EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Olle Melander, M.D., Ph.D., email olle.melander@med.lu.se. CHICAGO – Plasma levels of proneurotensin are associated with the development of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular and total mortality, and breast cancer in women during long-term follow-up, according to a study in the October 10…
Rates of Procedures Such as Angioplasty Lower in States With Public Reporting of Outcomes
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012 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 Maura Moscucci, M.D., M.B.A., call Lisa Worley at 305-243-5184 or email lworley2@med.miami.edu. CHICAGO – In an analysis that included nearly 100,000 Medicare patients who…
Vigorous Physical Activity May Increase Risk of Bleeding for Children With Hemophilia
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Carolyn R. Broderick, M.B.B.S., email c.broderick@unsw.edu.au. To contact Marilyn J. Manco-Johnson, M.D., call Jacque Montgomery at 303-928-9093 or email Jacque.Montgomery@ucdenver.edu. CHICAGO – In children and adolescents with hemophilia, vigorous physical activity was associated with an elevated risk of bleeding, although it…
Use of Fresh Red Blood Cells for Transfusions for Premature Infants Does Not Improve Outcomes
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 8 A.M. (CT) MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Dean A. Fergusson, M.H.A., Ph.D., call Paddy Moore at 613-737-8899, ext. 73687, or email padmoore@ohri.ca. CHICAGO – Among premature, very low-birth-weight infants requiring a transfusion, use of fresh red blood cells (RBCs) compared with standard RBC transfusion practice did not…
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Viewpoints in This Week’s JAMA
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012 Challenges at the Intersection of Team-Based and Patient-Centered Health Care – Insights From an IOM Working Group Matthew K. Wynia, M.D., M.P.H., of the American Medical Association, Chicago, and colleagues write that team-based health care may help the United States achieve improved health and improved…
Cardiac Medication May Help Reduce Stiffness Caused by Certain Muscle Diseases
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Richard J. Barohn, M.D., call C.J. Janovy at 913-588-2598 or email cjanovy@kumc.edu. To contact editorial co-author Eric P. Hoffman, Ph.D., call Paula Darte at 202-821-6357 or email pdarte@ChildrensNational.org. CHICAGO – Preliminary research finds that for patients with nondystrophic myotonias…
Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Appear To Be At Increased Risk For Blood Clots
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Marie E. Holmqvist, M.D., Ph.D., email marie.holmqvist@ki.se. CHICAGO – A study that included more than 45,000 residents of Sweden with rheumatoid arthritis finds that individuals with this disease had an associated higher risk of venous thromboembolism (a blood clot that forms…
Beta-Blocker Use Not Associated With Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Events
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Sripal Bangalore, M.D., M.H.A., call Allison Clair at 212-404-3753 or email allison.clair@nyumc.org. CHICAGO – Among patients with either coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors only, known prior heart attack, or known CAD without heart attack, the use of beta-blockers was not…
Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Reduce Rate or Severity of Colds
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact David R. Murdoch, M.D., email david.murdoch@otago.ac.nz. To contact editorial author Jeffrey A. Linder, M.D., M.P.H., call Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg at 617-534-2208 or email mmontemayor-quellenberg@partners.org. CHICAGO – Although some data have suggested a possible inverse association between serum vitamin D levels and the…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 Bringing Diagnosis Into the Quality and Safety Equations Mark L. Graber, M.D., of RTI International, St. James, N.Y., and colleagues suggest that cases of delayed, missed and incorrect diagnosis are common, with an incidence in the range of 10 percent to 20 percent, and that…
Use of Corticosteroid For Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy Does Not Appear to Increase Risk of Serious Bleeding
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Christopher J. Hartnick, M.D., call Mary Leach at 617-573-4170 or email Mary_Leach@meei.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – Administration of the corticosteroid dexamethasone to children during a tonsillectomy was not associated with excessive, serious bleeding events following surgery compared to patients who received…
