EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Emily Feinberg, CPNP, Sc.D. call Lisa Chedekel at 617-571-6370 or email chedekel@bu.edu. JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights A cognitive-behavioral intervention known as problem-solving education (PSE) may help reduce parental stress and depressive symptoms immediately after their child…
Overweight, Obese Are Risks for Heart Disease Regardless of Metabolic Syndrome
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…
Obese Older Women at Higher Risk for Death, Disease, Disability Before Age 85
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 https://bit.ly/KEPNSw CHICAGO – Obesity and a bigger waist size in older women are associated with a higher risk…
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Study Evaluates Antireflux Procedures for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jarod McAteer, M.D., M.P.H., call Elizabeth Hunter at 206-616-3192 or email elh415@uw.edu. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Among hospitalized children diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD, regurgitation), infants younger than 2 months are more likely than older infants to undergo…
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Improved Sexual Functioning, Hormones After Weight-Loss Bariatric Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author David B. Sarwer, Ph.D., call Kim Menard at 215-662-6183 or email Kim.Menard@uphs.upenn.edu. CHICAGO – Women who underwent bariatric surgery experienced better sexual functioning, improvement in reproductive hormones, and better health-related and weight-related quality of life, according to a report published…
Parental Group Training Associated with Improved Child Disruptive Behavior
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Ellen C. Perrin, M.D., call Julie Jette at 617-636-3265 or email jjette@tuftsmedicalcenter.org. JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Parent-training groups conducted in pediatric office settings may improve parenting practices and disruptive child behaviors, according to a study by Ellen C….
Adolescent Boys Concerned About Muscles Who Use Supplements to Enhance Them More Likely to Binge Drink, Use Drugs
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. CT (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Alison E. Field, Sc.D., call Erin Tornatore at 617-919-3110 or email erin.tornatore@childrens.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – Adolescent boys who are concerned about building muscle and who use supplements to enhance their physique were more likely than their peers to start binge…
No Major Complications in Most Teens Undergoing Weight-Loss Bariatric Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Thomas H. Inge, M.D., Ph.D., call Kathy Francis at 502-815-3313 or email kfrancis@doeanderson.com. To contact editorial author, Michael G. Sarr, M.D., call Brian Kilen at 507-284-5005 or email newsbureau@mayo.edu. CHICAGO – Most severely obese teenagers who underwent bariatric weight-loss surgery…
Undetectable Viral Load Associated with Decreased Illness, Death in Patients with Hepatitis C
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…
Atrial Fibrillation Appears Associated with Increased Risk of Heart Attack
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)…
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Poverty in Early Childhood Appears Associated With Brain Development
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Joan Luby, M.D., call Jim Dryden at 314-286-0110 or email jdryden@wustl.edu. To contact editorial author Charles A. Nelson, Ph.D., call Meghan Weber at 617-919-3110 or email meghan.weber@childrens.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – Poverty in early childhood appears to be associated with smaller brain…
Heart Disease Risk Appears Associated with Breast Cancer Radiation
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…
Study Examines Expedited FDA Drug Approvals, Safety Questions Remain
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…
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Study Examines Discomfort in Children Undergoing Flexible Nasendoscopy
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Neil K. Chadha, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.He. B.Sc., F.R.C.S, call Corinne Crichlow at 604-875-3560 or email Corinne.Crichlow@cw.bc.ca. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights Three kinds of nasal sprays were no different in their effects on discomfort experienced by children undergoing nasendoscopy,…
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Parity Laws for Substance Abuse Disorder Linked to Increased Treatment
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Hefei Wen, B.A., call Robin Reese at 404-727-9371 or email robin.j.reese@emory.edu. JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Parity Laws for Substance Abuse Disorder Linked to Increased Treatment State implementation of laws that require health plans to cover treatment for…
Clinical Trial Evaluates Outpatient Detoxification in Prescription Opioid Abusers
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Stacey C. Sigmon, Ph.D., call Jennifer Nachbur at 802-656-7875 or email jennifer.nachbur@med.uvm.edu JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Clinical Trial Evaluates Outpatient Detoxification in Prescription Opioid Abusers Patients addicted to prescription opioids (POs) who are taking buprenorphine (a medication…
Carotid Artery Stenting Appears Associated with Increased Stroke in Elderl
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author George A. Antoniou, M.D., Ph.D., email antoniou.ga@hotmail.com. To contact commentary author R. Clement Darling III, M.D., call Beth Engeler at 518-262-3421 or email EngeleB@mail.amc.edu. CHICAGO – Carotid artery stenting (CAS) was associated with an increased risk of stroke in…
Bottle Feeding Associated with Increased Risk of Stomach Obstruction in Infants
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jarod P. McAteer, M.D., M.P.H., call Liz Hunter at 206-616-3192 or email ehunter@uw.edu. CHICAGO – Bottle feeding appears to increase the risk infants will develop hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS), a form of stomach obstruction, and that risk seems to be…
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Patients Report Doctors Not Telling Them of Overdiagnosis Risk in Screenings
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…
