Fatal Traffic Risks With a Total Solar Eclipse in the US
This case-control study describes the incidence of fatal traffic crashes in the US during the 2017 total solar eclipse. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 25, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Error in Spelling of Author Jooyoung Lee ’s Name
This article was corrected online. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 25, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Understanding and Improving Women ’s Health
This Viewpoint discusses highlights from the National Academy of Medicine 2023 Annual Meeting Scientific Symposium that are representative of key gaps, trends, and opportunities in women ’s health. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Science and Sex
This Viewpoint examines why investigators should address women ’s health in all biomedical and health-related research. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
JAMA Internal Medicine Peer Reviewers in 2023
We sincerely thank the 646 peer reviewers who completed manuscript reviews for JAMA Internal Medicine in 2023. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Practice Facilitation and Peer Coaching for Uncontrolled Hypertension Among Black Individuals
This cluster randomized clinical trial evaluates the effectiveness of peer coaching, practice facilitation, or a combination of both approaches, compared with enhanced usual care, in improving blood pressure control among Black participants in the rural South. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Text vs Patient Portal Messaging to Improve Influenza Vaccination Coverage
This randomized clinical trial evaluates and compares the effect of patient portal vs text message reminders on influenza vaccination rates across a health system in the United States. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Exploring the Link Between Thyrotoxicosis and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults —Reply
In Reply We thank Fu and colleagues for the opportunity to clarify the design of our study, preventing a misreading that is critical to the interpretation of the work. Fu et al raised concern that imperfect adherence to prescribed thyroid hormone may have led to an overestimate of “the risks associated with prescribed doses of exogenous thyroid hormone.” However, the exposure in our study was not prescribed thyroid hormone, but rather thyrotoxicosis as measured by thyrotropin laboratory values. Importantly, the 1.39 adjusted hazard ratio cited by Fu et al is the associati on measured between cognitive decline and all-c...
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Exploring the Link Between Thyrotoxicosis and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
To the Editor In the pivotal cohort study by Adams et al, an in-depth evaluation of the association between thyrotoxicosis and cognitive decline in older individuals was conducted. Analyzing data from 65 931 individuals 65 years and older within the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Network (2014-2023), the study discerns a critical association between reduced thyrotropin levels and elevated occurrences of cognitive impairments, including dementia. Notably, the study identified a 1.39-fold incre ase in cognitive disorder risk in patients with thyrotoxicosis, spotlighting the need for measured thyroid hormone prescripti...
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Hypertension Interventions for African American Patients in the Rural South
Hypertension is a common condition among African American individuals, causing increased rates of stroke, myocardial infarction, and kidney failure. Hypertension is particularly a problem in rural areas of the Southern US, where as many as half of African American adults have uncontrolled blood pressure. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
JAMA Internal Medicine —The Year in Review, 2023
We live in a tumultuous time of increased health care challenges within a milieu of ongoing COVID-19, climate change, war, gun violence, racial and ethnic discrimination, political divisions, and ongoing financial challenges to health care systems and financing. Amidst this background, the JAMA Internal Medicine editors came together to renew our commitment to publishing evidence to inform and improve health and health care. Our commitment is captured in our new mission statement: “To advance the equitable, person-centered, and evidence-based practice of internal medicine through publication of scientifically rigorous, i...
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Improving Women ’s Health Across the Life Span
Even though most patients of general internists and internal medicine specialists are women, our knowledge of women ’s health and illness is remarkably sparse. Women’s health is often conceptualized solely as reproductive health without consideration of health issues throughout the life span. Moreover, persons who are pregnant or could become pregnant are often excluded from clinical trials so that health car e choices for women of reproductive age are typically extrapolated from clinical research that was performed mostly among men. Women face complex social determinants of health, due to their disproportionate roles ...
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Errors in the Abstract and Results Section
This article was corrected online. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Episode-Based Cost Sharing to Guarantee Patients ’ Out-of-Pocket Costs
This Viewpoint proposes episode-based cost sharing as a way to prospectively guarantee out-of-pocket costs for patients while also preventing insurers from absorbing cost differentials created by unexpected complications of care. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Approach to Obesity Treatment in Primary Care
This review provides guidance on the treatment of obesity in adults, including lifestyle interventions, antiobesity medications, and surgical approaches. (Source: JAMA Internal Medicine)
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