Study Examines Usage, Outcomes of Knee Replacement Procedures Among Medicare Patients
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Peter Cram, M.D., M.B.A., call Tom Moore at 319-356-3945 or email thomas-moore@uiowa.edu. To contact editorial co-author Joseph D. Zuckerman, M.D., call Craig Andrews at 212-404-3511 or email Craig.Andrews@nyumc.org. CHICAGO – There has been an increase in total knee arthroplasty (TKA; knee…
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Also Appearing in This Week’s Obesity Theme Issue
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Higher Amounts of Aerobic Exercise By Overweight Children Reduces Risk of Diabetes Child obesity and overweight are epidemic among U.S. children, with a third of elementary school-aged children being overweight or obese. Childhood obesity is associated with a number of adverse conditions formerly thought…
Government Can Play Important Role in Obesity Epidemic
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Thomas A. Farley, M.D., M.P.H., call Jean Weinberg at 347-396-4177 or email jweinberg@health.nyc.gov. NEW YORK – Addressing the obesity epidemic by preventing excess calorie consumption with government regulation of portion sizes is justifiable and could be an effective measure to…
Obese Adults With Excess Abdominal Fat and Insulin Resistance Appear to Have Higher Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact James A. de Lemos, M.D., call Lisa Warshaw at 214-648-9349 or email lisa.warshaw@utsouthwestern.edu. NEW YORK – Obese adults with excess visceral fat (fat located inside the abdominal cavity, around the body’s internal organs) and biomarkers of insulin resistance had an…
Over Long-Term, Gastric Bypass Surgery Associated With Higher Rate of Diabetes Remission, Improvement in Cardiovascular Risk Factors
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Ted D. Adams, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Jennifer Barrett at 801-408-2182 or email jennifer.barrett@imail.org. To contact editorial author Anita P. Courcoulas, M.D., M.P.H., call Amy Dugas Rose at 412-586-9776 or email dugasak@upmc.edu. NEW YORK – Severely obese patients who had Roux-en-Y…
Higher Levels of BPA in Children and Teens Associated With Obesity
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Leonardo Trasande, M.D., M.P.P., call Jessica Guenzel at 212-404-3591 or email Jessica.Guenzel@nyumc.org. NEW YORK – In a nationally representative sample of nearly 3,000 children and adolescents, those who had higher concentrations of urinary bisphenol A (BPA), a manufactured chemical found…
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Also Appearing in This Week’s JAMA
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 Study Analyzes Changes in Pharmaceutical Advertising Following Shift to OTC Status “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates prescription drug advertising, including requirements to provide consumers with a ‘fair balance’ of risks and benefits. When prescription drugs switch to over-the-counter (OTC) status, regulatory oversight…
Study Examines Cost-Savings of Physician Group Practice Program That is Similar to Proposed Programs of Accountable Care Organizations
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Carrie H. Colla, Ph.D., call Annmarie Christensen at 603-653-0897 or email annmarie.christensen@dartmouth.edu. To contact editorial author Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., email donberwick1@gmail.com. CHICAGO – In an analysis of the cost-savings achieved by an earlier pilot program, the Medicare Physician Group…
Technique Using Computed Tomography Associated With Improved Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients With Melanoma
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Joachim Klode, M.D., email joachim.klode@uk-essen.de. CHICAGO – Preoperative 3-dimensional visualization of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) with a technique known as single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography was associated with a higher rate of detection of positive SLNs and a higher…
Research Finds Little Difference in Outcomes Among Strategies to Adjust Asthma Therapy in Adults
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact William J. Calhoun, M.D., call Raul Reyes at 409-747-0794 or email rareyes@utmb.edu. To contact editorial co-author George T. O’Connor, M.D., M.S., call Gina DiGravio at 617-638-8480 or email gina.digravio@bmc.org. CHICAGO – Among adults with asthma controlled with low-dose inhaled corticosteroid therapy,…
