Earworms —A Narrative Review of Infectious Music
This Arts and Medicine feature reviews the clinical and neurophysiologic features of earworms, music fragments heard in the mind that repeat over and over as if jammed in playback mode. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - April 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
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Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Review of Common Oral Conditions
This review discusses diagnosis and first-line treatment options for dry mouth, oral candidiasis, and recurrent aphthous ulcers. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
The Waiting Room, Revisited
One place where books (and magazines, and perhaps poetry pamphlets) are still ubiquitous is in physicians ’ waiting rooms. This observation suggests that more than simply providing a benign distraction, the written word might have therapeutic potential. (The first modern American hospital, the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, by the late 1700s contained a library designed by Benjamin Rush, a fou nding father who was also a physician and an early proponent of bibliotherapy, the prescribing of reading and writing to the mentally ill, among other progressive health care reforms; this discipline is still practiced toda...
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Waiting Room
Others have come and gone. You arrived early, as always. Alone now (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Early vs Late Inguinal Hernia Repair in Preterm Infants
This randomized clinical trial compares the safety of early (before discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit) vs later inguinal hernia repair among infants born prematurely who underwent the procedure near the end of their neonatal intensive care unit stay. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Review of Painful Foot and Ankle Conditions —Reply
In Reply I appreciate the comments of Dr Kambi č and colleagues about my Review of Achilles tendinopathy. In regard to the nomenclature, unfortunately, many commonly used labels relating to musculoskeletal conditions are inaccurate (eg, histologically Morton “neuroma” is not a neuroma), and I agree that the common use of the term tendinitis is misleading in regard to the Achilles tendon. This is a degenerative condition involving an abnormal healing response with disorganized collagen fibril formation and an increase in type III collagen, with an absence of inflammatory cells suggested by the term tendintis. These fac...
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Clinical Guidelines on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease —Reply
In Reply We appreciate the Letters about our Clinical Guidelines Synopsis for the management of NAFLD, now more commonly referred to as metabolic dysfunction –associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Dr Spacek questions the clinical impact of early detection and treatment of MASLD on all-cause mortality. Dr Braillon focuses on the consequences of including alcohol use in the diagnosis of MASLD. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Review of Painful Foot and Ankle Conditions
To the Editor A recent Review of common painful foot and ankle conditions focused on management of midportion Achilles tendinopathy. Although the author covered most important aspects of this condition, we believe that the terminology used and exercise training options presented in the article deserve some additional attention. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Clinical Guidelines on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
To the Editor: In their JAMA Clinical Guideline Synopsis, Dr Leung and colleagues provide an overview of the 2022 American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) guideline for the management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in primary care and endocrinology clinical settings. Notable recommendations include screening for NAFLD and advanced fibrosis in high-risk patients and treating patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and type 2 diabetes. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Clinical Guidelines on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
To the Editor Dr Leung and colleagues should be commended for their short but comprehensive JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis about NAFLD, as its recommendations are actionable. However, the developers, the AACE and the AASLD, incorrectly allow alcohol consumption for the diagnosis (up to 21 drinks per week for men or 14 drinks per week for women). (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
The Clinical Teacher and the Medical Curriculum
In a moment of self-communing, Leonardo wrote in his notebook: “The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance.” This might well be taken as a motto to hang in our several faculty rooms, for it is one thing to sit and theorize about teaching, and quite another to find people capable of carrying out our altogether admirable ideas—or to practic e them ourselves. This probably has been so from the beginning—ever since pupils were first assembled in schools; and through the centuries what should be done under the circumstances has puzzled many minds. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Audio Highlights
Listen to the JAMA Editor ’s Audio Summary for an overview and discussion of the important articles appearing in this week’s issue of JAMA. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
USPSTF Recommendation: Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment
This 2024 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of primary care interventions to prevent child maltreatment (I statement). (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
USPSTF Review: Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment
This systematic review to support a 2024 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of primary care interventions to prevent child maltreatment among youth through age 18 years with no known exposure or signs or symptoms of current or past maltreatment. (Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - March 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
