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JAMA Contributing Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, is a clinical associate professor at U of Michigan.

• 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 ›

• New Influenza Vaccine Holds Promise of Faster Production of Vaccine for Flu Outbreaks

  By Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ on January 25, 2013

  

  By Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ A new type of influenza vaccine approved last week by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers the promise of faster production of flu vaccine. The approach used to make the recombinant vaccine,… Read More ›

• Infectious Disease Experts Offer Updated Guidance on Fungal Meningitis Cases

  By Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ on October 19, 2012

  

  San Diego—As the number of fungal meningitis cases linked to contaminated steroid injections rise, information about the outbreak and diagnosing and treating the infection continues to emerge. Since the initial report on September 21 to the US Centers for Disease… Read More ›