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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Vivek Y. Reddy, M.D., call Lauren Woods at 646-634-0869 or email Lauren.Woods@mountsinai.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.15192 Implanted Device Shows Potential…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Matthew D. Ritchey, D.P.T., call Kate Grusich at 770-488-3337 or email yhb3@cdc.gov. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.11344 Overall Death Rate from…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author George A. Stouffer, M.D., call Tom Hughes at 984-974-1151 or email Tom.Hughes@unchealth.unc.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.15236 Risk of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3:30 P.M. (CT) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact co-author Alexander P. Reiner, M.D., call Kristen Lidke Woodward at 206-972-4333 or email kwoodwar@fredhutch.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.15063 Sickle Cell…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Adriaan J. van der Meer, M.D., Ph.D., email a.vandermeer@erasmusmc.nl. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.12627 Study Examines Life Expectancy Among Patients With…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Ziad Obermeyer, M.D., M.Phil., call Elaine St. Peter at 617-525-6375 or email estpeter@partners.org. To contact editorial co-author Joan M. Teno, M.D., M.S., call David Orenstein at 401-863-1862 or email david_orenstein@brown.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Elyse O. Kharbanda, M.D., M.P.H., email Patricia Lund at Patricia.A.Lund@healthpartners.com. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.14825 Administration of Tdap Vaccine During Pregnancy…

Long-term Risks and Benefits of Bariatric Surgery (For Immediate Release) Bruce M. Wolfe, M.D., of the Oregon Health and Science University, Portland and Steven H. Belle, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, discuss the research challenges presented for determining long-term outcomes of bariatric surgery. They write that “metabolic/bariatric surgery offers…

Behavioral Treatment of Obesity in Patients Encountered in Primary Care Settings (Embargoed for Release: 3 p.m. CT Tuesday, November 4, 2014) Thomas A. Wadden, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, and colleagues conducted a systematic review of behavioral counseling for overweight and obese patients recruited from primary care, as delivered…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Tsontcho Ianchulev, M.D., M.P.H., call Scott Maier at 415-476-3595 or email scott.maier@ucsf.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.13754 Study Finds Google Glasses…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact F. Stephen Hodi, M.D., call Teresa Herbert at 617-632-5653 or email teresa_herbert@dfci.harvard.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.13943 Combination Treatment for Metastatic…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Thomas M. Maddox, M.D., M.Sc., call Daniel Warvi at 303-393-5205 or email Daniel.Warvi@va.gov. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.14681 Nonobstructive Coronary Artery…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11:30 A.M. (CT) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Robert A. Fowler, M.D.C.M., M.S., call Laura Bristow at 416-480-4040 or email laura.bristow@sunnybrook.ca. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.15101 Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin More…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 2:30 P.M. (CT) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author George Thanassoulis, M.D., email Julie Robert at julie.robert@muhc.mcgill.ca or Jane-Diane Fraser at JFraser@hsf.ca. Genetic Predisposition to Elevated LDL-C Associated With Narrowing of the Aortic Valve In an analysis that included approximately 35,000 participants, genetic predisposition to elevated low-density lipoprotein…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Pieter A. Cohen, M.D., call David Cecere at 617-591-4044 or email dcecere@challiance.org. Study Finds High Percentage of Recalled Dietary Supplements Still Have Banned Ingredients About two-thirds of FDA recalled dietary supplements analyzed still contained banned drugs at least 6 months after…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact James C. Robinson, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Sarah Yang at 510- 643-7741 or email scyang@berkeley.edu. Study Examines Differences Between Types of Physician Practice Ownership and Expenditures From the perspective of the insurers and patients, between 2009 and 2012, hospital-owned physician organizations in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Laurence C. Baker, Ph.D., call Becky Bach at 530-415-0507 or email retrout@stanford.edu. More Competition Among Physicians Related to Lower Prices Paid By Private