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Authors: Abby R. Rosenberg, M.D., M.S., M.A., of the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36039)
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What The Study Did: Evolving outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with cancer are described in this registry-based study of about 2,600 patients in six European countries.
Authors: Alessio Cortellini, M.D., and David J. Pinato, M.D., Ph.D., of Imperial College London, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6199)
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What The Study Did: This study of 2,800 health care workers in Italy finds that symptoms of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress have decreased 14 months after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Rodolfo Rossi, M.D., of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36143)
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What The Study Did: This survey study of 1,300 health care professionals who were involved in patient care examined the factors associated with emotional distress they experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic before the availability of vaccines.
Authors: Ye Kyung Song, M.D., Ph.D., of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36150)
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What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated lung cancer screening eligibility among Black women in the U.S. under the 2013 and 2021 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening guidelines.
Authors: Julie R. Palmer, Sc.D., of the Boston University School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5790)
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What The Study Did: In this population-based, cross-sectional study, researchers found that New York’s lowest-socioeconomic status neighborhoods, populated predominantly by Black and Hispanic residents, had cervical cancer incidence rates higher than the mostly white populations of the city’s highest-socioeconomic status neighborhoods.
Authors: Alexander Melamed, M.D., M.P.H., of the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5779)
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What The Study Did: Among people ages 18 and older who didn’t report depressive symptoms on an initial survey, social media use was associated with greater levels of self-reported depressive symptoms on a subsequent survey.
Authors: Roy H. Perlis, M.D., M.Sc., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36113)
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What The Study Did: This study of 219 million adults age 25 or older measures inequality in COVID-19 mortality jointly by race and ethnicity and educational attainment.
Authors: Justin M. Feldman, Sc.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35967)
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What The Study Did: An analysis of health record data for 2.5 million people found that patients with schizophrenia and mood disorders had lower rates of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, although patients with schizophrenia had higher death rates due to COVID-19.
Authors: Antonio L. Teixeira, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34969)
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Authors: Dong Wu, M.D., of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35576)
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Authors: Brian M. Clemency, D.O., of the University at Buffalo in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6759)
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Authors: Kim L. Bennell, Ph.D., of the University of Melbourne in Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.19415)
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What The Study Did: In this nationally representative survey study of about 27,600 U.S. adults, 14.9 percent reported using medications that may cause an increase in blood pressure, including 18.5 percent of adults with high blood pressure.
Authors: Timothy S. Anderson, M.D., M.A.S., of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6819)
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What The Study Did: This analysis of nearly 68,000 firearm-related deaths among U.S. youth ages 5 to 24 over a 10-year period found an association between firearm-related mortality rates and county-level poverty concentration.
Authors: Jefferson T. Barrett, M.D., M.P.H., of the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4822)
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What The Study Did: This survey study included the general public, health care workers and health care workers who are deaf or hard of hearing and the findings suggest that widespread mask use impairs nonverbal communication and the ability to convey emotions and that transparent masks could help improve communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Giovanni Traverso M.B., B.Chir., Ph.D., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35386)
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What The Study Did: This study of 2,800 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 examined the rate and factors associated with the risk of a postdischarge blood clot and the association of use of blood thinners after hospital discharge with the occurrence of blood clots.
Authors: Pin Li, Ph.D., of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35397)
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What The Study Did: In a study that included 89,000 patients, those who received the flu and shingles vaccines on the same day were less likely to receive a flu shot the following year, a finding that may be explained by side effects caused by the shingles vaccine that some patients misattributed to the flu vaccine.
Authors: Benjamin N. Rome, M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35362)
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About JAMA Heath 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.
What The Study Did: Researchers found in this study of about 9,900 U.S. nursing homes that private equity acquisition of nursing homes was associated with higher Medicare costs and increases in emergency department visits and hospitalizations for conditions that should be, although not completely, preventable with appropriate care.
Authors: Mark Aaron Unruh, Ph.D., of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3817)
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What The Study Did: This analysis of policy changes implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic found that federal and state governments have taken important steps to ensure the availability of treatment for opioid use disorder, but few states are comprehensive in their approach.
Authors: Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3833)
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Authors: Carlos Gustavo De Moraes, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.4576)
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Authors: Emmanouil Fokas, M.D., D.Phil., of the University of Frankfurt, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5445)
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What The Study Did: Researchers found that among 16,000 patients with a new cancer diagnosis, those with the highest socioeconomic status were more likely to use telemedicine within 30 days of diagnosis and in subsequent months during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Ronald Chen, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5784)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this study suggest that COVID-19 public health measures such as social distancing, increased emphasis on hygiene and travel restrictions were associated with a decrease in visits to an emergency department for treatment of infectious conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye.
