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Authors: Jiren Yu, M.S., of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0426)
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Authors: Johannes B. van Goudoever, M.D., Ph.D., of Emma Children’s Hospital in Amsterdam, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0020)
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Authors: Eric L. Garland, Ph.D., of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0033)
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Authors: Taras I. Usichenko, M.D., Ph.D., of the University Medicine of Greifswald in Greifswald, Germany, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0517)
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What The Study Did: The results of this study of 53.6 million Medicare enrollees suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic may be associated with increased mortality among older adults with Alzheimer disease and related dementias, especially for Asian, Black and Hispanic populations and people living in nursing homes, even in areas with low COVID-19 prevalence.
Authors: Lauren Gilstrap, M.D., M.P.H., of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0010)
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What The Study Did: Yelp online reviews of 100 randomly selected hospitals in the U.S. were assessed to examine how consumers experience and report on discrimination during hospital-based care.
Authors: Jason K. C. Tong, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0715)
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What The Study Did: This study evaluated differences in COVID-19 vaccine mandates for schoolteachers compared with childcare professionals from U.S. states that have implemented them.
Authors: Walter S. Gilliam, Ph.D., of the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6572)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated long-term neurocognitive outcomes of 121 children who survived pediatric intensive care unit hospitalization for acute respiratory failure.
Authors: R. Scott Watson, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.1480)
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Authors: Doron Amsalem, M.D., of the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0376)
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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.
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What The Study Did: This study of 104 transgender and nonbinary youths ages 13 to 20 found that receiving gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones, was associated with lower odds of depression and suicidal thoughts over 12 months.
Authors: Diana M. Tordoff, M.P.H., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0978)
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What The Study Did: Demand for self-managed medication abortion increased substantially in Texas after Senate Bill 8 became law and banned abortion with almost no exceptions after approximately six weeks of pregnancy.
Authors: Abigail R. A. Aiken, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., of the University of Texas at Austin, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.1122)
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What The Study Did: This survey study assessed changes between April 2020 and April 2021 in material hardships, such as food insecurity and problems paying rent, among U.S. adults and identified their highest priorities for spending stimulus checks.
Authors: Brendan Saloner, Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.5213)
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What The Study Did: Researchers analyzed changes in employment and average wages in the U.S. health care workforce during the first and second years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Thuy Nguyen, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.5217)
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Authors: Alexander V. Louie, M.D., Ph.D., of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.7664)
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What The Study Did: This study of 2.6 million patients in Israel suggests that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine might be associated with an increased risk of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, commonly known as sudden deafness; however, the effect size is very small. Further studies are warranted to establish this possible association.
Authors: Yoav Yanir, M.D., of the Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.4278)
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What The Study Did: The results of this analysis of 185 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. suggest there is no association between vaccination and the development of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, commonly known as sudden deafness.
Authors: Eric J. Formeister, M.D., M.S., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.4414)
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What The Study Did: In this study of a socioeconomically diverse group of 384 African American women (ages 30 to 46) undergoing 48-hour blood pressure monitoring, being in debt compared with having a positive net worth was associated with increased daytime and nighttime blood pressure and higher odds of sustained hypertension. The findings were independent of risk factors, including educational level and income.
Authors: Tene T. Lewis, Ph.D., of Emory University in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0331)
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What The Study Did: This survey study of 26,000 graduating medical students assessed the association between components of the medical school learning environment and burnout among medical students who are underrepresented in medicine compared with those who are not.
Authors: Jamieson M. O’Marr, M.S., of the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0115)
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What The Study Did: Researchers found that days of extreme heat were associated with higher rates of mental health-related emergency department visits in the United States between 2010 and 2019.
Authors: Amruta Nori-Sarma, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Shengzhi Sun, Ph.D., of the Boston University School of Public Health, are the corresponding authors.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4369)
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What The Study Did: In this observational study examining self-reported dietary behavior of 1,011 patients with stage III colon cancer, eating either unprocessed red meat or processed meat after diagnosis wasn’t significantly associated with risk of colon cancer recurrence or mortality.
Authors: Erin L. Van Blarigan, Sc.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0145)
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What The Study Did: This survey study uses responses from the 2021 National Firearms Survey to analyze firearm storage practices in U.S. households with children.