PPOs For Office Visits An examination of the relationship between physician competition and prices paid by private preferred…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Karen E. Joynt, M.D., M.P.H., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. To contact editorial author David M. Cutler, Ph.D., email Peter Reuell at preuell@fas.harvard.edu. Hospital Switch to For-Profit Status Associated With Improvements in Financial Health, But Not With Differences…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Neeraj Sood, Ph.D., call Robert Perkins at 213-740-9226 or email perkinsr@usc.edu. To contact editorial author Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., email B. Rose Huber at brhuber@Princeton.EDU. Making Health Services Prices Available Linked to Lower Total Claims Payments Searching a health service pricing…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Stanley F. Nelson, M.D., call Elaine Schmidt at 310-794-2272 or email ESchmidt@mednet.ucla.edu. To contact editorial co-author Jonathan S. Berg, M.D., Ph.D., call Katy Jones at 919-962-3405 or email katy_jones@med.unc.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Christine M. Eng, M.D., call Glenna Picton at 713-798-7973 or email picton@bcm.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.14601 Whole-Exome Sequencing…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Renee Y. Hsia, M.D., M.Sc., email Elizabeth Fernandez at efernandez@pubaff.ucsf.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.9905 Study Shows Increase in Use of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Mark D. Neuman, M.D., M.Sc., email Lee-Ann Donegan at Leeann.Donegan@uphs.upenn.edu. To contact editorial co-author Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D., call Albert Martinez at 510-625-2124 or email albert.martinez@kp.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your story This…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Elizabeth A. Howell, M.D., M.P.P., 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 This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.13381 Study Indicates Need…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 2 P.M. (CT) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Ilan Youngster, M.D., M.M.Sc., call Noah Brown at 617- 643-3907 or email nbrown9@partners.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.13875 Study Shows Feasibility…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 8:45 A.M. (CT) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Jeffrey S. Gerber, M.D., Ph.D., call Rachel Salis-Silverman at 267-426-6063 or email salis@email.chop.edu. After Discontinuation of Audit and Feedback, Initial Benefits of Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescriptions Lost The initial benefits of an outpatient antimicrobial stewardship intervention designed to reduce…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Andre C. Kalil, M.D., M.P.H., call Tom O’Connor at 402-559-4690 or email toconnor@unmc.edu. Study Examines Effect of Different Levels of Antibiotic Susceptibility on Risk of Death Among Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection In an analysis of more than 8,000 episodes…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding authors Carole Fakhry, M.D., M.P.H., or Gypsyamber D’Souza, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-7619 or email Sdesmon1@jhu.edu. Tobacco Use Associated With Increased Risk of Oral HPV-16 Infection Study participants who reported tobacco use or had higher levels of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Lauren Epstein, M.D., M.Sc., call Melissa Brower at 404-639-4718 or email mbrower@cdc.gov. To contact editorial co-author William A. Rutala, PhD., M.P.H., call Tom Hughes at 984-974-1151 or email Tom.Hughes@unchealth.unc.edu. E coli Outbreak at Hospital Associated With Contaminated Specialized Gastrointestinal Endoscopes Despite…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Mark J. Mulligan, M.D., call Holly Korschun at 404-727-3990 or email Hkorsch@emory.edu. To contact Robert B. Belshe, M.D., call Nancy Solomon at 314-977-8017 or email solomonn@slu.edu. To contact editorial author John J. Treanor, M.D., call Emily Boynton at 585-273-1757 or email…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Shelley S. Magill, M.D., Ph.D., call Melissa Brower at 404-639-4718 or email mbrower@cdc.gov. Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals Appears to Be Common A one-day prevalence survey of 183 hospitals found that approximately 50 percent of hospitalized patients included in the survey were…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 7:10 A.M. (CT) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Evelien A. N. Oostdijk, M.D., Ph.D., email e.a.n.oostdijk@umcutrecht.nl. To contact editorial co-author Marin H. Kollef, M.D., call Judy Martin at 314-286-0105 or email martinju@wustl.edu. Study Compares Effect of Topical Antibiotics on Antibiotic Resistance, Patient Outcomes in ICUs A comparison of prophylactic…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 2:40 A.