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• JAMA Forum: Public Health Regulation as a Public Process

  By Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD on May 22, 2013

  

  Media coverage of new public health regulations often seems to follow a template: The [regulatory agency]’s plan to implement [public health regulation] is causing controversy among [businesses affected] and [individuals who object]. While public health officials say the plan is… Read More ›

• Author Insights: Treating Mental Stress May Benefit Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

  By Mike Mitka on May 21, 2013

  

  Mental stress can potentially trigger an episode of myocardial ischemia, a decrease in the flow of oxygen-enriched blood to the heart muscle caused by the narrowing of coronary arteries, resulting in chest pain and more serious events such as heart… Read More ›

• Age, General Health of Men Diagnosed With Localized Prostate Cancer May Determine Treatment Strategies

  By Mike Mitka on May 20, 2013

  

  For men newly diagnosed with localized prostate cancer, estimated life expectancy is a key factor in choosing from treatment options that range from surgery and radiation to watchful waiting. For men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer (based on tumor… Read More ›

• Researchers Explain How Schizophrenia Drug Fights Drug-Resistant Bacteria

  By Rebecca Voelker on May 17, 2013

  

  An antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia apparently paves the way for developing antibiotics to kill drug-resistant bacteria by knocking out a piece of the bug’s cell wall, researchers in Denmark reported today. The finding could help launch new ways… Read More ›

• Angelina Jolie’s Gene Testing, Preventive Mastectomy Highlight Complex Questions for Women With Family History of Cancer

  By Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ on May 16, 2013

  

  Earlier this week, Academy Award–winning actress Angelina Jolie candidly shared her choices in a New York Times op-ed about being tested for gene mutations that increase the risk of breast cancer and having a preventive mastectomy after testing positive. In… Read More ›

• JAMA Forum: Accountable Care Organizations: Accountable for What?

  By Diana Mason, PhD, RN on May 15, 2013

  

  Dr Robert Potenza and Dominica Potenza, partners in life and in work, are, respectively, a cardiologist and a registered nurse who have a cardiology/internal medicine practice in the Bronx. (Dominica, who is pursuing a Doctorate of Nursing Practice at Hunter… Read More ›

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