Authors: Aaron Y. Lee, M.D., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.4852)
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What The Study Did: This analysis estimates that between 700,000 and 1.6 million U.S. individuals have experienced a loss or change in the ability to smell lasting more than six months because of SARS-CoV-2.
Authors: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Editor Jay F. Piccirillo, M.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.3379)
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What The Study Did: This study found that among low-, middle- and high-income countries hosting COVID-19 vaccine trials, high-income countries received proportionately more doses, enabling them to more fully vaccinate their populations.
Authors: Reshma Ramachandran, M.D., M.P.P., of the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34233)
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Authors: Ryan E. Ferguson, M.P.H., Sc.D., of the VA Boston Healthcare System in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.3170)
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Authors: Kamrouz Ghadimi, M.D., M.H.Sc., of Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5856)
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Authors: Deanne E. Jenkin, Ph.D., of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34988)
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What The Study Did: Risk factors associated with COVID-19 and subsequent death among nearly 500,000 Medicare patients undergoing long-term dialysis were examined in this study.
Authors: Yi Li, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35379)
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What The Study Did: This survey study of 400 parents of children with cancer and 80 clinicians found that nearly one-quarter of parents reported challenges in the therapeutic relationship with their oncologist and that clinicians used strategies to improve relationships more frequently when they experienced the relationship as challenging.
Authors: Jennifer W. Mack, M.D., M.P.H., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.32138)
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What The Study Did: This analysis of Medicare claims data found that within major metropolitan areas with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) programs, zip codes with higher proportions of Black and Hispanic patients and patients with greater socioeconomic disadvantages had lower rates of TAVR.
Authors: Ashwin S. Nathan, M.D., M.S., of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2021.4641)
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What The Study Did: Researchers assessed the policies of top U.S. medical centers for addressing sexual harassment of physicians by patients.
Authors: Urmimala Sarkar, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35131)
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What The Study Did: Researchers used the health care records of about 12 million patients in the United Kingdom to examine the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the subsequent risk of psychiatric illness, fatigue or sleep problems.
Authors: Matthias Pierce, Ph.D., of the University of Manchester in Manchester, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34803)
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What The Study Did: This study included 3.2 million commercially insured people and it found that inpatient stays for eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: David A. Asch, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34913)
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What the Study Did: This study of 17,000 adults ages 20 to 39 found that fewer than 1 in 3 with severe high cholesterol achieved guideline-directed low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction and nearly 1 in 4 had an LDL-C level persistently at levels indicating statin therapy, and fewer than half of these patients were prescribed lipid lowering therapy.
Authors: Michael C. Honigberg, M.D., M.P.P., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2021.4983)
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Authors: Burkert Pieske, M.D., of Charité University Medicine in Berlin, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.18463)
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Authors: Sahar N. Rooholamini, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4267)
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What The Study Did: Among 4,700 older adults who lived alone, having identifiable social support was associated with a lower likelihood of a prolonged nursing home stay after a sudden change in health such as a heart attack, cancer diagnosis or hospitalization.
Authors: Sachin J. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6588)
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What The Study Did: States that permit adolescents to consent to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination without the involvement of parents had increased rates of initiation of the vaccine series from 2015 to 2018 in this analysis of data for nearly 82,000 adolescents.
Authors: Sangini S. Sheth, M.D., M.P.H., of the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4591)
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What The Study Did: This study of 276 children in a single day care examined their ability to correctly identify emotions of caregivers with and without face masks.
Authors: Myriam Bickle Graz, M.D., of University Hospital Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4556)
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What The Study Did: Researchers analyzed electronic health records for about 83,000 patients diagnosed with COVID-19, including 3,401 patients prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), to investigate whether SSRIs are associated with a lower risk of death among patients with COVID-19.
Authors: Marina Sirota, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and David K. Stevenson, M.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.33090)
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What The Study Did: This survey study of young people ages 14 to 24 found that they understand the short and long-term risks of sun damage, with nearly all using sunscreen, yet there was a high number of self-reported burns.
Authors: Tammy Chang, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34550)
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What The Study Did: The findings from this study that included more than 1,100 patients with prostate cancer found no statistically significant difference in the rates of 30-day mortality from any cause following COVID-19 infection among men receiving androgen deprivation therapy compared with those men who didn’t receive that therapy.
Authors: Rana R. McKay, M.D., of the University of California, San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34330)
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What The Study Did: In this analysis of 1.6 million hospital discharges before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large, commercially insured population, overall use of outpatient visits after hospital discharge didn’t change significantly, even as telemedicine use increased, with telemedicine appearing to be a substitute for in-person visits.
