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What The Study Did: Calculations of life expectancy based on official death counts revealed that U.S. life expectancy decreased by 1.87 years overall, and by 3.70 years in Hispanic populations and 3.22 years in non-Hispanic Black populations, between 2019 and 2020. The decrease in life expectancy in peer countries was an average of 0.58 years, with no country experiencing a decrease rivaling that of the U.S.
Authors: Steven H. Woolf, M.D., M.P.H., of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7067)
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Authors: Koji Yamada, Ph.D., of the Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety Kanto Rosai Hospital in Kanagawa, Japan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6095)
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What The Study Did: This study of 280 mother-infant pairs examined whether maternal social disadvantage and psychosocial stress during pregnancy were associated with infant brain volumes at birth.
Authors: Regina L. Triplett, M.D., M.S., of Washington University in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7045)
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What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated whether receiving by injection the monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab was associated with reduced hospitalization and death compared with nontreatment among patients with COVID-19 and whether outcomes were similar if administered by injection or intravenously. Administration by injection could expand outpatient treatment capacity but its effectiveness is unknown.
Authors: Erin K. McCreary, Pharm.D., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6920)
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What The Study Did: This analysis assessed COVID-19 vaccine rollout in state prison systems and the association between vaccination prioritization policies and the percentage of incarcerated individuals vaccinated for COVID-19.
Authors: Breanne E. Biondi, M.P.H., of the Boston University School of Public Health, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6960)
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Authors: Lindsay M. Bearne, Ph.D., of the University of London, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.3391)
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What The Study Did: Postmortem examination of 23 patients with COVID-19 infection were conducted to investigate the association of the infection with changes in the sensory system used for smelling. Loss of smell is an early and common symptom of COVID-19.
Authors: Cheng-Ying Ho, M.D., Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0154)
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What The Study Did: Researchers looked at patterns of face-to-face and virtual contraceptive appointments in states where insurers reimbursed both services equally compared with states without a reimbursement parity policy.
Authors: Jacqueline Ellison, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6732)
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What The Study Did: The results of this survey study suggest that full Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had little immediate impact on vaccination intentions among unvaccinated U.S. adults.
Authors: Aaron M. Scherer, Ph.D., of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0761)
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What The Study Did: This study used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess shifts in overdose deaths among adolescents given the increase in illicit fentanyls.
Authors: Joseph Friedman, M.P.H., of the University of California, Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.2847)
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Authors: Kazuma Yamakawa, M.D., Ph.D., of the Osaka General Medical Center in Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6136)
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Authors: Robin Gasiorowski, Ph.D., of Macquarie University in New South Wales, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6257)
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Authors: Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, M.D., of Imperial College London, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.3367)
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What The Study Did: Disparities in mortality associated with wealth were larger than disparities associated with education, occupation, income or childhood socioeconomic status, however the disparity between never and current smokers was the largest according to this study involving 6,300 U.S. adults.
Authors: Dana A. Glei, Ph.D., of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6547)
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What The Study Did: This analysis, which included nearly 1 million children born in Sweden, investigated whether death of a parent is associated with poorer school outcomes independent of factors unique to the family and if children of certain ages are particularly vulnerable.
Authors: Can Liu, M.D., Ph.D., of Stockholm University in Stockholm, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.3842)
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What The Study Did: Researchers assessed the association between educational attainment, lifestyle risk factors and all-cause mortality among 415,000 U.S. adults.
Authors: Charlotte Probst, Ph.D., of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0401)
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What The Study Did: This study of more than 125,000 health care workers in the U.S. examined which workers lost or left their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and who was at highest risk of exiting the workforce.
Authors: Bianca K. Frogner, Ph.D., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0371)
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What The Study Did: Prostate biopsy and prostate cancer diagnosis rates decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with no statistically significant changes in rates by race in this study that included 51,000 men in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
Authors: Zachary Klaassen, M.D., M.Sc., of Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.0467)
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What The Study Did: This cohort study examines the risk for ocular adverse events (serous retinal detachment, retinal vascular occlusion and ischemic optic neuropathy) among men using phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (erectile dysfunction drugs that are one of the most prescribed classes of medications in the United States).
Authors: Mahyar Etminan, Pharm.D., M.Sc., of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.0663)
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What The Study Did: Factors associated with decreased physical activity and increased sedentary behavior in later life were older age, living alone, obesity, adverse health conditions and poor physical functioning according to results from this study of about 3,900 older adults with accelerometer data.
Authors: Mathilde Chen, Ph.D., of the Université de Paris, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6379)
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What The Study Did: In this study of more than 429,000 U.S. adults, the prevalence of short and long sleep duration was persistently higher among Black individuals during the 15-year study period. The disparities in short sleep duration were highest for Black women, Black individuals with middle or high income, and young and middle-aged Black adults, which may be associated with health disparities.
Authors: Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., S.M., of Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6385)
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Authors: Alun H. Davies, M.A., D.M., of Imperial College London, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.0298)
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Authors: Michael T. Beste, Ph.D., of Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2022.0386)
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Authors: Michela Guglieri, M.D., of Newcastle University and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.4315)
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What The Study Did: This study of 470,000 rural U.S. veterans with a history of mental health care use found that receipt of a video-enabled tablet during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increased use of mental health care via video, increased psychotherapy visits and reduced suicide-related behavior and emergency department visits.
Authors: Kritee Gujral, Ph.D., of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Menlo Park, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6250)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined the association between the Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in August 2021 with subsequent COVID-19 vaccinations of any kind in the United States.
