero at 310-794-2273 or email ERivero@mednet.ucla.edu….

Enhanced Recovery Program Following Colorectal Surgery at Community Hospitals

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Cristina B. Geltzeiler, M.D., call Elisa Williams at 503-494-4530 or email willieli@ohsu.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The links for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamasurg.2014.675. JAMA Surgery  …

Greater Odds of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Those with Military Service

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author John R. Blosnich, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Mark Ray at 412-822-3578 or email Mark.ray2@va.gov. 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.2014.724. JAMA Psychiatry Bottom…

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Study Examines Blood Markers, Survival in Patients with ALS

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Adriano Chiò, M.D., email achio@usa.net. To place an electronic embedded link to this study 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.2014.1129. JAMA Neurology Bottom Line: The blood biomarkers serum albumin…

Comparing Deep Vein Thrombosis Treatments

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Riyaz Bashir, M.D., call Kathleen Duffy at 267-800-4359 or email Kathleen.Duffy@tuhs.temple.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story  Links for these studies and commentary will be live at the embargo time: https://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3415. JAMA Internal Medicine…

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Vision Loss Associated with Work Status

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Pradeep Y. Ramulu, M.D., M.H.S., Ph.D., call Audrey M. Huang at 410-614-5105 or email audrey@jhmi.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://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.2213. JAMA…

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Study Examines Shift in Resuscitation Practices in Military Combat Hospitals

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Matthew J. Martin, M.D., call Carrie Bernard at 253-968-2968 or email carrie.bernard@us.army.mil. To contact commentary author John B. Holcomb, M.D., call Rob Cahill at 713-500-3042 or email Robert.Cahill@uth.tmc.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…

Persistent Symptoms Following Concussion May Be Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Emmanuel Lagarde, Ph.D., email Emmanuel.lagarde@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr. 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.2014.666. Bottom Line: The long-lasting symptoms that many patients contend with…

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Study Examines Dietary Fatty Acid Intake, Risk for Lou Gehrig Disease

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, M.Sc., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. To contact editorial author Michael Swash, M.D., email mswash@btinternet.com. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story  Links for this study and editorial will be live…

Prostate Cancer is Focus of 2 Studies, Commentary

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Karen E. Hoffman, M.D., M.H.Sc., call William B. Fitzgerald at 713-792-9518 or email WBFitzgerald@mdanderson.org. To contact author Grace L. Lu-Yao, M.P.H., Ph.D., call Michele Fisher at 732-235-9872 or email Michele.fisher@rutgers.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Deborah Schrag, M.D., call Anne…

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Home Visits by Nurse May Help Reduce Mortality in Moms, Children

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author David L. Olds, Ph.D., call Mark Couch at 303-724-5377 or email mark.couch@ucdenver.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://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.472. JAMA Pediatrics Bottom Line:…

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Trial Examines Treatment for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author W. Curt LaFrance Jr., M.D., M.P.H., call Ellen M. Slingsby at 401-444-6421 or email eslingsby@lifespan.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://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.817. JAMA…

Study Estimates Effect on Surgery Following National Health Insurance Expansion

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David C. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., call Shantell Kirkendoll at 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@umich.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The links for this study will be live at the embargo time: https://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamasurg.2014.857. JAMA…

Study Examines Hypertension, Antihypertension Medication, Risk of Psoriasis

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Abrar A. Qureshi, M.D., M.P.H., call David Orenstein at 401-863-1862 or email David_Orenstein@brown.edu. To contact commentary author April W. Armstrong, M.D., M.P.H., call Erika Matich at 303-724-1528 or email Erika.Matich@ucdenver.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in…

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Blood Lead Levels Associated with Increased Behavioral Problems in Kids in China

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Jianghong Liu, Ph.D., call Christine Coleman at 215-746-3562 or email chrcol@nursing.upenn.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://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.332 JAMA Pediatrics Bottom Line: Elevated…

Research Letter Examines Reports of Chronic Pain, Opioid Use by U.S. Soldiers

  EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Robin Toblin, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Debra L. Yourick, Ph.D. at 301-319-9471 or email debra.l.yourick.civ@mail.mil. To contact commentary author Wayne B. Jonas, M.D., LTC (Ret.) call Jenny Swigoda at 703-299-4877 or email  jswigoda@SamueliInstitute.org. To place an electronic embedded link to…

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Study Examines Aesthetic Nasal Tip Projection, Rotation in White Women

