Advancing Climate Action Through Academic Health Systems
Climate action is an urgent public health imperative. Climate change is causing excess morbidity and mortality and posing an increasing threat to mental health and well-being. The US health care sector is a significant contributor to this problem. A. Eugene Washington, MD, of Duke University, discusses accelerating climate action with JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS. Related Content: Accelerating Climate Action Through Academic Health Systems (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - April 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The Evolution of Screening Tools for Prostate Cancer
The utility of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer detection is impacted by detection of cancers with low risk of mortality. Editorialist Jeffrey J. Tosoian, MD, MPH, discusses a pragmatic approach to prostate cancer screening with JAMA Deputy Editor Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD. Related Content: A Pragmatic Approach to Prostate Cancer Screening Prostate Cancer Screening With PSA, Kallikrein Panel, and MRI Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening and 15-Year Prostate Cancer Mortality (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - April 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Regional Interventions to Prevent Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
Infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are difficult to treat with increased morbidity, mortality, length of hospitalization, and health care costs. Author Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH, from the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, joins JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, to discuss a new study that used a regional intervention to prevent MDROs. Related Content: Reducing Hospitalizations and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms via Regional Decolonization in Hospitals and Nursing Homes (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - April 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Mifepristone –Science, Abortion Care, and Politics
The US Supreme Court will soon decide a case challenging the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval of mifepristone. Author Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE, University of Pennsylvania, joins JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, to discuss the science and politics surrounding this significant case. Related Content: The FDA in the Crosshairs—Science, Politics, and Abortion Provision of Medications for Self-Managed Abortion Before and After the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision Understanding the Impacts of the Supreme Court Case FDA v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
How Do Multimodal Large Language Models Perform on Clinical Vignette Questions?
How did GPT-4 Vision, a model that can work with images and text as input, perform when answering clinical challenge questions from medical journals? Daniel Truhn, MD, MSc, of the University Hospital Aachen in Germany, joins JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss this topic. Related Content: Comparative Analysis of Multimodal Large Language Model Performance on Clinical Vignette Questions (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Does Treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Reduce Mortality?
An observational study by Lin Li, PhD, and colleagues, published in JAMA, found that pharmacotherapy was associated with reduced mortality in individuals with ADHD. Frances R. Levin, MD, of the Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, who wrote an accompanying editorial, joins JAMA Associate Editor Donald C. Goff, MD, to discuss the results of this article. Related Content: Treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Matters (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Delivering Effective Messages in the Patient-Clinician Encounter
Introducing JAMA's new Communicating Medicine series, JAMA Associate Editor Anne Cappola, MD, ScM, discusses strategies for delivering effective messages in the patient encounter with authors Joseph Cappella, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Richard Street, PhD, of Texas A&M University and Baylor College of Medicine. Related Content: Delivering Effective Messages in the Patient-Clinician Encounter (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Why Does PrEP Use Lag in Cisgender Women?
How will new study results inform HIV prevention in the US and globally? JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, and author Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, director of NIAID, discuss these study findings and more. Related Content: HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis With Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Among Cisgender Women (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria —Transitioning From SIRS to Phoenix
JAMA Associate Editor Romain Pirracchio, MD, MPH, discusses context and implications of the new pediatric sepsis criteria with authors Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor VA Hospital, and Roberto Jabornisky, MD, of Northeastern National Medical School in Argentina. Related Content: Context and Implications of the New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria Transitioning From SIRS to Phoenix With the Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria—The Difficult Task of Simplifying the Complex (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 27, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Renter Eviction, Excess Mortality, and COVID-19
Renters who received eviction filings experienced excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, discusses a recent study that underscores the importance of studying health outcomes among marginalized populations with author Nick Graetz, PhD, from Princeton University. Related Content: Examining Excess Mortality Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic for Renters Threatened With Eviction (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Azithromycin to Prevent Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Childhood death rates remain high in some areas of sub-Saharan Africa, despite global reductions in childhood mortality. JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, and author Thomas Lietman, MD, University of California, San Francisco, discuss twice-yearly azithromycin to reduce childhood mortality. Related Content: Mass Azithromycin Distribution to Prevent Child Mortality in Burkina Faso (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines in Children and Adolescents
Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were recommended for children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years in the US, but were they effective? JAMA Associate Editor Tracy A. Lieu, MD, MPH, spoke with author Leora R. Feldstein, PhD, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the effectiveness of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines in children and adolescents. Related Content: Effectiveness of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Anxiety and Depression Symptoms After the Dobbs Abortion Rights Decision
Following the Dobbs decision, females aged 18-45 years living in states with “trigger laws” that restricted access to abortion reported a greater increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression than those in states without trigger laws. JAMA Associate Editor Donald Goff, MD, speaks with editorialist Julia Steinberg, PhD, associate professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland, about this topic. Related Content: Mental Health Symptoms When Abortion Access Is Restricted Anxiety and Depression Symptoms After the Dobbs Abortion Decision (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Patient-Centered Palliative Care
JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, and author Alexander K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH, University of California, San Francisco, discuss the importance of 2 new palliative care trials that were recently published in JAMA. Related Content: A Tale of 2 Palliative Care Trials Association of Receipt of Palliative Care Interventions With Health Care Use, Quality of Life, and Symptom Burden Among Adults With Chronic Noncancer Illness (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Dialysis Facility Performance and Social Risk in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model
Dialysis facilities in the US are financially rewarded for higher rates of home dialysis and kidney transplant, but facilities that serve patients with high social risk might have a harder time meeting these goals. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, speaks with Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH, of Brown University, about how this plays out under the ESRD Treatment Choices Model. Related Content: Social Risk and Dialysis Facility Performance in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
