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JAMA Medical News — 289 episodes

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

2

Why Exercise Still Matters in the GLP-1 Drug Era

3

The Search for a Fentanyl Vaccine

4

New Insights on HFpEF in Patients With Severe Obesity

5

Ebola Outbreak Update

6

Is There a Doctor on the Ship?

7

Bangladesh's New Measles Crisis

8

New Obesity Definition Stirs Debate

9

Multi-Cancer Blood Tests Have Arrived

10

Why GLP-1 Drugs Affect Patients Differently

11

Treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder With an Antidepressant

12

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

13

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

14

Cancer-Treating Vaccines Are on the Horizon

15

What Happens When Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis Stop Drinking?

16

What's New in the Updated Lipid Guidelines?

17

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

18

PrEP Prevents HIV—If Patients Can Get It

19

AI Tools for Patients Have Arrived

20

Why the Low Carb vs Low Fat Debate Misses the Point

21

What's New in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?

22

ICE Raids Are Jeopardizing Health Care Access

23

Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine–Associated Myocarditis

24

What's Next in Weight-Loss Drugs?

25

How Stress May Connect Mental Health and Cardiovascular Disease

26

FDA Approves the First Oral GLP-1 Drug for Obesity

27

Understanding the World Health Organization's GLP-1 Guidelines

28

Are Nicotine Pouches a Safer Alternative to Cigarettes?

29

The Push for Geriatrics Education

30

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

31

Cardiovascular Highlights From AHA Scientific Sessions 2025

32

Alzheimer Disease Blood Test Approved for Primary Care

33

Highlights From Kidney Week 2025

34

US Governors Form a Public Health Alliance

35

The Common Liver Disease You've Never Heard Of

36

Are Peanut Allergies Finally on the Decline?

37

Dementia's Cultural Narratives

38

October 2025 Medical News Summary

39

Understanding Cardiac Long COVID

40

Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy and Risk of Autism

41

September 2025 Medical News Summary

42

Cardiovascular Highlights From ESC 2025

43

How Did Cystic Fibrosis Go From Fatal to Treatable?

44

August 2025 Medical News Summary

45

July 2025 Medical News Summary

46

Socially Assistive Robots, Part 2

47

Clinical Highlights From ASCO 2025

48

June 2025 Medical News Summary

49

AI-Based Analysis for Parkinsonism

50

May 2025 Medical News Summary

51

When Do Nudges Help?

52

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

53

April 2025 Medical News Summary

54

Real-World Performance of AI in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy

55

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

56

March 2025 Medical News Summary

57

Rethinking Race in Prenatal Screening for Open Neural Tube Defects

58

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

59

Prescreening for Clinical Trial Eligibility Using Large Language Models

60

Machine Learning for Earlier Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

61

The 5 Ways Engineers Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance

62

February 2025 Medical News Summary

63

Language Equity in Health Technology

64

AI Guided Diagnostic-Quality Lung Ultrasound

65

Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease Using AI

66

Older Adults' Use of Digital Health Technology

67

Patient Satisfaction With AI-Generated Responses

68

January 2025 Medical News Summary

69

Drafting Replies to Patient Messages With AI

70

Bioethics and AI

71

AI-Based Suicide Screening for American Indian Patients

72

Comparing Early Hospital Warning Scores for Clinical Deterioration

73

AI Chatbots in Clinical Practice

74

December 2024 Medical News Summary

75

How Health Systems Can Collaborate on AI Tools

76

AI-Enabled Ultrasound Could Improve Global Obstetric Care

77

Heart Health Highlights From the AHA Scientific Sessions

78

AI as Interpreter in the Clinic

79

November 2024 Medical News Summary

80

AI and the FDA

81

The Ethics of AI as Clinical Decision Maker

82

AI and the National Academy of Sciences

83

October 2024 Medical News Summary

84

Getting Technology Into the Clinic

85

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

86

Heart Health Highlights From ESC Congress

87

September 2024 Medical News Summary

88

Lasker Winners Discuss 35 Years of HIV Research in Africa

89

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

90

August 2024 Medical News Summary

91

Highlights From the Alzheimer's Association International Conference

92

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

93

Clinical Highlights From the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions

94

July 2024 Medical News Summary

95

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

96

Clinical Highlights From ASCO 2024

97

The Future of Wearables and Mobile Devices for Patient Care

98

What a Neurologist With Alzheimer Disease Wants People to Know

99

June 2024 Medical News Summary

100

May 2024 Medical News Summary

101

AI in Radiology: Enhancing Analysis, Education, and Access

102

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

103

April 26, 2024, Medical News Summary

104

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

105

April 12, 2024 Medical News Summary

106

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

107

March 2024 Medical News Summary

108

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

109

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

110

February 2024 Medical News Summary

111

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

112

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

113

January 31, 2024, Medical News Summary

114

January 24, 2024, Medical News Summary

115

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

116

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

117

December 2023 Medical News Summary

118

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

119

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

120

November 2023 Medical News Summary

121

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

122

AI and Clinical Practice—the Learning Health System and AI

123

Highlights From Infectious Diseases Week 2023

124

Highlights From Gastroenterology Week 2023

125

AI and Clinical Practice—Predictive AI and Early Clinical Detection

126

October 2023 Medical News Summary

127

AI and Clinical Practice—Can AI Accelerate Medical Education?

