August 14, 2013, Vol. 310. No. 6
Editor's Audio Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the August 14, 2013 issue
Highlights
The Critical Role of Caregivers in Achieving Patient-Centered Care
Muriel R. Gillick, MD
First, Do No (Financial) Harm
Christopher Moriates, MD; Neel T. Shah, MD, MPP; Vineet M. Arora, MD, MAPP
The Evolution of the Master Diagnostician
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD; Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD
Social Media and Physicians’ Online Identity Crisis
Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD; Thomas W. Koenig, MD; Margaret S. Chisolm, MD
Scared of Worms
Robert E. Hirschtick, MD
The State of Health in the United States
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD
Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation: Sooner or Later?
Catherine M. Otto, MD
Research Letters in JAMA Small but Mighty
Jody W. Zylke, MD
The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors
US Burden of Disease Collaborators
Association Between Early Surgical Intervention vs Watchful Waiting and Outcomes for Mitral Regurgitation Due to Flail Mitral Valve Leaflets
Rakesh M. Suri, MD, DPhil; Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde, MD; Francesco Grigioni, MD, PhD; Hartzell V. Schaff, MD; Christophe Tribouilloy, MD; Jean-Francois Avierinos, MD; Andrea Barbieri, MD; Agnes Pasquet, MD; Marianne Huebner, PhD; Dan Rusinaru, MD; Antonio Russo, MD; Hector I. Michelena, MD; Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, MD
QRS Duration, Bundle-Branch Block Morphology, and Outcomes Among Older Patients With Heart Failure Receiving Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Pamela N. Peterson, MD, MSPH; Melissa A. Greiner, MS; Laura G. Qualls, MS; Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS; Jeptha P. Curtis, MD; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD; Stephen C. Hammill, MD; Paul A. Heidenreich, MD; Bradley G. Hammill, MS; Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, MHS; Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS; Lesley H. Curtis, PhD; Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH
Barrett Esophagus and Risk of Esophageal Cancer: A Clinical Review
Stuart Jon Spechler, MD
Zonisamide for Weight Reduction in Obese Adults
Caroline M. Apovian, MD; Louis J. Aronne, MD
A Painful Bulge in the Left Flank
Hsien-Yi Chiu, MD; Sung-Jan Lin, MD, PhD
From JAMA’s Daily News Site
Incidence of Sports-Related Sudden Death in France by Specific Sports and Sex
Eloi Marijon, MD; Wulfran Bougouin, MD; Marie-Cécile Périer, MPH; David S. Celermajer, PhD, FRACP; Xavier Jouven, MD, PhD
Efficacy of Sublingual Immunotherapy
Franco Frati, MD; Cristoforo Incorvaia, MD; Giovanni Passalacqua, MD
Heleen Moed, PhD; Esther Röder, MD, PhD; Patrick Bindels, MD, PhD
Efficacy of Sublingual Immunotherapy—Reply
Sandra Y. Lin, MD; Catalina Suarez-Cuervo, MD; Jodi Segal, MD, MPH
Mortality After Perioperative β-Blocker Use in Noncardiac Surgery
Ishak Mansi, MD; Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc
Mortality After Perioperative β-Blocker Use in Noncardiac Surgery—Reply
Martin J. London, MD; Gregory G. Schwartz, MD, PhD; William G. Henderson, PhD, MPH
The Role of Persuasion
Adam A. Powell, PhD, MBA; Melissa R. Partin, PhD
The Role of Persuasion—Reply
David Shaw, PhD; Bernice Elger, MD
Clarification of Data
Labels Switched in Figure
Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Guidelines Face More Delays
Mike Mitka, MSJ
Deadly MERS Coronavirus Not Yet a Global Concern
Preventing Suicide’s Ripple Effects Takes Coordinated Effort
Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ
Federal Mandate Requiring Backup Cameras in Vehicles Delayed Until 2015
High-Cost Drugs Account for Most of Medicare Part B Spending
Senate Hearing Focuses on Advance Care Planning for the End of Life
VA Acts on Old Health Compensation Claims by Military Veterans
Homemade Bomb Explosions Increase
Revised HIV Testing Procedures Could Detect More Acute Infections
New Flu Vaccine Recommended for Adults Who Are Allergic to Eggs
No Increase in Cesarean Deliveries
Chicken in Sunrise Georgia O’Keeffe
Jeanette M. Smith, MD
Incomplete Knowledge
Jack Coulehan, MD
Mushroom Fallacies
Options for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Deborah Tolmach Sugerman, MSW
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