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JAMA Medical News — 300 episodes

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1

Considering Cognition and Frailty in Cardiovascular Care—Too Big an Ask?

2

The Tip of the Iceberg Lettuce

3

FDA Approves the First mRNA Flu Vaccine for the US

4

The Slow Evolution of Lyme Disease Care

5

Highlights From the 2026 Alzheimer's Association International Conference

6

Striking the Balance for Prescribing Opioids

7

The Menopause Treatment Boom

8

The First CKM Syndrome Guidelines Are Here

9

The Testosterone Therapy Debate

10

Alzheimer Disease Blood Test May Have Higher Rate of False Positives Than Expected

11

PMOS is the New PCOS

12

New GLP-1 Drug Options and More Highlights From the ADA's 2026 Scientific Sessions

13

Why Exercise Still Matters in the GLP-1 Drug Era

14

The Search for a Fentanyl Vaccine

15

New Insights on HFpEF in Patients With Severe Obesity

16

Ebola Outbreak Update

17

Is There a Doctor on the Ship?

18

Bangladesh's New Measles Crisis

19

New Obesity Definition Stirs Debate

20

Multi-Cancer Blood Tests Have Arrived

21

Why GLP-1 Drugs Affect Patients Differently

22

Treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder With an Antidepressant

23

Cicada, the SARS-CoV-2 Variant With a Surprising Trajectory

24

Highlights From the American College of Cardiology's 2026 Scientific Sessions

25

Cancer-Treating Vaccines Are on the Horizon

26

What Happens When Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis Stop Drinking?

27

What's New in the Updated Lipid Guidelines?

28

The Health Costs of EPA's Heavy Metal Air Pollution Rollbacks

29

PrEP Prevents HIV—If Patients Can Get It

30

AI Tools for Patients Have Arrived

31

Why the Low Carb vs Low Fat Debate Misses the Point

32

What's New in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?

33

ICE Raids Are Jeopardizing Health Care Access

34

Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine–Associated Myocarditis

35

What's Next in Weight-Loss Drugs?

36

How Stress May Connect Mental Health and Cardiovascular Disease

37

FDA Approves the First Oral GLP-1 Drug for Obesity

38

Understanding the World Health Organization's GLP-1 Guidelines

39

Are Nicotine Pouches a Safer Alternative to Cigarettes?

40

The Push for Geriatrics Education

41

JAMA Research of the Year With Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

42

Cardiovascular Highlights From AHA Scientific Sessions 2025

43

Alzheimer Disease Blood Test Approved for Primary Care

44

Highlights From Kidney Week 2025

45

US Governors Form a Public Health Alliance

46

The Common Liver Disease You've Never Heard Of

47

Are Peanut Allergies Finally on the Decline?

48

Dementia's Cultural Narratives

49

October 2025 Medical News Summary

50

Understanding Cardiac Long COVID

51

Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy and Risk of Autism

52

September 2025 Medical News Summary

53

Cardiovascular Highlights From ESC 2025

54

How Did Cystic Fibrosis Go From Fatal to Treatable?

55

August 2025 Medical News Summary

56

July 2025 Medical News Summary

57

Socially Assistive Robots, Part 2

58

Clinical Highlights From ASCO 2025

59

June 2025 Medical News Summary

60

AI-Based Analysis for Parkinsonism

61

May 2025 Medical News Summary

62

When Do Nudges Help?

63

Highlights From the American College of Cardiology's 2025 Scientific Session

64

April 2025 Medical News Summary

65

Real-World Performance of AI in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy

66

Can Open-Source LLMs Compete With Proprietary Ones for Complex Diagnoses?