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Not Associated With Lower Risk of Major Cardiovascular Disease Events
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Moses S. Elisaf, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.S.A., F.R.S.H., email egepi@cc.uoi.gr. CHICAGO – In a study that included nearly 70,000 patients, supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was not associated with a lower risk of all-cause death, cardiac death, sudden death,…
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Also Appearing in This Week’s JAMA
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 Prone Position During Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy Associated With Reduced Amount of Irradiation to Lung, Heart Radiation therapy to the breast contributes to improved outcomes in breast cancer patients after breast preservation surgery. “However, whole breast radiotherapy is associated with damage to the heart and…
Study Evaluates Association Between Clopidogrel Use and Mortality Risk in Heart Attack Patients With Diabetes
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Charlotte Andersson, M.D., Ph.D., email ca@heart.dk. To contact editorial author Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H., call Lori Schroth at 617-534-1604 or email ljschroth@partners.org. CHICAGO – In a study that included nearly 60,000 patients with a first-time heart attack, patients with diabetes…
Use of Biologic Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Not Significantly Associated With Increased Risk of Malignancy
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, M.D., Ph.D., call Julie Penne at 713-792-0662 or email jpenne@mdanderson.org. CHICAGO – Although there are concerns regarding the potential development of malignancies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are receiving treatment with biologic response modifiers (BRMs),…
Cardiac Study Evaluates Prevalence of Unrecognized Heart Attacks Among Older Adults
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Andrew E. Arai, M.D., call Nick Zagorski at 301-496-4236 or email nicholas.zagorski@nih.gov. CHICAGO – Using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging among older adults in Iceland, researchers estimated the prevalence of unrecognized heart attacks, which was associated with an increased risk…
Stiffening of Aortic Wall Linked With Increased Risk of High Blood Pressure
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Gary F. Mitchell, M.D., call 781-255-6930 or email garyfmitchell@gmail.com. To contact editorial author Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., M.S., call Laura Gallegos at 915-309-5647 or email laura.gallegos@ttuhsc.edu. CHICAGO – An analysis of the relationship between several vascular function measures and blood…
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Study Examines Factors Associated With Improvement in Survival From Heart Attack in France
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 1 A.M. (CT) MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Nicolas Danchin, M.D., Ph.D., email nicolas.danchin@egp.aphp.fr. CHICAGO – The overall rate of death in patients hospitalized with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI; a certain pattern on an electrocardiogram following a heart attack) decreased from 1995 to 2010 in…
Diagnostic Test Shows Potential As Method to Noninvasively Identify Significant Coronary Artery Disease
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 1 A.M. (CT) SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact James K. Min, M.D., call Sally Stewart at 310-423-4768 or email sally.stewart@cshs.org. To contact editorial author Manesh R. Patel, M.D., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. CHICAGO – Among patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease, use…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012 Preventing Patient Harms Through Systems of Care Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, and George W. Bo-Linn, M.D., M.H.A., of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, Calif., discuss the problem of preventable harms to patients, which include…
Addition of Carotid Artery Wall Thickness to Risk Model Associated With Small Improvement in Prediction of Heart Attack, Stroke
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact co-author Michiel L. Bots, M.D., Ph.D., email m.l.bots@umcutrecht.nl. CHICAGO – In an analysis of data from previously published studies that included more than 45,000 patients, the value of adding to the Framingham Risk Score a measure of the common carotid artery…
Statin Therapy Associated With Lower Risk of Pancreatitis
