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Study Examines Intimate Partner Violence, Maternal Depression
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Study Examines Intimate Partner Violence, Maternal Depression Nerissa S. Bauer, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, examined the association between parent reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) and depressive symptoms within the first…
Study Suggests Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Related to Adolescent Weight Loss
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Aaron S. Kelly, Ph.D., call Caroline Marin at 612-624-5680 or email crmarin@umn.edu. To contact editorial author Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, M.D., call Debra Kain at 619-543-6163 or email ddkain@ucsd.edu. CHICAGO – Preliminary evidence from a clinical trial suggests that treatment…
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Study Suggests High-Dose Ascorbic Acid Associated with Risk of Kidney Stones
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Study Suggests High-Dose Ascorbic Acid Associated with Risk of Kidney Stones Laura D.K. Thomas, M.Sc., and colleagues at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, evaluated whether ascorbic acid supplements (a form of Vitamin C, approximately 1,000 mg) were associated with…
Overall Health Status of Baby Boomers Appears Lower Than Previous Generation
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Overall Health Status of Baby Boomers Appears Lower Than Previous Generation Dana E. King, M.D., M.S., of the West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, and colleagues studied the overall reported health status of aging baby boomers compared with…
Study Examines Why U.S. Adults Use Dietary Supplements
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Study Examines Why U.S. Adults Use Dietary Supplements Regan L. Bailey, Ph.D., R.D., of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues analyzed the motivations of U.S. adults for their use of dietary supplements and…
High Supplemental Calcium Intake May Be Associated with Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Death in Men, Not Women
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Qian Xiao, Ph.D., call the National Cancer Institute Press Office at 301-496-6641 or email ncipressofficers@mail.nih.gov. To contact commentary author Susanna Larsson, Ph.D., email susanna.larsson@ki.se. CHICAGO – A high intake of supplemental calcium appears to be associated with an increased…
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Clinical Trial Evaluates Ranibizumab for Vitreous Hemorrhage
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013 JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights Clinical Trial Evaluates Ranibizumab for Vitreous Hemorrhage The Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network conducted a phase 3 double-masked, randomized, multi-center clinical trial to evaluate eye injections of ranibizumab compared with saline on vitrectomy (a surgical procedure to remove the jellylike…
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Study Examines Response to Scopolamine in Major Depressive Disorder
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Study Examines Response to Scopolamine in Major Depressive Disorder Maura L. Furey, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study together with repeated functional…
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Analysis of Data on Early Ambulatory Palliative Care for Patients with Lung Cancer
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Editor’s note: An author podcast will be available when the embargo lifts on the journal website at https://bit.ly/KEPNSw. Analysis of Data on Early Ambulatory Palliative Care for Patients with Lung Cancer Jaclyn Yoong, M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.P., of the Massachusetts…
Analysis, Historical Perspective on Migraine Therapeutics in Adolescents
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Analysis, Historical Perspective on Migraine Therapeutics in Adolescents Haihao Sun, M.D., Ph.D., of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Md., and colleagues conducted a systematic review and analysis of trial data submitted to the FDA to identify…
Meta-Analysis Examines Pharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Headaches
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Meta-Analysis Examines Pharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Headaches In a meta-analysis, Khalil El-Chammas, M.D., of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and colleagues reviewed available medical literature to assess the effectiveness of prophylactic headache treatment (to reduce the severity or…
Cardiac Disease Associated With Increased Risk of Nonamnestic Cognitive Impairmen
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Rosebud O. Roberts, M.B., Ch.B., M.S., call Nicholas Hanson at 507-284-5005 or email newsbureau@mayo.edu. CHICAGO – Cardiac disease was associated with increased risk, particularly for women, of nonamnestic mild cognitive impairment (naMCI), which may be a precursor of vascular and other…
Research Letter Examines Perceived Hospitalist Workload and Patient Safety
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Research Letter Examines Perceived Hospitalist Workload and Patient Safety Henry J. Michtalik, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S., of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and colleagues surveyed 506 physicians to examine the perceived effect of the average hospitalist workload on patient safety…
Patient Preferences for Defibrillator Deactivation Reported in Research Letter