Authors: Eric Bressman, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3685)
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What The Study Did: This study examined unintentional opioid overdose deaths in Illinois from July 2017 through June 2020 using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Authors: Howard S. Kim, M.D., M.S., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3699)
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What The Study Did: Researchers compared the pattern and neutralizing activity of anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in human milk in this study of 77 lactating parents, 47 parents had a COVID-19 diagnosis and 30 parents were vaccinated with a COVID-19 messenger RNA vaccine.
Authors: Kirsi Järvinen, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4897)
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What The Study Did: An analysis of nationally representative survey data finds that U.S. adults 50 and older with visual impairment are more likely to report substance use or have a substance use disorder compared to those without visual impairment.
Authors: Benjamin H. Han, M.D., of the University of California in San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.4667)
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What The Study Did: This review and meta-analysis of 68 studies that included 4.3 million patients examines the association between race, ethnicity, COVID-19 outcomes and socioeconomic status.
Authors: Weg M. Ongkeko, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California in San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34147)
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What The Study Did:This year is the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971, which designated defeating cancer a national priority and allocated substantial resources to the National Cancer Institute. This study compares cancer death rates since then.
Authors: Ahmedin Jemal, D.V.M., Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society in Kennesaw, Georgia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5668)
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What The Study Did: This survey study assessed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) identity and disclosure among 1,300 U.S. dermatologists.
Authors: Matthew D. Mansh, M.D., of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.4544)
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What The Study Did: This analysis of nearly 40 million referrals to surgeons found that male physicians referred a greater proportion of patients to male surgeons, leading to lower volumes of and fewer operative referrals to female surgeons. Female physicians were less influenced by surgeon sex when making referral decisions.
Authors: Nancy N. Baxter, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5784)
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What The Study Did: This study of nearly 2,000 health care personnel who underwent frequent, mandatory SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) long-term care facilities found that being vaccinated against COVID-19 was associated with decreased detection of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to unvaccinated personnel.
Authors: Kalpana Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., of the VA Boston Healthcare System in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34229)
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Authors: Hirotaka Chikuda, M.D., Ph.D., of Gunma University in Gunma, Japan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.33604)
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What The Study Did:In this study of more than 45,000 people ages 40 to 49 in the United States with colorectal cancer, overall incidence rates were the same in Black and white populations and rectal cancer rates were lower in Black individuals compared with white individuals.
Authors: Jordan J. Karlitz, M.D., of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30433)
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What The Study Did: Researchers found that bans restricting the sale of menthol cigarettes in Canadian provinces were associated with significant reductions in menthol and overall cigarette sales.
Authors: Michael Chaiton of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit in Toronto, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.33673)
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Authors: Hai-Jun Wang, Ph.D., of Peking University in Beijing, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4375)
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Authors: Elena Pope, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Toronto, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4565)
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Media advisory: To contact the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, email the Media Coordinator at Newsroom@USPSTF.net or call 301-951-9203. The full report is linked to this news release.
What The Study Did: This report from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) summarizes definitional and conceptual issues around racism and health inequity and describes how racism and health inequities are currently addressed in preventive health.
Authors: Jennifer S. Lin, M.D., of Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland, Oregon, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.17579)
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Media advisory: To contact the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, email the Media Coordinator at Newsroom@USPSTF.net or call 301-951-9203. The full report is linked to this news release.
What The Study Did: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in this report describes strategies developed by the USPSTF to mitigate the influence of systemic racism in its recommendations and to promote health equity in preventive services.
Authors: Karina W. Davidson, Ph.D., M.A.S.C., of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.17594)
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What The Study Did: An analysis of 93 precision oncology studies for breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers found that racial and ethnic minority populations are vastly underrepresented relative to their cancer incidence in the U.S. population.
Authors: Sophia C. Kamran, M.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.33205)
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What The Study Did: The results of this study that included nearly 27,000 individuals in France suggest that physical symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness or impaired attention persisting 10 to 12 months after the first wave of the pandemic may be associated more with the belief in having been infected with SARS-CoV-2 than with having laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection.
Authors: Cedric Lemogne, M.D., Ph.D., of Hopital Hotel-Dieu in Paris, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6454)
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About JAMA Heath 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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Authors: Deepa L. Sekhar, M.D., M.Sc., of the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31836)
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What The Study Did: This study found that nearly 1 in 4 hospitalists shifted practice to other settings between 2012 and 2018, although most hospitalists continued to practice in the hospital at least part time.
Authors: Kira L. Ryskina, M.D., M.S., of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3524)
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