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Karin Amrein, M.D., M.Sc., email karin.amrein@medunigraz.at. High-Dose Vitamin D for ICU Patients Who Are Vitamin D Deficient Does Not Improve Outcomes Administration of high-dose vitamin D3 compared with placebo did not reduce hospital length of stay, intensive care unit (ICU) length…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 9:00 A.M. (CT) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Giovanni Landoni, M.D., email Landoni.Giovanni@hsr.it. Administration of Drug for Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery Does Not Reduce Need for Dialysis Among patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery, infusion with the antihypertensive agent fenoldopam, compared with placebo, did not reduce…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Megan A. Adams, M.D., J.D., call Shantell Kirkendoll at 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@umich.edu. Study Examines Medical Professional Liability Claims Related to Esophageal Cancer Screening An analysis of liability claims related to esophageal cancer screening finds that the risks of claims arising…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Joanna Chikwe, M.D., call Lauren Woods at 646-634-0869 or email Lauren.woods@mountsinai.org. Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes for Types of Aortic Valve Replacements Finds No Significant Difference in Rates of Death, Stroke Among patients ages 50 to 69 years who underwent…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Irfan A. Dhalla, M.D., M.Sc., call Leslie Shepherd at 416-864-6094 or email shepherdl@smh.ca. To contact editorial author Peter A. Boling, M.D., call Cassie Williams Jones at 804-828-7028 or email cwjones@vcu.edu. Following Hospital Discharge, Use of a ‘Virtual Ward’ Model of Care…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact co-author Kim L. Bennell, Ph.D., email k.bennell@unimelb.edu.au. Study Finds Acupuncture Does Not Improve Chronic Knee Pain Among patients older than 50 years with moderate to severe chronic knee pain, neither laser nor needle acupuncture provided greater benefit on pain or function…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 6 A.M. (CT) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Jonathan A. Patz, M.D., M.P.H., call Kelly Tyrrell at 608-262-9772 or email ktyrrell2@wisc.edu. To contact editorial co-author Howard Bauchner, M.D., email the JAMA Network Media Relations department at mediarelations@jamanetwork.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Eric L. Grogan, M.D., M.P.H., call Craig Boerner at 615-322-4747 or email craig.boerner@vanderbilt.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.11488 Lung…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Miriam Kuppermann, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592 or email Elizabeth.Fernandez@UCSF.edu. To contact editorial co-author Siobhan M. Dolan, M.D., M.P.H., call Deirdre Branley at 718-430-2923 or email dbranley@einstein.yu.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Linda S. Geiss, M.A., call Karen Hunter at 404-639-3286 or email ksh7@cdc.gov. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.11494 Rate of Diabetes in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Marc Carrier, M.D., M.Sc., email Paddy Moore at padmoore@ohri.ca or Kina Leclair at kleclair@uOttawa.ca. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.10538….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Lex W. Doyle, M.D., M.Sc., email lwd@unimelb.edu.au. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.11189 Magnesium Sulfate During Pregnancy Does Not Show Long-Term Benefit…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Andrea S. Gershon, M.D., M.Sc., call Deborah Creatura at 416-480-4780 or email deborah.creatura@ices.on.ca. To contact editorial author Peter M. A. Calverley, M.B.Ch.B., D.Sc., email pmacal@liverpool.ac.uk. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your story This link…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Earl S. Ford, M.D., M.P.H., call 404-639-3286 or email Brittany Behm at jiz9@cdc.gov. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.8362. Waistlines of U.S….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author John P. A. Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc., email Krista Conger at kristac@stanford.edu. To contact editorial co-author Eric D. Peterson, M.D., M.P.H., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Barbara A. Hutten, Ph.D., M.Sc., email b.a.hutten@amc.uva.nl. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.8892. Long-Term Follow-up Shows Benefit of Statin Therapy…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Barbara P. Yawn, M.D., M.Sc., M.S.P.H., call 507-287-2758 or email byawn@olmmed.org. To contact editorial author Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., M.P.H., call Craig Boerner at 615-322-4747 or email craig.boerner@vanderbilt.