News tagged with journal of the american medical association
Stray-bullet shootings most often harm innocents
In the first nationwide study of stray-bullet shootings, Garen Wintemute, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center, quantifies ...
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Low sodium intake could be riskier than thought
Doctors have long encouraged patients to slash their salt intake for good heart health.
May 06, 2011 |
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Decoding cancer patients' genomes is powerful diagnostic tool
Two new studies highlight the power of sequencing cancer patients' genomes as a diagnostic tool, helping doctors decide the best course of treatment and researchers identify new cancer susceptibility mutations ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Caution for estrogen therapy after hysterectomy
An editorial in the April 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association cautions against estrogen-only hormone therapy in women who have had a hysterectomy because of longstanding evidence that it raises the ri ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Research practices must be changed to minimize fraud, deception
In 1998, a study linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism in children appeared in a respected medical journal. For a decade, the study grabbed headlines worldwide. Worried parents rejected the life-saving ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Sex can be heart attack trigger for couch potatoes
Sex and exercise can trigger heart attacks in older people who don't get much of either, a new analysis finds. The risk is low, but it's a good reminder that slackers should change their exercise habits gradually, especially ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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How do cell phones affect young brains?
Cell phone safety warnings are generally designed for a large man with a big head who talks less than half an hour a day.
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Could gene tests tell if kids can be sports stars?
Was your kid born to be an elite athlete? Marketers of genetic tests claim the answer is in mail-order kits costing less than $200.
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Conflicts-of-interest in drug studies sneaking back into medical journals, say investigators
Hidden financial conflicts-of-interest are sneaking into published drug research through the back door, warns an international team of investigators, led by researchers from the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Study finds nitric oxide does not help sickle cell pain crisis
Inhaling nitric oxide gas does not reduce pain crises or shorten hospital stays in people living with sickle cell disease, according to the results of a new study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Microbubbles to light the way to sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing nonsurgical methods for identifying critical lymph nodes to help doctors determine courses of treatment for breast cancer patients. The ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Study links long-term use of osteoporosis drugs to unusual fractures
Women who take commonly prescribed drugs for osteoporosis known as bisphosphonates for five years or more may be at higher risk of certain kinds of fractures of their thigh bone, a new study has found.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Screening mammograms catch second breast cancers early
More women are surviving longer after having early-stage breast cancer, but they are at risk of developing breast cancer again: a recurrence or a new cancer, in either breast. Annual screening (a.k.a. "surveillance") mammography ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Financial planning a key but neglected component of Alzheimer's care, say researchers
Patients newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, and their families, need better guidance from their physicians on how to plan for the patient's progressive loss of ability to handle finances, according ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Study finds blacks more likely to be readmitted to hospitals after discharge
Elderly black patients were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital after a prior hospital stay for a heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, published 48 times per year by the American Medical Association. JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world.
Founded in 1883 by the American Medical Association and published continuously since then, JAMA publishes original research, reviews, commentaries, editorials, essays, medical news, correspondence, and ancillary content (such as abstracts of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report). In 2008, JAMAs impact factor was 31.7, placing it among the leading general medical journals. JAMAs acceptance rate is approximately 8% of the nearly 6000 solicited and unsolicited manuscripts it receives annually. The first editor was Nathan Smith Davis, one of the founders of the American Medical Association, and the present[update] editor of JAMA is Catherine DeAngelis. JAMA's peer review process relies on some 3500 reviewers from over 40 countries.
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