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact David Preiss, M.D., Ph.D., email david.preiss@glasgow.ac.uk. CHICAGO – Although some studies have suggested that use of lipid-lowering therapies may increase the risk of pancreatitis, an analysis that involved pooling of data from previous studies and included more than 150,000 participants found…
Use of Newer-Generation Drug-Releasing Stent Results in Lower Rate of Adverse Cardiac Events For Heart Attack Patients
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Stephan Windecker, M.D., email stephan.windecker@insel.ch. To contact editorial co-author Adnan Kastrati, M.D., email kastrati@dhm.mhn.de. CHICAGO – Compared with a bare-metal stent, the use of a stent with a biodegradable polymer that releases the drug biolimus resulted in a lower…
Measure of Coronary Artery Calcium Associated With Improved Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Joseph Yeboah, M.D., M.S., call Marguerite Beck at 336-716-2415 or email marbeck@wakehealth.edu. To contact editorial co-author J. Michael Gaziano, M.D., M.P.H., call Lori Schroth at 617-534-1604 or email ljschroth@partners.org. CHICAGO – In a comparison of novel cardiovascular risk markers, coronary artery…
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Viewpoints in This Week’s JAMA Theme Issue on Violence and Human Rights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012 Preventing Suicides in U.S. Service Members and Veterans – Concerns After a Decade of War Charles W. Hoge, M.D., of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Md., and Carl A. Castro, Ph.D., of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort…
Studies Examine Health Consequences of Meltdown, Damage to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact the corresponding author for the first study, Takeshi Tanigawa, M.D., Ph.D., email tt9178tt9178@gmail.com. To contact the corresponding author for the second study, Masaharu Tsubokura, M.D., email tsubokura-tky@umin.ac.jp. CHICAGO – The results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA…
For Individuals With PTSD and Substance Dependence, Integrated Treatment Program Provides Greater PTSD Symptom Relief
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Katherine L. Mills, Ph.D., email k.mills@unsw.edu.au. CHICAGO – Study participants who received an integrated treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance dependence plus usual treatment for substance dependence showed significantly greater reductions in PTSD symptom severity compared with participants who…
Computer-Based Screening Program For Partner Violence Does Not Result in Significant Improvement in Quality of Life, Reduction in Partner Violence
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Joanne Klevens, M.D., Ph.D., call Gail Hayes at 770-488-4902 or email shayes@cdc.gov. To contact editorial co-author C. Nadine Wathen, Ph.D., call Jeff Renaud at 519-661-2111, ext. 85165, or email jrenaud9@uwo.ca. CHICAGO – In a study that included more than 2,700 women receiving…
Couple’s Therapy Appears to Decrease PTSD Symptoms, Improve Relationship
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Candice M. Monson, Ph.D., call Suelan Toye at 416-979-5000, ext. 7161 or email stoye@ryerson.ca. To contact editorial author Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D., call Gina DiGravio at 617-638-8480 or email gina.digravio@bmc.org. CHICAGO – Among couples in which one partner was diagnosed as…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012 Transcatheter Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis – Balancing Benefits, Risks, and Expectations Chintan S. Desai, M.D., and Robert O. Bonow, M.D., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, write that “transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) represents a transformative technology with potential for the…
Adults Who Are Normal Weight At Time of Diabetes Diagnosis Have Higher Rate of Death Than Those Who Are Overweight At Diagnosis
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Mercedes R. Carnethon, Ph.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To contact Hermes Florez, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., call Lisa Worley at 305-243-5184 or email lworley2@med.miami.edu. CHICAGO – Participants in a study who were normal weight at the time of…
Cholesterol Levels Appear To Be Improving Among U.S. Youths
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Brian K. Kit, M.D., M.P.H., call Karen Hunter at 404-639-3286 or email ksh7@cdc.gov. To contact editorial author Sarah D. de Ferranti, M.D., M.P.H., call Rob Graham at 617-919-3110 or email rob.graham@childrens.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – In a study involving more than 16,000 U.S….
