Children continue to undergo many more computed tomography (CT) scans than in the past, and the doses of radiation they are receiving may increase the risk of certain types of cancer, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics today…. Read More ›
Concern that a front-line class of immunosuppressant drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis might increase a patient’s risk of developing herpes zoster (shingles) appears to be unfounded, according to research appearing today in JAMA. Shingles, caused by a reactivation of… Read More ›
A new study confirms that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) teens face less bullying as they get older, adding some quantitative support for a popular online campaign that began in 2010 to provide encouragement to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender… Read More ›
Most medical interventions have modest effects, and studies that suggest big effects are usually small and are eventually proven wrong, according to an analysis of medical studies published in JAMA today. Studies that appear to demonstrate that a medication or… Read More ›
I remember where I was when the music of health reform stopped the first time. I was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, working on the staff of the Energy and Commerce Committee that was chaired by Henry Waxman… Read More ›
Patients who participated in a stepped-care weight loss program lost nearly as much weight while spending only half as much as those in an intensive weight loss program, according to a study published in JAMA today. Many successful weight loss… Read More ›
Although health authorities have classified arsenic as a human carcinogen, emerging data suggest that long-term exposure to this naturally occurring element can also increase one’s risk for dying of heart disease. New findings reported today in the BMJ by researchers… Read More ›
Armadillos have been implicated in infecting humans in the southern United States with a never-before-seen strain of the bacterium that causes leprosy. Researchers have known for decades that armadillos harbor Mycobacterium leprae, which causes leprosy, also known as Hansen disease…. Read More ›
Bacteria harboring a gene that enables resistance to nearly all antibiotics have been found in public water supplies in New Delhi, India. Scientists who analyzed the water samples warn of widespread water contamination in India and neighboring countries that could… Read More ›
Speeding the translation of innovative technologies from “bench to bush” will receive special focus as part of the new strategy of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said Rajiv Shah, MD, administrator of USAID, during an address at the… Read More ›