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Brian J. Wong, M.D., Ph.D., call Tom Vasich at 949-824-6455 or email tmvasich@uci.edu. An author podcast will be available when the embargo lifts on the JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery website https://bit.ly/SUcERt.   JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery Bottom Line: A nasal…

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Alcohol Use Increases Over Generation in Study of Moms, Daughters in Australia

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Kim S. Betts, M.P.H., email kim.betts@uqconnect.edu.au.   JAMA Psychiatry Bottom Line: Drinking alcohol has increased over a generation in a study of mothers and daughters in Australia. Authors: Rosa Alati, Ph.D., M.Appl.Sc., of the University of Queensland, Australia, and…

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Intervention Appears to Help Teen Drivers Get More, Better Practice

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Jessica H. Mirman, Ph.D., call Dana Weidig at 267-426-6092 or email weidigd@email.chop.edu. To contact editorial author Corinne Peek-Asa, Ph.D., call William Barker at 319-384-4277 or email william-barker@uiowa.edu.   JAMA Pediatrics Bottom Line: A web-based program for teen drivers appears to…

Examining Lifetime Intellectual Enrichment and Cognitive Decline in Older Patients

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Prashanthi Vemuri, Ph.D., call Duska Anastasijevic at 507-538-7003 or email anastasijevic.duska@mayo.edu.   JAMA Neurology   Bottom Line: Higher scores that gauged education (years of school completed) and occupation (based on attributes, complexities of a job), as well as higher levels…

Women Sometimes Benefit More from Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy than Men

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David G. Strauss, M.D., Ph.D., call Susan Laine at 301-796-5349 or email Susan.Laine@fda.hhs.gov. To contact commentary author C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., call Sally Stewart 310-248-6566 or email sally.stewart@cshs.org.   JAMA Internal Medicine Bottom Line: Cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator…

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Racial Disparities in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Women with Breast Cancer

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Dalliah M. Black, M.D., call Julie A. Penne at 713-792-0662 or email jpenne@mdanderson.org. To contact commentary author Colleen D. Murphy, M.D., call Erika Matich at 303-724-1528 or email erika.matich@ucdenver.edu.   JAMA Surgery   Bottom Line: The use of sentinel lymph node…

Parents of Children with Autism Curtail Reproduction After Signs of Disorder

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Neil Risch, Ph.D., call Juliana Bunim at 415-502-6397 or email Juliana.Bunim@ucsf.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Bottom Line: Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to curtail attempts to have more children after the first signs of the disorder…

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Major Surgery Associated with Increased Risk of Death or Impairment in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Frank H. Morriss, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., call Jennifer Brown at 319-356-7124 or email jennifer-l-brown@uiowa.edu. To contact editorial author Robert Williams, M.D., call Jennifer Nachbur at 802-656-7875 or email jennifer.nachbur@uvm.edu. Please visit the JAMA Pediatrics website (https://bit.ly/1adWrco) for an author audio…

No Adverse Cognitive Effects in Kids Breastfed by Moms Using Antiepileptic Drugs

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Kimford J. Meador, M.D., call Michelle L. Brandt at 650-723-0272 or email mbrandt@stanford.edu. To contact editorial author Cynthia L. Harden, M.D., call Anthony Davenport at 516-465-2755 or email Adavenport@NSHS.edu.   JAMA Pediatrics   Bottom Line: Breastfeeding by mothers treated with…

Military Personnel with Concussive Traumatic Brain Injury Caused by Blast or Nonblast Event Had No Difference in Outcomes

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David L. Brody, M.D., Ph.D., call Judy Martin at 314-286-0105 or email martinju@wustl.edu.   JAMA Neurology   Bottom Line: Military personnel with concussive traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a blast or a nonblast-related event had similar outcomes, including…

Beta-Blockers Before Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery Not Associated With Better Outcomes

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author William Brinkman, M.D., email willibri@baylorhealth.edu. To contact commentary author David M. Shahian, M.D., call Cassandra Aviles at (617) 724-6433 or email cmaviles@partners.org.   JAMA Internal Medicine   Bottom Line: Use of beta (β)-blockers in patients who have not had a…

Intervention Increased Adherence to Fecal Occult Blood Testing for Colorectal Cancer Screening

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author David W. Baker, M.D., M.P.H., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu or call Erin White at 847-491-4888 or email ewhite@northwestern.edu. To contact commentary author Beverly B. Green, M.D., M.P.H., call Rebecca Hughes at 206-287-2055 or email hughes.r@ghc.org.  …