67

March 2025 Medical News Summary

68

Rethinking Race in Prenatal Screening for Open Neural Tube Defects

69

AI's Role in Advancing Equity for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities

70

Prescreening for Clinical Trial Eligibility Using Large Language Models

71

Machine Learning for Earlier Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

72

The 5 Ways Engineers Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance

73

February 2025 Medical News Summary

74

Language Equity in Health Technology

75

AI Guided Diagnostic-Quality Lung Ultrasound

76

Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease Using AI

77

Older Adults' Use of Digital Health Technology

78

Patient Satisfaction With AI-Generated Responses

79

January 2025 Medical News Summary

80

Drafting Replies to Patient Messages With AI

81

Bioethics and AI

82

AI-Based Suicide Screening for American Indian Patients

83

Comparing Early Hospital Warning Scores for Clinical Deterioration

84

AI Chatbots in Clinical Practice

85

December 2024 Medical News Summary

86

How Health Systems Can Collaborate on AI Tools

87

AI-Enabled Ultrasound Could Improve Global Obstetric Care

88

Heart Health Highlights From the AHA Scientific Sessions

89

AI as Interpreter in the Clinic

90

November 2024 Medical News Summary

91

AI and the FDA

92

The Ethics of AI as Clinical Decision Maker

93

AI and the National Academy of Sciences

94

October 2024 Medical News Summary

95

Getting Technology Into the Clinic

96

What Lessons Does the VA's Experience Building Electronic Health Records Hold for AI?

97

Heart Health Highlights From ESC Congress

98

September 2024 Medical News Summary

99

Lasker Winners Discuss 35 Years of HIV Research in Africa

100

Three Years Later, Here's What the Pacific Northwest Heat Dome Taught Us

101

August 2024 Medical News Summary

102

Highlights From the Alzheimer's Association International Conference

103

Social Media Needs Warning Labels: Q&A With Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA

104

Clinical Highlights From the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions

105

July 2024 Medical News Summary

106

Q&A With Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA: Gun Violence Is a Public Health Crisis

107

Clinical Highlights From ASCO 2024

108

The Future of Wearables and Mobile Devices for Patient Care

109

What a Neurologist With Alzheimer Disease Wants People to Know

110

June 2024 Medical News Summary

111

May 2024 Medical News Summary

112

AI in Radiology: Enhancing Analysis, Education, and Access

113

Enhancing Global Mental Health Care With Digital Tools and AI for Scalable Interventions

114

April 26, 2024, Medical News Summary

115

Highlights From the American College of Cardiology's 2024 Scientific Session

116

April 12, 2024 Medical News Summary

117

AI and Clinical Practice: Using AI to Increase Access to Reliable Health Information

118

March 2024 Medical News Summary

119

AI and Clinical Practice—The Potential for AI to Enable Speech and Facilitate Full Expression for Individuals With Brain Injuries

120

AI and Clinical Practice—How AI Could Advance Human Heart Discoveries and Improve Care

121

February 2024 Medical News Summary

122

AI and Clinical Practice: Automation Bias and Short Cuts in Clinical AI Models

123

AI and Clinical Practice—AI and the Ethics of Developing and Deploying Clinical AI Models

124

January 31, 2024, Medical News Summary

125

January 24, 2024, Medical News Summary

126

AI and Clinical Practice—Discovery and Scaling Findings From Large, Multicenter Health Care Datasets

127

AI and Clinical Practice—AI Monitoring to Reduce Data-Based Disparities

128

December 2023 Medical News Summary

129

AI and Clinical Practice—AI Guardrails: The US Executive Order and the Need for Global Harmonization

130

AI and Clinical Practice—the AI Health Care Goal for Patient Care

131

November 2023 Medical News Summary

132

Highlights from AHA 2023—New Risk Calculator, Semaglutide and CVD, and More

133

AI and Clinical Practice—the Learning Health System and AI

134

Highlights From Infectious Diseases Week 2023

135

Highlights From Gastroenterology Week 2023

136

AI and Clinical Practice—Predictive AI and Early Clinical Detection

137

October 2023 Medical News Summary

138

AI and Clinical Practice—Can AI Accelerate Medical Education?