Authors: Matthew Miller, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D., of Northeastern University in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48823)
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What The Study Did:This study examines whether an association exists between U.S. county-level prescription rates of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin and how people voted in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Authors: Michael L. Barnett, M.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0200)
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What The Study Did: In this open-label randomized clinical trial of high-risk patients with COVID-19 in Malaysia, a 5-day course of oral ivermectin administered during the first week of illness didn’t reduce the risk of developing severe disease compared with standard care alone.
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Authors: Steven Chee Loon Lim, M.R.C.P., of the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Perak, Malaysia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0189)
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Authors: Justin E. R. E. Wong Chung, M.D., of the Hagaziekenhuis in Den Haag, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48655)
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Authors: Kuaile Zhao, M.D., of the Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center in Shanghai, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0120)
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Authors: Sheldon H. Preskorn, M.D., of the Kansas University School of Medicine-Wichita, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.0799)
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Authors: Jan Belohlavek, M.D., Ph.D., of Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.1025)
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What The Study Did: In this systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 studies, the risk of immediate allergic reactions and severe immediate reactions or anaphylaxis associated with a second dose of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine was low among 1,366 patients who experienced an immediate allergic reaction to their first dose.
Authors: Matthew Greenhawt, M.D., M.B.A., M.Sc., of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.8515)
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What The Study Did: Severe financial strain was associated with an increased risk of death in the six months following hospital discharge after a heart attack in this study of 2,800 adults older than age 75.
Authors: Jason R. Falvey, P.T., D.P.T., Ph.D., of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.8569)
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What The Study Did: The association of “Stand Your Ground” laws with rates of homicide and firearm homicide was evaluated nationally and by state in this study.
Authors: Michelle Degli Esposti, Ph.D., of the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0077)
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What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated whether systemic anticancer treatments, tumor subtypes, patient demographic characteristics and comorbidities were associated with COVID-19 mortality among 2,500 adult patients with cancer and COVID-19.
Authors: Gary Middleton, M.D., of the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0130)
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Authors: Katajun Lindenberg, Ph.D., of Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48995)
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Authors: Wen-Chu Chiang, M.D., Ph.D., and Ming-Ju Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D., of National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei City, Taiwan, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48871)
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Authors: Niharika B. Mettu, M.D., Ph.D., of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.49040)
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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.
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What The Study Did: This study of 54,000 academic physicians found that women had lower early career earning potential than men in nearly every subspecialty analyzed, primarily due to lower starting salaries.
Authors: Eva Catenaccio, M.D., of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Harold K. Simon, M.D., M.B.A., of the Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0067)
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What The Study Did: Public support for or opposition to transparency measures regarding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug approval process was assessed in this survey study.
Authors: Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0026)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined whether there was an increase in the quantity of contraceptive supply dispensed after a 2016 Oregon policy change requiring insurers to cover a 12-month supply of short-acting, hormonal contraception.
Authors: Maria I. Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.5146)
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Authors: Yan-Qun Xiang, M.D., and Wei-Xiong Xia, M.D., of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center in Guangzhou, China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.7366)
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Authors: Alison Buttenheim, Ph.D., M.B.A., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.43388)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association of having a family history of breast cancer with mammographic breast density among 14,000 premenopausal women.
Authors: Adetunji T. Toriola, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48983)
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What The Study Did: Increased body weight was not associated with the risk of thyroid cancer among 362 children being evaluated for thyroid nodules.
Authors: Ari J. Wassner, M.D., of Boston Children’s Hospital, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.4455)
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What The Study Did: This study of 296 children ages 5 to 14 found that self-collected lower nasal swabs for COVID-19 surveillance testing at school was feasible and relatively error free.
Authors: Jonathan Altamirano, M.S., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48988)
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Authors: Laurie Shroyer, Ph.D., of the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.7578)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined whether mental disorders were associated with the onset of dementia in this study of 1.7 million New Zealand citizens across three decades of observation.
Authors: Leah S. Richmond-Rakerd, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4377)
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What The Study Did: The rate of polycystic ovary syndrome, a complex endocrine disorder, among 470 girls with type 2 diabetes was examined in this systematic review and meta-analysis of six studies.
Authors: M. Constantine Samaan, M.D., M.Sc., of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47454)
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What The Study Did: Researchers assessed change during the pandemic in cases of early- and late-stage breast and colorectal cancer diagnoses at a California cancer center.
Authors: Jade Zifei Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., of the Moores Cancer Center at University of California San Diego Health in La Jolla, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48581)
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