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Charles J. Billington, M.D., call Matt DePoint at 612-625-4110 or email mdepoint@umn.edu. To contact editorial co-author David E. Arterburn, M.D., M.P.H., call Rebecca Hughes at 206-287-2055 or email hughes.r@ghc.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Bradley N. Reames, M.D., M.S., call Nicole Fawcett at 734-764-2220 or email nfawcett@umich.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.7651. Study Finds Change…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Scarlett L. Gomez, Ph.D., call Jana Cuiper at 510-608-5160 or email Jana.Cuiper@cpic.org. To contact editorial author Lisa A. Newman, M.D., M.P.H., call Nicole Fawcett at 734-764-2220 or email nfawcett@umich.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Bradley C. Johnston, Ph.D., email Veronica McGuire at vmcguir@mcmaster.ca. To contact editorial author Linda Van Horn, Ph.D., R.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your story This…

EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 2 A.M. (CT) SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Michelle L. O’Donoghue, M.D., M.P.H., call Jessica Maki at 617-525-6373 or email jmaki3@partners.org. Inhibiting Inflammatory Enzyme After Heart Attack Does Not Reduce Risk of Subsequent Event In patients who experienced an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event (such as heart attack…

EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 6 A.M. (CT) SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Massimo Imazio, M.D., email massimo_imazio@yahoo.it. Medication Shows Mixed Results in Reducing Complications From Cardiac Surgery Administration of colchicine, a plant-based medication commonly used to treat gout, before and after cardiac surgery showed mixed results in reducing potential complications from this…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Jacob A. Udell, M.D., M.P.H., call Heidi Singer at 416-978-5811 or email Heidi.Singer@utoronto.ca. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.6217. Study Questions Generalizability…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Petra Susan Huppi, M.D., email petra.huppi@hcuge.ch. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.9645. EPO May Help Reduce Risk of Brain Abnormalities…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Laura P. Richardson, M.D., M.P.H., email Rose Ibarra at rose.ibarra@seattlechildrens.org. To contact editorial co-author Mark A. Riddle, M.D., email Ekaterina Pesheva at epeshev1@jhmi.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your story This link to the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Richard J. McManus, F.R.C.G.P., email richard.mcmanus@phc.ox.ac.uk. To contact editorial co-author Peter M. Nilsson, M.D., Ph.D., email Peter.Nilsson@med.lu.se. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your story This link to the study will be live at the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Shani Delaney, M.D., email Susan Gregg at sghanson@uw.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.9237. Prevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Decreases…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jennifer M. Puck, M.D., email Juliana Bunim at juliana.bunim@ucsf.edu. To contact editorial author Neil A. Holtzman, 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 and editorial in your…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Suzanne Schuh, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., call Matet Nebres at 416-813-6380 or email matet.nebres@sickkids.ca. To contact editorial co-author Robert Vinci, M.D., email Jenny Eriksen Leary at Jenny.Eriksen@bmc.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your story This link…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Nancy A. Rigotti, M.D., call Terri Ogan at 617-726-0954 or email togan@partners.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.9237. Intervention Helps Smokers Quit…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Agnes Dechartres, M.D., Ph.D., email agnes.dechartres@htd.aphp.fr. To contact editorial co-author Robert M. Golub, M.D., call Jim Michalski at 312-464-5785 or email jim.michalski@jamanetwork.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, M.D., Ph.D., email juhani.airaksinen@tyks.fi. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.3824. Delay in Correcting Irregular Cardiac Rhythm…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Hooman Kamel, M.D., call Ashley Paskalis at 646-317-7378 or email asp2011@med.cornell.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story This link for the study will be live at the embargo time: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2014.9143. Experiencing Atrial Fibrillation…

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