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 Study Evaluates Association of Pertussis Vaccine Type and Administration With Reports of Pertussis Cases Similar to North America, Australia is experiencing a sustained pertussis epidemic, with the highest incidence rates in Queensland during 2011 in children age 6 to 11 years. The recent changes in…
Endoscopic Procedure For Acquiring Veins For Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Not Associated With Increased Risk of Death
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Peter K. Smith, M.D., call Debbe Geiger at 919-660-9461 or email debbe.geiger@dm.duke.edu. To contact editorial author Lawrence J. Dacey, M.D., M.S., call David Corriveau at 603-653-1978 or email David.A.Corriveau@hitchcock.org. CHICAGO – Although there have been questions regarding the safety…
Study Finds Correlation Between Number of Colorectal Polyps and Genetic Mutations
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Sapna Syngal, M.D., M.P.H., call Jessica Maki at 617-534-1603 or email jmaki3@partners.org. To contact editorial co-author Hemant K. Roy, M.D., call Jim Anthony at 847-570-6132 or email janthony@northshore.org. CHICAGO – Among patients with multiple colorectal polyps, the prevalence of…
Exercise Results in Modest Reduction in Symptoms of Depression for Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact James A. Blumenthal, Ph.D., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. CHICAGO – Patients with chronic heart failure who participated in exercise training had modest reductions in symptoms of depression after 12 months, compared with usual care, according to a…
Older Patients Have Lower Risk of Hip Fracture After Cataract Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Anne L. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D., call Elaine Schmidt at 310-794-2272 or email eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu. CHICAGO – Medicare patients 65 years and older who underwent cataract surgery had a lower odds of hip fracture 1 year after the procedure when compared…
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Also Appearing in This JAMA HIV/AIDS Theme Issue
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2012 Use of Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Slow HIV Disease Progression Among Patients Not Taking Antiretroviral Therapy Nicholas I. Paton, M.D., F.R.C.P., of the MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, and colleagues conducted a study to examine whether hydroxychloroquine decreases immune activation and inflammation and subsequently slows…
Working Toward an AIDS-Free Generation
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., call Kathy Stover at 301-402-1663 or email Kathy.stover@nih.gov. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ending the global HIV/AIDS pandemic may be possible by implementing a multifaceted global effort that expands testing, treatment, and prevention programs, as well as meets…
HIV-Infected Women Do Not Appear To Be At Increased Risk of Cervical Cancer
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Howard D. Strickler, M.D., M.P.H., call Deirdre Branley at 347-266-9204 or email sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu. WASHINGTON, D.C. – HIV-infected and uninfected women with normal cervical cytology (Pap test) and a negative test result for oncogenic (tumor inducing) human papillomavirus DNA at study…
Study Finds Differences in Characteristics, Risk Factors Between Persons Born Outside the United States vs. U.S.-Born Residents With HIV
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact H. Irene Hall, Ph.D., call the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention press office at 404-639-8895 or email NCHHSTPMediaTeam@cdc.gov. WASHINGTON, D.C. – An examination of the characteristics of persons born outside the United States diagnosed with…
Among New HIV Treatment Recommendations, All Adult HIV Patients Should Be Offered Antiretroviral Therapy, Regardless of CD4 Cell Count
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET) SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Melanie A. Thompson, M.D., email drmt@mindspring.com, or contact Donna Jacobsen, Executive Director of IAS-USA at DJacobsen@iasusa.org or 415-544-9400. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Included in the 2012 International Antiviral Society-USA panel recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patient care is that all adult patients, regardless of…
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Viewpoints in This Week’s JAMA
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012 Is It Time to Replace the Tuberculin Skin Test With a Blood Test? “Recent mathematical tuberculosis (TB) transmission modeling has shown that substantial improvements in addressing latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) will be needed to eliminate TB before the 22nd century,” writes Philip A. LoBue, M.D.,…
Study Examines Variation, Factors Involved With Patient-Sharing Networks Among Physicians in U.S.
