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JAMA Medical News: Interviews and Summaries

91 Episodes

1 minutes | 4 days ago
Dermatologist Cares for People Experiencing Homelessness
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges to people experiencing homelessness because they can't easily practice mitigation measures such as frequent handwashing and social distancing. Jennifer Tan, MD, a Massachusetts General Hospital dermatologist who has been caring for Boston's homeless population for several years, helped assemble special care kits, which included hand sanitizer and masks as well as over-the-counter treatments for skin problems, for distribution in Boston and Portland, Maine.
33 minutes | 25 days ago
COVID-19 Conspiracies and Beyond: How Physicians Can Deal With Patients’ Misinformation
Communication science expert Brian Southwell, PhD, recently launched a training workshop at the Duke University School of Medicine to address a major clinical problem: What should physicians do when patients are misinformed about their health? It’s one of only a few such programs in the nation. Southwell, a scholar with the medical school’s Social Science Research Institute and a senior director at the independent, nonprofit research institute RTI International, chatted with JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi about the viral spread of false health information and malicious disinformation campaigns, why we’re vulnerable to falling for them, and how time-pressed physicians can deal with all the noise. Related Article(s): COVID-19 Conspiracies and Beyond: How Physicians Can Deal With Patients’ Misinformation
16 minutes | a month ago
December 2020 Medical News Summary
JAMA Network Articles of the Year 2020; Looking to Long-term Survivors for Improved Pancreatic Cancer Treatment; Musical Spine Surgeons Lift Spirits With Songs of Hope Related Article(s): JAMA Network Articles of the Year 2020 Looking to Long-term Survivors for Improved Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Musical Spine Surgeons Lift Spirits With Songs of Hope
29 minutes | a month ago
Surgeon Creates Barrier-Free COVID-19 Testing Service for Philadelphia's Black Residents
Ala Stanford, MD, founder of Philadelphia's Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, talks with JAMA Medical News staff writer Mary Chris Jaklevic about her work to establish COVID-19 testing sites for the city's Black residents. Related Article: Surgeon Fills COVID-19 Testing Gap in Philadelphia’s Black Neighborhoods
16 minutes | 2 months ago
Q&A With Spine Surgeons Who Also Happen to be a Musical Duo
JAMA sat down with Elvis Francois and William Robinson to talk about their unexpected fame as a musical duo. Videos of the 2 performing uplifting songs, with Francois on vocals and Robinson on the piano, have gone viral, leading the 2 spine surgery fellows to record an EP at a Nashville studio this past spring. They're donating all the proceeds from the successful EP to COVID-19-related charities. Related Article: Musical Spine Surgeons Lift Spirits With Songs of Hope
35 minutes | 2 months ago
November 2020 Medical News Summary
Could Frequent Testing Help Squelch COVID-19?; Nursing Homes’ Next Test—Vaccinating Workers Against COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 Testing Hesitancy Could Hamper Mitigation Efforts Related Articles: The Challenges of Expanding Rapid Tests to Curb COVID-19 Nursing Homes’ Next Test—Vaccinating Workers Against COVID-19 First It Was Masks; Now Some Refuse Testing for SARS-CoV-2
38 minutes | 2 months ago
Live from AHA 2020: Highlights from the American Heart Association’s Virtual Scientific Sessions
JAMA Medical News comes to you live from the American Heart Association’s first-ever virtual Scientific Sessions conference. Host Jennifer Abbasi chats with conference chair and AHA president-elect Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, about this year’s hottest clinical trials and themes: fish oil vs corn oil placebo for primary or secondary prevention; Polycap polypill with or without aspirin for primary prevention; statins, side effects, and the nocebo effect; ferric carboxymaltose iron infusion in acute heart failure; omecamtiv mecarbil, a novel cardiac myosin activator, in HFrEF; sotagliflozin, an SGLT2/1 inhibitor, in diabetes with recent worsening heart failure or in diabetes and chronic kidney disease; MINOCA’s underlying cause in women; rilonacept, an IL-1α and IL-1β Trap, in recurrent pericarditis; COVID-19’s cardiovascular effects, risk factors, and racial/ethnic disparities. Related article: Omega-3 Fatty Acids vs Corn Oil and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients at High Risk
29 minutes | 3 months ago
October 2020 Medical News Summary
Large Meta-analysis Digs Into Obesity’s COVID-19 Risks; As Their Numbers Grow, COVID-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts; Telephone Visits Surge During the Pandemic, but Will They Last? Related articles: Large Meta-analysis Digs Into Obesity’s COVID-19 Risks As Their Numbers Grow, COVID-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts Telephone Visits Surge During the Pandemic, but Will They Last?
