About JAMA Network Open: JAMA Network Open is the new online-only open access general medical journal from the JAMA Network. On weekdays, the journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical research and commentary in more than 40 medical and health subject areas. Every article is free online from the day of publication.
About The Study: Patients with alcohol use disorder who received medical addiction therapy had a significantly lower risk of developing alcohol-associated liver disease, according to the results of this study that included 9,635 patients.
Authors: Jay Luther, M.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13014)
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About The Study: This study of 401 patient safety reports examined whether there is bias in how events are reported based on the race and ethnicity, gender or faculty rank of the physician who is the subject of the event report.
Authors: Elan Burton, M.D., M.H.A., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13234)
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About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About The Study: Researchers found no evidence of a net association between the COVID-19 pandemic and medical debt, overall or across areas with different incomes and pandemic severity, results that are consistent with any increase being offset by decreases in elective medical procedures and new health care–related governmental policies.
Authors: Neale Mahoney, Ph.D., of Stanford University in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.1031)
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Authors: Desmond A. Nunez, M.D., M.B.A., of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2022.0927)
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About The Study: Researchers found in this cross-sectional study that there were substantial decreases in cancer death rates among Black individuals in the United States from 1999 to 2019, however these rates in 2019 were higher than in other racial and ethnic groups included in the analysis.
Authors: Wayne R. Lawrence, Dr.P.H., of the National Institutes of Health in Rockville, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.1472)
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About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that from 2008 to 2017, extreme heat was associated with higher all-cause mortality in the contiguous United States, with a greater increase seen among older adults, men and non-Hispanic Black individuals.
Authors: Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12957)
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About The Study: In this study of 6,500 physicians, mistreatment and discriminatory behaviors by patients, families and visitors were common, especially for female and racial and ethnic minority physicians, and associated with higher rates of burnout.
Authors: Liselotte N. Dyrbye, M.D., M.H.P.E., of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13080)
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About The Study: Anti-SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody levels at six months after receiving two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were inversely correlated with body weight in this study that included 50 people.
Authors: Su Youn Nam, M.D., Ph.D., of the Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, South Korea, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12996)
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Authors: Kerri N. Boutelle, Ph.D., of the University of California San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12354)
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Authors: Mai N. Nguyen-Huynh, M.D., M.A.S., of the Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12397)
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About The Study: The results of this study that included 28,000 patients suggest that female trauma patients experienced slightly longer delays in trauma care and had a higher likelihood of discharge to long-term care facilities than male patients.
Authors: Martha-Conley E. Ingram, M.D., M.P.H., of Northwestern University in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1550)
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About The Study: This qualitative study assessed fertility knowledge and family planning concerns among female physicians, factors contributing to delayed childbearing and the impact of family planning on career decisions.
Authors: Kathryn S. Smith, B.S., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13337)
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About The Study: Researchers in this case series study of COVID-19 data from a U.S. university examined the effectiveness of various vaccination, testing and surveillance measures to mitigate spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
Authors: Genevive R. Meredith, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12906)
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Authors: James W. F. Catto, Ph.D., of the University of Sheffield in England, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.7393)
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About The Study: This study assessed the key design characteristics of the pivotal trials supporting 49 novel drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020.
Authors: Jonathan J. Darrow, S.J.D., J.D., M.B.A., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12454)
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About The Study: In this cohort study, some previous or preexisting cardiovascular conditions, including cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, heart surgery, cardiopulmonary disease, heart failure, hypotension, nontraumatic cerebral hemorrhage, pericarditis and biventricular defects, were associated with increased COVID-19 severity in US pediatric patients.
Authors: Louis Ehwerhemuepha, Ph.D., of Children’s Health of Orange County in Orange, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12686)
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About The Study: Researchers examined changes in age-specific COVID-19 mortality rates in the United States from March 2020 to October 2021 by sex, race and ethnicity.
Authors: Irma T. Elo, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12686)
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Authors: William D. Toff, M.D., of the University of Leicester in Leicester, England, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5776)
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Authors: Hong Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., of Peking University First Hospital in Beijing, and Vlado Perkovic, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5368)
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About The Study: Researchers compared antispike antibody titers after the 2-dose Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in incrementally immunosuppressed patients. These individuals, such as people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases and solid organ transplant recipients, have decreased immune responses to these vaccines.
Authors: Dorry Segev, M.D., Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.11897)
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About The Study: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently recommended lowering the starting age for diabetes screening to 35 to facilitate earlier detection and treatment. This study estimated the proportion of asymptomatic adults eligible for screening based on new versus current USPSTF and ADA screening guidelines, overall and among those with prediabetes or undiagnosed diabetes.
Authors: Elizabeth Selvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5185)
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Authors: Waleed Alhazzani, M.D., M.Sc., of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.7993)
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About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About JAMA Network Open: JAMA Network Open is the new online-only open access general medical journal from the JAMA Network. On weekdays, the journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical research and commentary in more than 40 medical and health subject areas. Every article is free online from the day of publication.
About The Study: In this study of 856 individuals considering abortion and seeking abortion care online, living 50 miles or more from an abortion facility was associated with still being pregnant (still seeking an abortion or planning to continue pregnancy) four weeks later.