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Patient Preferences for Defibrillator Deactivation Reported in Research Letter John A. Dodson, M.D., of the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., and colleagues conducted a survey that examined patient preferences for the deactivation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs)…
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JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights Andrew A. Jacono, M.D., of North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y., and colleagues performed a retrospective review of patients who underwent surgical midface rejuvenation procedures by a single surgeon and the outcome was determined by patient satisfaction…
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JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Personality-Targeted Prevention Program for Adolescent Alcohol Use and Misuse Patricia J. Conrod, Ph.D., with Universite de Montreal, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire Ste Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and colleagues conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial to report 24-month outcomes of…
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Study Suggests Increased Rate of Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder at Health Plan
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Darios Getahun, M.D., Ph.D., call Sandra Hernandez-Millett at 626-405-5384 or email sandra.d.hernandez-millett@kp.org or call Vincent Staupe at 415-318-4386 or email vstaupe@golinharris.com. CHICAGO – A study of medical records at the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health plan suggests the rate…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Undervaccination in Managed Care Organizations in the United States Jason M. Glanz, Ph.D., of the Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, and Colorado School of Public Health, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of more than…
Study Suggests Association Between Regular Aspirin Use, Increased Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Jie Jin Wang, Ph.D., email jiejin.wang@sydney.edu.au. To contact commentary author Sanjay Kaul, M.D., email sanjay.kaul@cshs.org. CHICAGO – Regular aspirin use appears to be associated with an increased risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of blindness…
Hearing Loss May Be Related to Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Frank R. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., call David March at 410-955-1534 or email dmarch1@jhmi.edu. To contact research letter corresponding author Bonnielin K. Swenor, M.P.H., call John Lazarou at 410-502-8902 or email jlazaro1@jhmi.edu. CHICAGO – Hearing loss appears to be associated…
JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Chia-Fang Wu, M.S., Ph.D., of Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, and colleagues conducted a crossover study of noodle soup consumption in melamine bowls and total melamine excretion in urine. A continuous low-dose of melamine exposure may be associated with…
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JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights Scotomas (localized defects in the visual field bordered by an area of normal vision) causing central visual field loss are associated with delayed reactions to pedestrians as assessed in a driving simulator, according to a study of 11 participants with…
JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights Among 314 children who had passed their universal newborn hearing screen (NHS), 78 children were later diagnosed with hearing loss (age at diagnosis ranged from 1 month to 10 years), 37 of whom had severe or profound…
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Study Suggests Lung Cancer Mortality Highest in Black Persons Living in Most Segregated Counties
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Awori J. Hayanga, M.D., M.P.H., call Clare LaFond at 206-685-1323 or email clareh@uw.edu. To contact invited critique author David C. Chang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., call Michelle Brubaker at 619-543-6163 or email mmbrubaker@ucsd.edu. CHICAGO – Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher…
Smartphone Applications Assessing Melanoma Risk Appear to be Highly Variable
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Laura K. Ferris, M.D., Ph.D., call Carrie Stevenson at 412-586-9778 or email beckerc@upmc.edu. CHICAGO – Performance of smartphone applications in assessing melanoma risk is highly variable and 3 of 4 applications incorrectly classified 30 percent or more of melanomas…
JAMA Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status (See news release below). One in 203 surgical patients undergoes cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR),…
JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights Performance of smartphone applications in assessing melanoma risk is highly variable and 3 of 4 applications incorrectly classified 30 percent or more of melanomas as unconcerning. The authors suggest that reliance on these applications, which are not subject to regulatory oversight,…
JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights A relative decline in cognitive performance in adolescence and young adulthood, particularly in verbal ability, is associated with increased risk for psychosis in adulthood, and a relative decline in verbal ability between ages 13 and 18 years is a stronger…
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Clinical Trial Finds Decision-Support Strategy Can Reduce Antibiotic Overuse for Acute Bronchitis
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.P.H., call Jason Bardi at 415-502-4608 or email jason.bardi@ucsf.edu. To contact commentary author Jeffrey A. Linder, M.D., M.P.H., call Tom Langford at 617-534-1605 or email tlangford@partners.org. CHICAGO – The percentage of adolescents and adults prescribed antibiotics for acute…