Authors: Elise Vandersteen Bailey, B.S., of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6108)
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Authors: Doris Sau-fung Yu, Ph.D., R.N., of the University of Hong Kong, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5982)
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Authors: Jos Runhaar, Ph.D., Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4852)
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What The Study Did: In this study, California’s gun violence restraining order (GVRO) lawwasn’t significantly associated with a reduction in firearm violence of any kind in San Diego County during its first four years of implementation (2016 to 2019). While these results suggest the GVRO law didn’t reduce population-level rates of firearm violence in San Diego County, future studies should investigate whether there were individual-level benefits to those directly affected.
Authors: Veronica A. Pear, Ph.D., of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4216)
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Authors: Lorenz Raber, M.D., Ph.D., of Bern University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5218)
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Authors: Steven E. Nissen, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5050)
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Authors: Ajay K. Singh, M.B.B.S., M.B.A., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0605)
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What The Study Did: The association between COVID-19 vaccination during early pregnancy and risk of major fetal structural anomalies identified on ultrasonography was evaluated in this study.
Authors: Rachel S. Ruderman, M.D., M.P.H., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0164)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined the patterns, frequency and duration of handgun carrying among youths growing up in rural areas.
Authors: Alice M. Ellyson, M.S., Ph.D., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5127)
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What The Study Did: This survey study assessed the rate at which U.S. academic medical centers have adopted evidenced-based guidelines for the management of COVID-19 into practice.
Authors: Alan A. Kubey, M.D., of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5657)
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What The Study Did: The results of this study including 650,000 children suggest that the incidence rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection with Omicron variant was six to eight times that of Delta variant in children younger than age 5, but severe clinical outcomes were less frequent than with Delta variant. Study limitations include potential biases introduced by the observational and retrospective analyses of electronic health records and the need for validation of the results from other data.
Authors: Rong Xu, Ph.D., of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0945)
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What The Study Did: In this simulation modeling study researchers project COVID-19 deaths from March through December 2022 in each of the 50 U.S. states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico assuming different dates of lifting mask mandates and nonpharmacologic interventions.
Authors: Benjamin P. Linas, M.D., M.P.H., of the Boston Medical Center, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0760)
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What The Study Did: This study of 3.5 million Medicare decedents found the percentage who received an Alzheimer disease and related dementias diagnosis within two years of death increased from 35 percent in 2004 to 47 percent in 2017, possibly attributable to increased awareness and changes in billing practices.
Authors: Julie P.W. Bynum, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0346)
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Authors: Michael L. Kochman, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4529)
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Authors: Xiaotian Zhang, M.D., of the Beijing Cancer Hospital & Institute in Beijing, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4427)
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Authors: Robin L. Jones, M.D., of the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research in London, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.3547)
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Authors: Hao Chen, M.D., O.D., of Wenzhou Medical University in Wenzhou, China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.0401)
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What The Study Did: At-home visual acuity tests were compared with in-office acuity measurements to validate their use with telehealth appointments in the era of COVID-19.
Authors: Merina Thomas, M.D., of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.0396)
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What The Study Did: Lung cancer screening in the U.S. is more common among those who may be less likely to benefit from screening because of poor underlying health. Also, racial or ethnic disparities were evident after accounting for health status, with non-Hispanic Black individuals nearly half as likely as non-Hispanic White individuals to report lung cancer screening despite the potential for greater benefit of screening this population.
Authors: Alison S. Rustagi, M.D., Ph.D., of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5318)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined trends in pediatric subspecialty telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether telehealth was associated with changes in no-show rates and access disparities.
Authors: Lori Uscher-Pines, Ph.D., of the RAND Corporation in Arlington, Virginia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4759)
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Authors: Zhangsuo Liu, M.D., of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, China, and Zhihong Liu, M.D., of the Nanjing University School of Medicine in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4492)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether higher in-hospital mortality rates for COVID-19 among American Indian and Alaska Native patients compared with other racial groups were associated with differences in the number of coexisting medical conditions of patients.
Authors: Leslie A. Musshafen, Ph.D., M.B.A., C.R.A., C.P.R.A., of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4822)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this study suggest that social cannabis bong smoking in the home generates unsafe levels of measurable fine particulate matter.
Authors: S. Katharine Hammond, Ph.D., of the University of California, Berkeley, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4744)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the associations of daily total physical activity, total moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and leisure-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with risk of disabling dementia among 43,000 adults in Japan.
Authors: Norie Sawada, M.D., Ph.D., of the National Cancer Center in Tokyo, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4590)
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What The Study Did: This study examined changes in suicide rates in Japan from 2009 to 2021, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Nobuyuki Horita, M.D., Ph.D., of Yokohama City University Hospital in Yokohama, Japan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4739)
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Authors: Erland Hermansen, M.D., Ph.D., of Ålesund Hospital in Ålesund, Norway, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4291)
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Authors: Elizabeth A. Bayliss, M.D., M.S.P.H., of Kaiser Permanente Colorado in Aurora, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0502)
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Authors: Maria Saito-Benz, M.Sc., of the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0152)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this birth cohort study of 3.4 million children suggest that the increased risk of neurodevelopment disorders seen in children born to women who took antipsychotic drugs late in pregnancy seems to be explained by maternal characteristics and is not causally related with prenatal antipsychotic exposure.
Authors: Loreen Straub, M.D., M.S., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0375)
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What The Study Did: Prediabetes among U.S. youths increased significantly over the last couple decades, from 11.6 percent in 1999-2002 to 28.2 percent in 2015-2018, according to the results of this survey study that included nearly 6,600 children and teens ages 12 to 19.
Authors: Junxiu Liu, Ph.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0077)
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What The Study Did: Black patients with cancer experienced significantly more severe COVID-19 outcomes compared with white patients in this study that included 3,500 people.
Authors: Dimpy P. Shah, M.D., Ph.D., of the Mays Cancer Center at University of Texas Health San Antonio MD Anderson in San Antonio, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4304)
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