Authors: Ushma D. Upadhyay, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12065)
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About The Study: Researchers found in this randomized clinical trial conducted at three hospitals that expansion of 10 common medical abbreviations in patient health records significantly increased overall comprehension of the abbreviations, suggesting that post hoc or automated expansion of medical abbreviations and acronyms can improve patient understanding of their health information.
Authors: Lisa Grossman Liu, Ph.D., of Columbia University in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12320)
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About The Study: The results of this study that included 2,163 hospitals suggest that although hospitals experienced a sizeable reduction in operating margins in 2020, their overall profit margins remained similar to those in prior years, suggesting that the COVID-19 relief fund effectively offset the financial losses for hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Government, rural and smaller hospitals generated higher overall profit margins during 2020 than in prior years.
Authors: Ge Bai, Ph.D., C.P.A., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.1018)
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Authors: Pierre Heudel, M.D., M.Sc., L.L.M., of the Centre Léon Bérard in Lyon, France, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.1047)
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Authors: Debu Tripathy, M.D., of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.0514)
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About The Study: Researchers found that a significant proportion of 89 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who were daily smokers at the time of diagnosis continued to smoke two years after treatment. Those who quit were most likely to do so in the first six months.
Authors: Samir S. Khariwala, M.D., M.S., of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2022.0810)
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About The Study: In this qualitative study of 36 Black veterans with chronic kidney disease, participants described feeling angry and resentful and experiencing stress as a result of encounters with racism. Some veterans also expressed a strong sense of distrust in the health care system coupled with a need to be hypervigilant during clinical encounters.
Authors: Shimrit Keddem, Ph.D., of the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.11900)
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About The Study: This case series examined the number of clinicians receiving waivers from the Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Joanne Spetz, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5996)
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About The Study: In this study of more than 8 million adults in England during the COVID-19 pandemic, risks of new anxiety disorder, dementia, psychotic disorder and bipolar disorder diagnoses were significantly increased in adults surviving hospitalization for COVID-19 or other severe acute respiratory infections compared with the general population. Risks of these neuropsychiatric illnesses were similar for COVID-19 and non-COVID severe respiratory infections.
Authors: Peter Watkinson, M.D., of the University of Oxford in Oxford England, is the corresponding author.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.1067)
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About The Study: Researchers in this survey study investigated whether patterns of reported suicidal thoughts, planning and behavior differed among U.S. adults who own a firearm compared with those who don’t.
Authors: Craig J. Bryan, Psy.D., of the Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.11510)
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About The Study: This systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 randomized clinical trials compared traditional strength training (lifting and lowering weights under control) with power training (lifting weights fast and lowering under control) for improving physical function in adults age 60 and older.
Authors: Anoop T. Balachandran, Ph.D., of the City University of New York in Flushing, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.11623)
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About The Study: This survey study found that cost was the most common reason of young adults ages 18 to 25 for not seeking treatment for depression from 2011 to 2019. An increasing number reported inadequate insurance coverage for mental health treatment.
Authors: Wenhua Lu, Ph.D., of the City University of New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.11393)
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Authors: Yuishin Izumi, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Tokushima, Japan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0901)
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Authors: David A. Asch, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1383)
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About The Study: This study estimated racial and ethnic disparities in excess deaths from external causes (homicide, suicide, transportation and drug overdoses) in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Mathew V. Kiang, Sc.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1461)
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About The Study: Researchers updated estimates of the proportion of Alzheimer disease and related dementias in the United States associated with modifiable risk factors and assessed differences by sex, race and ethnicity.
Authors: Roch Nianogo, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Deborah E. Barnes, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0976)
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About The Study: The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis of 81 studies suggest that patients with cancer and SARSCoV-2 infection had a higher risk of death than patients without cancer. Younger age, lung and hematologic cancer were also risk factors associated with poor outcomes from COVID-19.
Authors: Carlo Palmieri, B.Sc., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of the University of Liverpool in Liverpool, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10880)
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Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in asymptomatic adults who do not recognize or report respiratory symptoms. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is an irreversible reduction of airflow in the lungs. Progression to severe disease can prevent participation in normal activities because of deterioration of lung function. In 2020 it was estimated that approximately 6% of U.S. adults had been diagnosed with COPD. The USPSTF routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services and this statement is a reaffirmation of its 2016 recommendation statement.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5692)
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About The Study: In a nonurban stroke network in Germany, deployment of a flying intervention team to local stroke centers, compared with patient interhospital transfer to referral centers, was significantly associated with shorter time to endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for patients with acute ischemic stroke. The findings may support consideration of a flying intervention team for some stroke systems of care, although further research is needed to confirm long-term clinical outcomes and to understand applicability to other geographic settings.
Authors: Gordian J. Hubert, MD, of the TEMPiS telestroke center, Department of Neurology, München Klinik, Academic Teaching hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5948)
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Authors: Tyra Fainstad, M.D., of Lowry Internal Medicine in Denver, and Adrienne Mann, M.D., of the Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10752)
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About The Study: Researchers assessed the adequacy of serial self-performed SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) performed by untrained persons in the workplace, in terms of the frequency of correct execution of procedural steps and accurate interpretation of the range of possible RADT results.