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JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights A study based on computerized simulation modeling suggests that aggressive surveillance protocols that recommend computed tomography (CT) scanning or positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scanning for monitoring patients with primary choroidal or ciliary body melanoma for distant metastasis may be associated…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013 JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights A survey of 6,483 adolescents ages 13 to 18 years and their parents estimates the lifetime prevalence of suicide ideation, plans and attempts are 12.1 percent, 4 percent and 4.1 percent, respectively (Online First). A study in Australia, which included…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013 JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Approximately 70 percent of elementary school-age children met physical activity guidelines, and nearly 54 percent met screen-time viewing guidelines, but fewer than 4 in 10 children met both recommendations concurrently, according to a review of data from 1,218 children age…
Study Examines Costs of Breast Cancer Screening in Medicare Recipients
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Cary P. Gross, M.D., call 203-432-1326 or email karen.peart@yale.edu. To contact commentary author Jeanne S. Mandelblatt, M.D., M.P.H., call Karen Mallet at 215-514-9751 or email km463@georgetown.edu. CHICAGO – Breast cancer screening costs in the Medicare program topped $1 billion annually in…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013 JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Breast cancer screening costs in the Medicare program topped $1 billion annually in the fee-for-service program during 2006 to 2007, with substantial regional variation driven by newer and more expensive technologies, although it is unclear whether higher screening costs…
Cognitive Deficits, Depression May be More Common in Aging Football Players
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact John Hart Jr., M.D., call Shelly Kirkland at 972-883-3221 or email shelly.kirkland@utdallas.edu. To contact editorial author Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, M.D., Ph.D., call Sharon Willis at 301-295-3578 or email sharon.willis@usuhs.edu. CHICAGO – Cognitive deficits and depression may be more common in aging former…
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Economic Environment During Infancy Appears Associated With Substance Use, Delinquent Behavior During Adolescence
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Seethalakshmi Ramanathan call Susan Cole 315-464-6547 or email colesu@upstate.edu. CHICAGO – The larger economic environment during infancy may be associated with subsequent substance use and delinquent behavior during adolescence, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry,…
Late-Life Depression Associated with Prevalent Mild Cognitive Impairment, Increased Risk of Dementia
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact study author José A. Luchsinger, M.D., M.P.H., call Elizabeth Streich at 212-305-3689 or email eas2125@columbia.edu. CHICAGO – Depression in a group of Medicare recipients ages 65 years and older appears to be associated with prevalent mild cognitive impairment and an increased…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights Changes in pill color were associated with increased odds of medication nonpersistence (persistence was measured as the duration of the time from initiation to discontinuation of therapy) in a study that examined switching between different-appearing antiepileptic drugs (Online First.)…
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Study Finds Children with Chronic Conditions Increasingly Use Available Resources in Children’s Hospitals
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Jay G. Berry, M.D., M.P.H., call Rob Graham or Erin Tornatore at 617-919-3110 or email Rob.Graham@childrens.harvard.edu or erin.tornatore@childrens.harvard.edu. To contact editorial author Julia A. McMillan, M.D., call Kim Hoppe at 410-502-9430 or email khoppe1@jhmi.edu. To contact editorial corresponding author Steven M….
Elevated Levels of C-Reactive Protein Appear Associated with Psychological Distress, Depression
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Børge Grønne Nordestgaard, M.D., D.M.Sc., email Boerge.Nordestgaard@regionh.dk. CHICAGO – Elevated levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammatory disease, appear to be associated with increased risk of psychological distress and depression in the general population of adults in Denmark,…
Study Examines Overuse of Ambulatory Health Care Services in United States
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Minal S. Kale, M.D., call the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Press Office at 212- 241-9200 or email newsmedia@mssm.edu. CHICAGO – An analysis of nationally representative survey data found significant improvement in the delivery of underused care, but more limited changes…
Analyses of 10 Studies Suggests that Blood Transfusion is Associated with Increased Risk of Death for Patients with Heart Attack
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Saurav Chatterjee, M.D., call David Orenstein at 401-863-1862 or email David_Orenstein@brown.edu. To contact commentary corresponding author Jeffrey L. Carson, M.D., call Patty Hansen at 732-235-6307 or email hansenmp@umdnj.edu. CHICAGO – A meta-analysis of 10 studies suggests that receipt of a blood…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights A meta-analysis of 10 studies suggests that receipt of a blood transfusion among patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) was associated with increased all-cause mortality compared with not receiving a blood transfusion during heart attack (Online First, see news…