Less Sleep Associated with Brain Imaging Findings of Alzheimer Disease in Elderly
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Adam P. Spira. Ph.D., call Natalie Wood-Wright at 410-614-6029 or email nwoodwri@jhsph.edu. CHICAGO – Getting less sleep and poor sleep quality are associated with abnormal brain imaging findings suggesting Alzheimer disease (AD) in older adults, according to a report…
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Veterans with Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury Report Poorer Vision Quality
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Glenn C. Cockerham, M.D., call Ndidi Mojay at 202-461-0476 or email Ndidi.mojay@va.gov. JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights Veterans with Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury Report Poorer Vision Quality Veterans with blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) reported poorer vision…
Study Examines Various Treatments for Nose Bleeds
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jennifer A. Villwock, M.D., call Darryl Geddes at 315-464-4828 or email geddesd@upstate.edu. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights Study Examines Various Treatments for Nose Bleeds The way doctors treat nose bleeds (epistaxis), a condition that will…
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Lawsuits Increasing Over Nonphysician Operator-Performed Laser Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author H. Ray Jalian, M.D., call Rachel Champeau at 310-794-2270 or email rchampeau@mednet.ucla.edu. JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights Lawsuits Increasing Over Nonphysician Operator-Performed Laser Surgery Lawsuits related to skin laser surgery performed by nonphysicians are increasing particularly…
New Measure to Rate Hospitals on Bariatric Surgery Examined in Study
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H., call Shantell M. Kirkendoll at 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@umich.edu. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights New Measure to Rate Hospitals on Bariatric Surgery Examined in Study A new composite measure may be better than…
Body Mass Index Not Major Predictor of Death in Bariatric Surgery Eligibility
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Raj S. Padwal, M.D., M.Sc., call Raquel Maurier at 780-492-5986 or email raquel.maurier@ualberta.ca. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Body Mass Index Not Major Predictor of Death in Bariatric Surgery Eligibility Age, sex, smoking and diabetes mellitus can be…
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Multiple vs. Single Courses of Prenatal Corticosteroids Not Associated with Increased Death, Disability of Children at Age 5
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Elizabeth V. Asztalos, M.D., call Sybil Edmonds at 416-480-4040 or email sybil.edmonds@sunnybrook.ca. CHICAGO – Multiple courses of prenatal corticosteroids, compared with a single course, taken by pregnant women to help prevent preterm birth was associated with no increase or decrease…
Pay for Nonprofit Hospital CEOs Varies Around U.S.; Average More than $500K
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…
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Clinical Trial Examines Oral Supplementation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Megan M. McLaughlin, M.S., call Melinda Stubbee at 919-491-0831 or email melinda.s.stubbee@gsk.com. JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights Clinical Trial Examines Oral Supplementation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration A daily 15 mg dose of the oral medication pazopanib…
Study Examines Characteristics of Thyroid Cancer
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David Goldenberg, M.D., call Matthew G. Solovey at 717-531-0003, Ext. 287127 or email msolovey@hmc.psu.edu. CHICAGO – Patients whose thyroid cancer is incidentally discovered on imaging performed for reasons other than evaluation of the thyroid gland tend to be older,…
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History of Falls Associated With Postoperative Complications in Older Patients
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., call Mark Couch at 303-724-5377 or email mark.couch@ucdenver.edu. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights History of Falls Associated With Postoperative Complications in Older Patients A history of one or more falls in the six…
Prenatal Depression in Mothers is Risk Factor for Depression in Children as Adults
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Rebecca M. Pearson, Ph.D., email rebecca.pearson@bristol.ac.uk CHICAGO – Depression in pregnant women appears to increase the risk that their children are more likely to have depression when they are 18 years old, according to a report published by JAMA Psychiatry,…
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Study Examines Probiotics to Prevent or Treat Excessive Infant Crying
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Valerie Sung, M.P.H., email valerie.sung@rch.org.au. JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Study Examines Probiotics to Prevent or Treat Excessive Infant Crying There still appears to be insufficient evidence to support using probiotics (Lactobacillus reuteri) to manage colic or…
Nearly 1 in 10 Young People Report Perpetrating Sexual Violence
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Michele L. Ybarra, M.P.H., Ph.D., call 877-302-6858, Ext. 1 – 801# or email Michele@InnovativePublicHealth.org. CHICAGO – Nearly 1 in 10 people 21 years of age or younger reported perpetrating some type of coercive or forced sexual violence during their lifetime,…
Study Examines Widespread Prescribing of Levothyroxine for Borderline Thyroid Hormone Levels, Overtreatment
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…
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Study Examines Family Connections for Thyroid Cancer Using Utah Population Database
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Gretchen M. Oakley, M.D., call Kathy Wilets at 801-581-5717 or email kathy.wilets@hsc.utah.edu. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights Study Examines Family Connections for Thyroid Cancer Using Utah Population Database People that have a first- through third -degree…
Study Finds No Change in Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Sore Throat
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…