For The Media – JAMA Network

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Bo Li, M.D., call 226-268-0533 or email bolihere@gmail.com. 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/jamaophthalmology.2014.5014. JAMA Ophthalmology No relevant delay between referral and treatment was found when…

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: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.4652. JAMA Ophthalmology A telemedicine program to screen for diabetic…

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: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.4252.   JAMA Ophthalmology…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author William G. Christen, Sc.D., call Jessica Maki at 617-525-6373 or email jmaki3@partners.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: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.3478. JAMA Ophthalmology Bottom Line:…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Louis R. Pasquale, M.D., call Mary Leach at (617) 573-4170 or email Mary_Leach@meei.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: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.3326. JAMA Ophthalmology Bottom…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Sharon L. Christ, Ph.D., call Amy Patterson Neubert at 765-494-9723 or email apatterson@purdue.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: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.2847. JAMA Ophthalmology Bottom Line:…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Rohit Varma, M.D., M.P.H., call Alison Trinidad at 323-442-3941 or email alison.trinidad@usc.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: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.2854. JAMA Ophthalmology Prevalence,…

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: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmology.2014.2213. JAMA…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MAY 15,, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Michael V. Boland, M.D., Ph.D., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu.   JAMA Ophthalmology 2 JAMA Ophthalmology Studies Focus on Glaucoma Medication Adherence Electronic Monitoring Documents Lack of Medication Adherence in Patients with Glaucoma    Bottom Line: Electronic monitoring to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Joshua D. Stein, M.D., M.S., call Betsy Nisbet at 734-647-5586 or email bsnisbet@umich.edu.   CHICAGO – Using postmenopausal hormones (PMH) containing estrogen may reduce a woman’s risk for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), a common form of the disease related…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact study author Birgitta Ejdervik Lindblad, M.D., Ph.D., email birgitta.ejdervik.lindblad@swipnet.se.   CHICAGO – Quitting smoking appears to decrease the risk of developing cataracts, according to a report published by JAMA Ophthalmology, a JAMA Network publication.   Smoking is a risk factor for…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Neil M. Bressler, M.D., call JAMA Network media relations at 312-464-5262 or email mediarelations@jamanetwork.org.   CHICAGO – Less than half of adults with diabetic macular edema (DME, a thickening of the center of the retina that can cause blindness)…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Paul A. MacLennan, Ph.D., call Bob Shepard at 205-934-8934 or email bshep@uab.edu.   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   Eye care rates were low among poor, mostly black patients with diabetes seen at a large, public safety-net hospital, according to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Anjali M. Bhorade, M.D., MSCI, call Jim Dryden at 314-286-0110 or email jdryden@wustl.edu.     JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   Adults have better vision in clinics rather than at home, due to poor home lighting, according to a study…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Tiarnan D.L. Keenan, M.R.C.Opth., email tiarnan.keenan@doctors.org.uk. CHICAGO – A study of patients in England with the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD) found no association between having AMD and subsequently developing dementia or Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a report…

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…

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…