139

AI and Clinical Practice—Building Patient and Clinician Trust in a Health Care System

140

AI and Clinical Practice—Improving Health Care Quality and Equity

141

AI and Clinical Practice—the Potential to Reduce Clinician Burden and Streamline Health Systems

142

September 2023 Medical News Summary

143

AI and Clinical Practice—the Potential for AI to Augment Humanity in Medicine

144

AI and Clinical Practice—AI Gaslighting, AI Hallucinations, and GenAI Potential

145

Climate Change and Health

146

August 2023 Medical News Summary

147

July 2023 Medical News Summary

148

Highlights From the American Diabetes Association Scientific Session 2023

149

Worsening US Maternal Death Rates

150

June 2023 Medical News Summary

151

Highlights From the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

152

Highlights From the American Thoracic Society 2023 Conference

153

May 2023 Medical News Summary

154

Live From the 2023 American Academy of Neurology Conference

155

Highlights From ECCMID, Europe's Largest Infectious Diseases Conference

156

April 2023 Medical News Summary

157

March 2023 Medical News Summary

158

Highlights From the American College of Cardiology's 2023 Scientific Session

159

Eliminating Hepatitis C in the United States

160

Live From CROI, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

161

February 2023 Medical News Summary

162

Revisiting Phage Therapy for Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

163

January 2023 Medical News Summary

164

December 2022 Medical News Summary

165

November 2022 Medical News Summary

166

Highlights From the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022

167

Highlights From Infectious Disease Week 2022

168

October 2022 Medical News Summary

169

Global COVID-19 Update

170

September 2022 Medical News Summary

171

August 2022 Medical News Summary

172

July 2022 Medical News Summary

173

South Asian Ancestry, Cardiovascular Disease, and the MASALA Study

174

A Conversation With Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, JAMA's New Editor in Chief

175

June 2022 Medical News Summary

176

Highlights From the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

177

Q&A With Loren Laine, MD, on Highlights From Digestive Disease Week 2022

178

American Thoracic Society 2022 Conference Highlights

179

May 2022 Medical News Summary

180

April 2022 Medical News Summary

181

Highlights From the American College of Cardiology's Scientific Sessions: New Heart Failure Management Guidelines and more

182

March 2022 Medical News Summary

183

Ukrainian Doctors Share Current Experiences

184

Highlights From the International Stroke Conference

185

February 2022 Medical News Summary

186

January 2022 Medical News Summary

187

December 2021 Medical News Summary

188

After 12 Years, NIH Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Seeks His Next Chapter

189

November 2021 Medical News Summary

190

Highlights From the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2021

191

October 2021 Medical News Summary

192

A New Vision for Nursing Homes

193

September 2021 Medical News Summary

194

Rebounding From COVID-19's Reversal of Recent Progress in the ICU

195

9/11 Responders' Health 20 Years Later, Part 2

196

9/11 Responders' Health 20 Years Later, Part 1

197

August 2021 Medical News Summary

198

July 2021 Medical News Summary

199

June 2021 Medical News Summary

200

Lung Transplants for COVID-19—The Option of Last Resort

201

May 2021 Medical News Summary

202

Whistleblower Pediatrician Discusses the Legacy of Flint, Michigan's Water Crisis

203

An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic

204

Neurologist Faces His Alzheimer Diagnosis Determined to Lessen Stigma Surrounding the Disease

205

April 2021 Medical News Summary

206

A Partnership With the Cherokee Nation Advances Medical Education on Tribal Land

207

March 2021 Medical News Summary

208

February 2021 Medical News Summary

209

January 2021 Medical News Summary

210

Dermatologist Cares for People Experiencing Homelessness

211

COVID-19 Conspiracies and Beyond: How Physicians Can Deal With Patients' Misinformation

212

December 2020 Medical News Summary

213

Surgeon Creates Barrier-Free COVID-19 Testing Service for Philadelphia's Black Residents

214

Q&A With Spine Surgeons Who Also Happen to be a Musical Duo

215

November 2020 Medical News Summary

216

Live from AHA 2020: Highlights from the American Heart Association's Virtual Scientific Sessions

217

October 2020 Medical News Summary

218

Digging Into Obesity's COVID-19 Risks

219

September 2020 Medical News Summary

220

The Science of Persuasion Offers Lessons for COVID-19 Prevention

221

August 2020 Medical News Summary

222

Carl Allamby, MD, Shifts Gears from Repairing Cars to Graduating Medical School at Age 47

