By Stacy M. Carter, PhD, MPH, and Helen L. Walls, PhD, MPH Last month, JAMA published a systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality. The researchers, led by Katherine M. Flegal, PhD,… Read More ›
Medicine and the Media
Physicians Cautioned About Online Behaviors
Physicians are likely to find themselves in hot water for ill-considered online behaviors, such as posting information that misrepresents their credentials or their treatments, violating patient privacy by posting patient photographs online, or sending inappropriate messages to patients, according to… Read More ›
Author Insights: Despite Rhetoric, Study Finds “Lifesaving” Benefit of Screening Mammography for Breast Cancer Overstated
As a pink tide of breast cancer fundraising events blankets the country this month, a new analysis published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine questions a key piece of the campaign’s rhetoric—that “breast cancer screening saves lives.” Instead, researchers… Read More ›