Authors: Cedric P. Yansouni, M.D., of the Optilab Montreal–McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10559)
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About The Study: A mailed at-home disposal kit increased self-reported rates of disposal of unused opioids after common surgical procedures in this randomized clinical trial.
Authors: Anish K. Agarwal, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10724)
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About The Study: This study of Medicare claims data found that there were immediate declines in the share of patients receiving hospice care with Alzheimer disease and related dementias and a slower growth in use of hospice care by these patients after implementation of Medicare policy changes that aimed to reduce long hospice stays.
Authors: Kan Z. Gianattasio, M.P.P., of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, D.C., is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0900)
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Authors: Julian Bösel, M.D., of Klinikum Kassel in Kassel, Germany, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.4798)
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Authors: Ichiei Narita, M.D., Ph.D., of the Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences in Niigata, Japan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10339)
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About The Study: Compared with no endoscopy, initiation of lower gastrointestinal endoscopy before age 50 among women was associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, including colorectal cancer diagnosed before age 55, findings that support guidelines recommending initiation of colorectal cancer screening among women before age 50.
Authors: Mingyang Song, M.D., Sc.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, and Andrew T. Chan, M.D., M.P.H., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.0883)
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About The Study: This study of 208,000 women showed annual increases in uterine cancer mortality rates from 2010 to 2017 of 6.7% among Hispanic women, 3.5% among Black women, 3.4% among Asian women and 1.5% among white women, irrespective of histologic subtype or stage at diagnosis.
Authors: Megan A. Clarke, Ph.D., M.H.S., of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.0009)
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About The Study: Researchers examined the financial burden of thyroid cancer and propose a novel framework to guide future research and inform cancer care providers on cost considerations.
Authors: Benjamin James, M.D., M.S., of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.0660)
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About The Study: In this study including 72,000 pediatric encounters for diabetic ketoacidosis, the likelihood of hospital readmission within one year was significantly higher among non-Hispanic Black children compared with Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children with similar measures of neighborhood resources and conditions that influence health.
Authors: Kelly R. Bergmann, D.O., M.S., of Children’s Minnesota in Minneapolis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10456)
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Authors: Aanand D. Naik, M.D., of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9975)
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About The Study: This study used vital statistics data from 2012 to 2019 to project 2020 and 2021 mortality rates and found that alcohol use disorder-related mortality rates in the United States increased among all ages and sexes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Yee Hui Yeo, M.D., M.Sc., of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Fanpu Ji, M.D., Ph.D., of Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10259)
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About The Study: Researchers examined changes in gender-affirming surgery by U.S. region and insurance use during periods when antidiscrimination policies took effect between 2008 and 2017.
Authors: Michael Alperovich, M.D., M.Sc., of the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1053)
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About The Study: This 25-year study that included nearly 4 million Medicare beneficiaries who were alive 30 days after a heart attack found that the rates for 10-year mortality and hospitalization for another heart attack improved steadily over time, but men, Black patients and dual Medicare-Medicaid-eligible patients had higher risks of adverse outcomes.
Authors: Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., S.M., of Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2022.0662)
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About The Study: This survey study of more than 7,000 smokers ages 16 to 19 found that the menthol cigarette ban in England was associated with a substantial decrease in the proportion who smoke menthol cigarettes, while the rate remained stable among youth in Canada and the United States.
Authors: Katherine A. East, Ph.D., of King’s College London, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10029)
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Authors: Michael G. Shlipak, M.D., M.P.H., of the San Francisco VA Health Care System, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1449)
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Authors: Arnold R. Gammaitoni, Pharm.D., of Zogenix Inc., in Emeryville, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0829)
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Authors: Richard J. McManus, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.4712)
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Authors: Lucy C. Chappell, M.B., B.Chir., Ph.D., of King’s College London, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.4726)
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About The Study: This retrospective trauma registry study of the University of California, San Diego level 1 trauma center, which receives patients with border wall injuries from San Diego and Imperial counties, examined deaths, injuries and hospital costs after construction of a 30-foot border wall.
Authors: Jay J. Doucet, M.D., of the University of California, San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1885)
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About The Study: Food marketing was associated with increased food intake, choice, preference and purchase requests in children and adolescents in this systematic review and meta-analysis of 96 studies.
Authors: Emma Boyland, Ph.D., of the University of Liverpool in Liverpool, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.1037)
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About The Study: Coincident with a heightened national discourse on school mental health after the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting, this survey study of more than 165,000 adolescents found that school mental health service use increased in 2019 compared with 2018 and prior years. The increase was most pronounced among Black adolescents and adolescents in low-income families.
Authors: Janet R. Cummings, Ph.D., of Emory University in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.1020)
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About The Study: In this study of more than 25,000 graduating medical students, gay, lesbian and bisexual students had less favorable perceptions of the medical school learning environment and were more likely to experience burnout than their heterosexual peers.
Authors: Caitlin R. Ryus, M.D., M.P.H., of the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9596)
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