26 minutes | 3 months ago
Digging Into Obesity’s COVID-19 Risks
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill nutrition scholar Barry Popkin, PhD, and JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi discuss new findings on obesity and COVID-19. Popkin is the lead author of a systematic review and meta-analysis on the topic that was published recently in Obesity Reviews. He is a distinguished professor in the department of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Related Article(s): Large Meta-analysis Digs Into Obesity’s COVID-19 Risks
35 minutes | 4 months ago
September 2020 Medical News Summary
What Happens When COVID-19 Collides With Flu Season?; Flu Vaccination Urged During COVID-19 Pandemic; COVID-19 and mRNA Vaccines—First Large Test for a New Approach Related Article(s): What Happens When COVID-19 Collides With Flu Season? Flu Vaccination Urged During COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 and mRNA Vaccines—First Large Test for a New Approach
24 minutes | 4 months ago
The Science of Persuasion Offers Lessons for COVID-19 Prevention
Science communications expert Dominique Brossard, PhD, and JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi discuss research-based strategies to encourage mask wearing, social distancing, and hand washing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Brossard is a professor and chair of the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and part of a new COVID-19-focused National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine group. Related Article(s): The Science of Persuasion Offers Lessons for COVID-19 Prevention
29 minutes | 5 months ago
August 2020 Medical News Summary
Researchers Strive to Recruit Hard-Hit Minorities Into COVID-19 Vaccine Trials; Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism; From Auto Mechanic to Emergency Medicine Resident: Inspiring Young Blacks to Become Physicians Related articles: Researchers Strive to Recruit Hard-Hit Minorities Into COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism From Auto Mechanic to Emergency Medicine Resident: Inspiring Young Blacks to Become Physicians
28 minutes | 6 months ago
Carl Allamby, MD, Shifts Gears from Repairing Cars to Graduating Medical School at Age 47
Carl Allamby, MD, discusses his circuitous route from long-time auto repair shop owner to emergency medicine resident with JAMA Medical News Senior Writer Rita Rubin. Growing up in Cleveland, Allamby never saw physicians who looked like him, but an introductory biology course required for his undergraduate business degree sparked a long dormant dream of becoming a physician. Related Article(s): From Auto Mechanic to Emergency Medicine Resident: Inspiring Young Blacks to Become Physicians
31 minutes | 6 months ago
July 2020 Medical News Summary
School Superintendents Confront COVID-19—“There Are No Good Options for Next Year”; Social Isolation—the Other COVID-19 Threat in Nursing Homes; COVID-19’s Lasting Impact on Medical Practices Related articles: COVID-19’s Crushing Effects on Medical Practices, Some of Which Might Not Survive School Superintendents Confront COVID-19—“There Are No Good Options for Next Year” Social Isolation—the Other COVID-19 Threat in Nursing Homes
29 minutes | 7 months ago
Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism
Chicago public health legend and retired physician Linda Rae Murray, MD, discusses systemic racism and the pandemic’s disproportionate effect among African Americans and other people of color with JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi. Dr Murray is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and a past president of the American Public Health Association. Related: Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism  
24 minutes | 7 months ago
June 2020 Medical News Summary
Latin America and Its Global Partners Toil to Procure Medical Supplies as COVID-19 Pushes the Region to Its Limit; “Abandoned” Nursing Homes Continue to Face Critical Supply and Staff Shortages as COVID-19 Toll Has Mounted; Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? Article links: Latin America and Its Global Partners Toil to Procure Medical Supplies as COVID-19 Pushes the Region to Its Limit “Abandoned” Nursing Homes Continue to Face Critical Supply and Staff Shortages as COVID-19 Toll Has Mounted Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development?
32 minutes | 8 months ago
The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine
JAMA's Angel Desai, MD, speaks with Gary Marcus, PhD, coauthor of Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust. Marcus argues that endowing machines with intelligence will require innovation that embraces the complexity of the real world. Plus: How can AI be used during COVID-19? Related: Artificial Intelligence: Promise, Pitfalls, and Perspective
20 minutes | 8 months ago
May 2020 Medical News Summary
Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19; Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On; Global Effort to Collect Data on Ventilated Patients With COVID-19
24 minutes | 8 months ago
Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On
The University of New Mexico's Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, speaks with JAMA's Jennifer Abbasi about the pandemic's mental and emotional toll on health care workers—and how they and their employers can safeguard their well-being. Read the Article: Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On
29 minutes | 9 months ago
April 2020 Medical News Summary
Finding Ways to Reduce Coronavirus Exposure During Dialysis; The Promise and Peril of Antibody Testing for COVID-19; The Challenge of Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Correctional Facilities
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