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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Emily F. Boss, M.D., Ph.D., call Ekaterina Pesheva at 410-502-9433 or email epeshev1@jhmi.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.2014.3085 JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery   Children…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Joseph M. Collaco, M.D., M.P.H., call Ekaterina Pesheva at 410-502-9433  or email epeshev1@jhmi.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.2014.3057 JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery   Coordinated…

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…

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…

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…

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…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Vinita Bahl, D.M.D., M.P.P., call Kara Gavin 734-764-2220 or email kegavin@umich.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://archotol.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoto.2014.2254. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Ian Smillie, M.R.C.S. Ed., email iansmillie@nhs.net. 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.2014.1657. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery   Bottom Line: Children with…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Uchechukwu C. Megwalu, M.D., M.P.H., call Sid Dinsay at 212-241-9200 or email sid.dinsay@mountsinai.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://archotol.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1671. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head &…

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…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Benjamin L. Judson, M.D., call Helen Dodson at 203-436-3984 or email helen.dodson@yale.edu.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery   Bottom Line: Public awareness of head and neck cancer (HNC) is low, with few Americans knowing much about risk factors…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Parul Goyal, M.D., M.B.A., call 315-254-2030 or email syracuseoto@gmail.com. An author podcast with Lindsay Sobin, M.D., will be available on the JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery website https://bit.ly/1ncGvTg when the embargo lifts.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery  …

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author William G. Kronenberger, Ph.D., call Mary Hardin at 317-274-5456 or email mhardin@iu.edu.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery   Bottom Line: Children who receive cochlear implants (CI) to help alleviate severe to profound hearing loss are at greater risk of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Kay W. Chang, M.D., call Erin Digitale at 650-724-9175 or email digitale@stanford.edu.   Bottom Line: Weight gain in children after they have their tonsils removed (adenotonsillectomy) occurs primarily in children who are smaller and younger at the time of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014 To contact author J. Bruce Tomblin, Ph.D., call 319-335-8745 or email j-tomblin@uiowa.edu.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlight   Bottom Line: Fitting children with mild to severe hearing loss (HL) with hearing aids (HAs) appears to be associated with better speech and language…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Terry A. Day, M.D., call Tony Ciuffo at 843-792-2626 or email ciuffo@musc.edu.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlight   Bottom Line: Neck mass and sore throat appear to be the initial symptoms in patients with oropharyngeal (mouth and throat)…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Chuan-Ming Li, M.D., Ph.D., call Robin Latham at 301-496-7243 or email lathamr@nidcd.nih.gov.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights   Bottom Line: Hearing impairment (HI) is associated with depression among American adults of all ages, especially women and individuals…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H., call Annmarie Christensen at 603-653-0897 or email Annmarie.Christensen@dartmouth.edu.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights   The increased incidence of thyroid cancer appears to be associated with an “epidemic of diagnosis” and not disease,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Benjamin L. Judson, M.D., call Helen Dodson at 203- 436-3984 or email helen.dodson@yale.edu.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights   Getting your tonsils removed as an adult is a safe procedure with low mortality and complication rates,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Deepa L. Sekhar, M.D., M.Sc., call Matthew G. Solovey at 717-531-0003 Ext. 287127 or email msolovey@hmc.psu.edu.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights   Despite the rising prevalence of acquired adolescent hearing loss, parents lack education on prevention…

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,…

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…

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,…