128

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

129

AI and Clinical Practice—Improving Health Care Quality and Equity

130

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

131

September 2023 Medical News Summary

132

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

133

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

134

Climate Change and Health

135

August 2023 Medical News Summary

136

July 2023 Medical News Summary

137

Highlights From the American Diabetes Association Scientific Session 2023

138

Worsening US Maternal Death Rates

139

June 2023 Medical News Summary

140

Highlights From the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

141

Highlights From the American Thoracic Society 2023 Conference

142

May 2023 Medical News Summary

143

Live From the 2023 American Academy of Neurology Conference

144

Highlights From ECCMID, Europe's Largest Infectious Diseases Conference

145

April 2023 Medical News Summary

146

March 2023 Medical News Summary

147

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

148

Eliminating Hepatitis C in the United States

149

Live From CROI, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

150

February 2023 Medical News Summary

151

Revisiting Phage Therapy for Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

152

January 2023 Medical News Summary

153

December 2022 Medical News Summary

154

November 2022 Medical News Summary

155

Highlights From the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022

156

Highlights From Infectious Disease Week 2022

157

October 2022 Medical News Summary

158

Global COVID-19 Update

159

September 2022 Medical News Summary

160

August 2022 Medical News Summary

161

July 2022 Medical News Summary

162

South Asian Ancestry, Cardiovascular Disease, and the MASALA Study

163

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

164

June 2022 Medical News Summary

165

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

166

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

167

American Thoracic Society 2022 Conference Highlights

168

May 2022 Medical News Summary

169

April 2022 Medical News Summary

170

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

171

March 2022 Medical News Summary

172

Ukrainian Doctors Share Current Experiences

173

Highlights From the International Stroke Conference

174

February 2022 Medical News Summary

175

January 2022 Medical News Summary

176

December 2021 Medical News Summary

177

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

178

November 2021 Medical News Summary

179

Highlights From the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2021

180

October 2021 Medical News Summary

181

A New Vision for Nursing Homes

182

September 2021 Medical News Summary

183

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

184

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

185

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

186

August 2021 Medical News Summary

187

July 2021 Medical News Summary

188

June 2021 Medical News Summary

189

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

190

May 2021 Medical News Summary

191

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

192

An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic

193

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

194

April 2021 Medical News Summary

195

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

196

March 2021 Medical News Summary

197

February 2021 Medical News Summary

198

January 2021 Medical News Summary

199

Dermatologist Cares for People Experiencing Homelessness

200

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

201

December 2020 Medical News Summary

202

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

203

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

204

November 2020 Medical News Summary

205

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

206

October 2020 Medical News Summary

207

Digging Into Obesity's COVID-19 Risks

208

September 2020 Medical News Summary

209

The Science of Persuasion Offers Lessons for COVID-19 Prevention

210

August 2020 Medical News Summary

211

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

212

July 2020 Medical News Summary

213

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

214

June 2020 Medical News Summary

215

The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine

216

May 2020 Medical News Summary

217

Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On

218

April 2020 Medical News Summary

219

Pandemic Part 1: 1918 Flu Pandemic and COVID-19

220

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

221

Risk Uncertain From Sunscreen Ingredients in Blood

222

March 2020 Medical News Summary

223

February 2020 Medical News Summary

224

Coronavirus and Beyond: Responding to Biological Threats

225

January Medical News Summary

226

December Medical News Summary

227

November Medical News Summary

228

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

229

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

230

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

231

Philanthropists Fund Johns Hopkins Center for Study of Psychedelics

232

October Medical News Summary

233

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

234

JAMA Medical News Summary for September 2019

235

JAMA Medical News Summary for August 2019

236

Type 1 Diabetes Advances Pave the Way for Prevention

237

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

238

Getting Social: Physicians Need to Counteract Misinformation Online

239

JAMA Medical News Summary for July 2019

240

New Guidelines Aim to Expand Palliative Care Beyond Specialists

241

JAMA Medical News Summary for June 2019

242

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

243

JAMA Medical News Summary for May 2019

244

Study Puts Eggs and Dietary Cholesterol Back on the Radar

245

JAMA Medical News Summary for April 2019

246

Unpacking A Recent Study Linking Diet Soda With Stroke Risks

247

Dr Schrier Goes to Congress as Second Woman Physician

248

JAMA Medical News Summary for March 2019

249

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

250

JAMA Medical News Summary for February 2019

251

JAMA Medical News Summary for January 2019

252

New Planned Parenthood President: No Politics in the Exam Room

253

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

254

Sexual Harassment and Assault Associated With Poorer Midlife Health in Women

255

JAMA Medical News Summary for December 2018

256

Physicians Are Steering the Conversation About Gun Violence

257

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

258

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Human Placenta

259

JAMA Medical News Summary for November 2018

260

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

261

Have Tent, Will Do Pop-Up HIV Screening

262

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

263

Cardiologist Trades Stem Cells for Cell-Based Meat

264

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

265

Anthony Fauci, MD: Working to End HIV/AIDS

266

"Is There a Doctor on the Plane?"

267

Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD: Developing Prescribable Video Games

268

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

269

Training Physicians About Nutrition

270

Researching Nondrug Approaches to Pain Management

271

ASO Therapy: Hope for Genetic Neurological Diseases

272

The Human Diagnosis Project

273

New Inroads Against Multiple Sclerosis

274

Ketamine-Like Agents for Depression

275

Phage Therapy for Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

276

The Human Cell Atlas

277

Robots Help Patients Change Behaviors

278

The Nature of Lung Microbiome Research

279

Barry Marshall, MD: H pylori 35 Years Later

280

Alzheimer Outlook Far From Bleak

281

NIH Charts a Path for Nutrition Science

282

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

283

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

284

Threat From Colistin-Resistant Superbug

285

HIV and Transplantation: New Reasons for HOPE

286

Quelling Zika Fears With Evidence

287

Doing Field Work With Doctors Without Borders

288

Donald M. Berwick Reflects on Medicare at 50

289

Interview with Harold Varmus, MD