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Bruce E. Landon, M.D., M.B.A., call David Cameron at 617-432-0441 or email david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu. To contact editorial co-author Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H., call Annmarie Christensen at 603-653-0897 or email Annmarie.Christensen@dartmouth.edu. CHICAGO – Physicians tend to share patients with colleagues who have…
Treating Chronic Hepatitis C With Milk Thistle Extract Does Not Appear Beneficial
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Michael W. Fried, M.D., call Tom Hughes at 919-966-6047 or email tahughes@unch.unc.edu. CHICAGO – Use of the botanical product silymarin, an extract of milk thistle that is commonly used by some patients with chronic liver disease, did not provide greater benefit…
Including Stroke Severity in Risk Models Associated With Improved Prediction of Risk of Death
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D., call Rachel Champeau at 310-794-2270 or email RChampeau@mednet.ucla.edu. To contact editorial co-author Tobias Kurth, M.D., Sc.D., email tobias.kurth@univ-bordeaux.fr. CHICAGO – Adding stroke severity to a hospital 30-day mortality model based on claims data for Medicare beneficiaries with…
Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis With Interferon Beta Is Not Associated With Less Progression of Disability
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Helen Tremlett, Ph.D., call Brian Lin at 604-822-6397 or email brian.lin@ubc.ca. To contact editorial co-author Ludwig Kappos, M.D., email lkappos@uhbs.ch CHICAGO – Among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), treatment with the widely-prescribed drug to treat MS, interferon…
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Viewpoints in This Week’s JAMA
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012 The Moral Duty to Buy Health Insurance Tina Rulli, Ph.D., of the NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues write that one of the most controversial features of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the requirement that U.S. residents purchase health…
Receiving Chemotherapy Following Surgical Removal of Type of Cancer Near Pancreas May Improve Survival
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact John P. Neoptolemos, M.D., email J.P.Neoptolemos@liverpool.ac.uk. CHICAGO – Patients who had surgery for periampullary cancer (a variety of types of cancer that are located in and near the head of the pancreas, including an area called the ampulla where the bile…
H1N1 Vaccine Associated With Small but Significant Risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Philippe De Wals, M.D., Ph.D., call Sylvain Gagné at 418-656-3952 or email sylvain.gagne@dc.ulaval.ca. Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is usually characterized by rapidly developing motor weakness and areflexia (the absence of reflexes). “The disease is thought to be autoimmune and triggered by a…
Administration of Regulating Agent Prior to Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Does Not Appear to Improve Outcomes
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Mark F. Newman, M.D., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. CHICAGO – Among intermediate- to high-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery, administration of the agent acadesine to regulate adenosine (a naturally occurring chemical that dilates blood flow…
Studies Examine Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes, Nervous System Disorder Following H1N1 Vaccination
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact co-author Anders Hviid, M.Sc., Dr.Med.Sci., email aii@ssi.dk or call +45-32683967. To contact editorial co-author Mark C. Steinhoff, M.D., call Jim Feuer at 513-636-4656 or email jim.feuer@cchmc.org. CHICAGO – In studies examining the risk of adverse outcomes after receipt of the…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012 Projected Explosive Material, Not Blast Pressure, May Be Primary Cause of Eye Injuries From Fireworks “Injuries from fireworks are prevalent among youth. The eye is the most frequently injured body part and accounts for more than 2,000 injuries annually. Although it is suggested that the…
Receipt of Shingles Vaccine Among Patients With Diseases Like Psoriasis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Not Associated With Increased Risk of Shingles
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jeffrey R. Curtis, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., call Bob Shepard at 205-934-8934 or email Bshep@uab.edu. CHICAGO – Although some have suggested that patients receiving medication for immune-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis may be at increased risk of…
Rate of Community-Onset MRSA Infections Appears To Be On the Decline
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Clinton K. Murray, M.D., call Jen Rodriguez at 210-916-5141 or email jen.d.rodriguez@us.army.mil. CHICAGO – In analysis that included more than 9 million Department of Defense nonactive and active duty personnel, the rates of both community-onset and hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus…
New Names for 9 JAMA Network Archives Journals Starting January 1, 2013