223

July 2020 Medical News Summary

224

Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism

225

June 2020 Medical News Summary

226

The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine

227

May 2020 Medical News Summary

228

Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On

229

April 2020 Medical News Summary

230

Pandemic Part 1: 1918 Flu Pandemic and COVID-19

231

Pandemic Part 2: A Trip to Philadelphia's Mutter Museum

232

Risk Uncertain From Sunscreen Ingredients in Blood

233

March 2020 Medical News Summary

234

February 2020 Medical News Summary

235

Coronavirus and Beyond: Responding to Biological Threats

236

January Medical News Summary

237

December Medical News Summary

238

November Medical News Summary

239

Live from AHA, Part 3: Update on Nutrition Hot Topics

240

Live from AHA, Part 2: The American Heart Association Takes on Vaping

241

Live from AHA, Part 1: Highlights from the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions

242

Philanthropists Fund Johns Hopkins Center for Study of Psychedelics

243

October Medical News Summary

244

Firearms and Dementia: "A Big Deal and a Tough Issue"

245

JAMA Medical News Summary for September 2019

246

JAMA Medical News Summary for August 2019

247

Type 1 Diabetes Advances Pave the Way for Prevention

248

With Neuroimaging, Large NIH Study Could Shine a Light on the Adolescent Brain

249

Getting Social: Physicians Need to Counteract Misinformation Online

250

JAMA Medical News Summary for July 2019

251

New Guidelines Aim to Expand Palliative Care Beyond Specialists

252

JAMA Medical News Summary for June 2019

253

Low Awareness of Scammers' Tactics Linked to Dementia Risk in Cognitively Normal People

254

JAMA Medical News Summary for May 2019

255

Study Puts Eggs and Dietary Cholesterol Back on the Radar

256

JAMA Medical News Summary for April 2019

257

Unpacking A Recent Study Linking Diet Soda With Stroke Risks

258

Dr Schrier Goes to Congress as Second Woman Physician

259

JAMA Medical News Summary for March 2019

260

Paradise's Emergency Department Director Recalls California's Worst Wildfire

261

JAMA Medical News Summary for February 2019

262

JAMA Medical News Summary for January 2019

263

New Planned Parenthood President: No Politics in the Exam Room

264

American Academy of Pediatrics Says No More Spanking or Harsh Verbal Discipline

265

Sexual Harassment and Assault Associated With Poorer Midlife Health in Women

266

JAMA Medical News Summary for December 2018

267

Physicians Are Steering the Conversation About Gun Violence

268

For Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr Denis Mukwege, His Patients Motivate and Inspire

269

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Human Placenta

270

JAMA Medical News Summary for November 2018

271

For Difficult-to-Model Brain Diseases, Brain Organoids Come to the Rescue

272

Have Tent, Will Do Pop-Up HIV Screening

273

Vulnerability to Pandemic Flu Could Be Greater Today Than a Century Ago

274

Cardiologist Trades Stem Cells for Cell-Based Meat

275

Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico: A Physician Looks Back at the Storm

276

Anthony Fauci, MD: Working to End HIV/AIDS

277

"Is There a Doctor on the Plane?"

278

Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD: Developing Prescribable Video Games

279

Framingham at 70: What We've Learned About Women and Heart Disease

280

Training Physicians About Nutrition

281

Researching Nondrug Approaches to Pain Management

282

ASO Therapy: Hope for Genetic Neurological Diseases

283

The Human Diagnosis Project

284

New Inroads Against Multiple Sclerosis

285

Ketamine-Like Agents for Depression

286

Phage Therapy for Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

287

The Human Cell Atlas

288

Robots Help Patients Change Behaviors

289

The Nature of Lung Microbiome Research

290

Barry Marshall, MD: H pylori 35 Years Later

291

Alzheimer Outlook Far From Bleak

292

NIH Charts a Path for Nutrition Science

293

Pioneering Geneticist Explains Ambitious Plan to "Write" the Human Genome

294

On CDC's 70th Anniversary, Director Tom Frieden, MD, Looks Ahead

295

Threat From Colistin-Resistant Superbug

296

HIV and Transplantation: New Reasons for HOPE

297

Quelling Zika Fears With Evidence

298

Doing Field Work With Doctors Without Borders

299

Donald M. Berwick Reflects on Medicare at 50

300

Interview with Harold Varmus, MD