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 2, 2012 Media Advisory: For more information, contact JAMA Network Media Relations at 312-464-JAMA (5262) or email mediarelations@jamanetwork.org. CHICAGO – The nine specialty Archives Journals in the JAMA Network will change their names effective Jan. 1, 2013, part of the ongoing evolution to more closely interconnect the…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 Bone Density Screening Intervals for Osteoporosis – One Size Does Not Fit All Elaine W. Yu, M.D., and Joel S. Finkelstein, M.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, write that Medicare data indicate that over a 7-year period, only 52 percent of eligible women had…
Study Examines Outcomes For Patients Receiving Warfarin Prior to Stroke and Treated With Anti-Clotting Agent
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Eric D. Peterson, M.D., M.P.H., call Debbe Geiger at 919-660-9461 or email Debbe.Geiger@duke.edu. To contact editorial author Mark J. Alberts, M.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. CHICAGO – The use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)…
Use of Limited Radiation Therapy Not Associated With Worse Outcomes for Children Responsive to Chemotherapy for Favorable-Risk Hodgkin Lymphoma
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Monika L. Metzger, M.D., call Summer Freeman at 901-595-3061 or email summer.freeman@stjude.org. To contact editorial co-author Frederick D. Goldman, M.D., call Clinton Colmenares at 205-934-3887 or email ccolmena@uab.edu. CHICAGO – Among children with favorable-risk Hodgkin lymphoma and a complete early response…
Study Compares Effect of Three Common Diets on Energy Expenditure Following Weight Loss
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David S. Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., call Keri Stedman at 617-919-3114 or email keri.stedman@childrens.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – In an examination of the effect on energy expenditure and components of the metabolic syndrome of 3 types of commonly consumed diets following weight…
Stepped-Care Intervention Results in Weight Loss, at Lower Cost
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact John M. Jakicic, Ph.D., call Patricia Lomando White at 412-624-9101 or email laer@pitt.edu. To contact editorial author George A. Bray, M.D., call Angela deGravelles at 225-202-5073 or email robin.post@pbrc.edu. CHICAGO – Although a standard behavioral weight loss intervention among overweight and…
Federal Government Spends Substantial and Increasing Amount on Duplicate Payments to Separate Managed Care Programs For Care of Same Individuals
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 7 A.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Amal N. Trivedi, M.D., M.P.H., call David Orenstein at 401-863-1862 or email david_orenstein@brown.edu. CHICAGO – An analysis that included 1.2 million veterans enrolled in the Veterans Affairs health care system and Medicare Advantage plan finds that the federal government spends…
Higher Medical Home Performance Rating of Community Health Centers Associated With Higher Operating Costs
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 3:30 P.M. (CT) SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Robert S. Nocon, M.H.S., call Rob Mitchum at 773-484-9890 or email Robert.Mitchum@uchospitals.edu. To contact editorial co-author Robert J. Reid, M.D., Ph.D., call Joan DeClaire at 206-947-4560 or email declaire.j@ghc.org. CHICAGO – Federally funded community health centers with higher patient-centered medical…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012 Viewpoints in This Week’s JAMA Designing Health Care for the Most Common Chronic Condition—Multimorbidity Mary E. Tinetti, M.D., of the Yale University School of Medicine,New Haven,Conn., and colleagues write that multimorbidity, the coexistence of multiple chronic diseases or conditions, is the most…
Addition of Lipid-Related Markers Associated With Slight Improvement in Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Emanuele Di Angelantonio, M.D., email erfc@phpc.cam.ac.uk. To contact editorial author Scott M. Grundy, M.D., Ph.D., call Remekca Owens at 214-648-3404 or email Remekca.Owens@utsouthwestern.edu. CHICAGO– Among individuals without known cardiovascular disease (CVD), the addition of certain apolipoproteins and lipoproteins to risk scores…
Study Finds Significantly Higher Rate of Untreated Kidney Failure Among Older Adults
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, M.D., Ph.D., call Marta Cyperling at 403-210-3835 or email marta.cyperling@ucalgary.ca. To contact editorial co-author Manjula Kurella Tamura, M.D., M.P.H., call Michelle Brandt at 650-723-0272 or email mbrandt@stanford.edu. CHICAGO– In a study that included nearly 2 millions adults in…
Risk of Alcohol Abuse May Increase After Bariatric Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 11 A.M. (CT) MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Wendy C. King, Ph.D., call or email Allison Hydzik (HydzikAM@upmc.edu) or Cyndy McGrath (McGrathC3@upmc.edu) at 412-647-9975. CHICAGO – Among patients who underwent bariatric surgery, there was a higher prevalence of alcohol use disorders in the second year after surgery, and…