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Most Read Psychiatry Articles on JAMA Network
- Ways That Mental Health Professionals Can Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination September 23, 2021This Viewpoint reviews what little is known about mental health and vaccination behavior and addresses 3 areas for intervention by mental health professionals, based on the Increasing Vaccination Model.
- Association Between Antipsychotic Use and COVID-19 Mortality in People With Serious Mental Illness September 22, 2021This cohort study investigates whether an association exists between antipsychotic use and mortality in patients with serious mental illness who are diagnosed with COVID-19.
- Methamphetamine Use, Use Disorder, and Overdose Deaths Among US Adults September 22, 2021This cross-sectional study reports the patterns of methamphetamine use (eg, with or without cocaine, frequency of use, and injected) among participants in the 2015 to 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
- Hypothyroidism and Clinical Depression September 15, 2021This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the association of hypothyroidism (subclinical or overt) with depression.
- Two Hypotheses on the High Incidence of Dementia in Psychotic Disorders September 15, 2021This Viewpoint discusses 2 testable hypotheses for prevention of dementia and premature mortality after cognitive decline.
JAMA Oncology Current Issue
- Analysis of Launch and Postapproval Cancer Drug Pricing, Clinical Benefit, and Policy Implications September 16, 2021This economic evaluation examines the prices of cancer drugs on initial marketing and postlaunch prices and any association with clinical benefit.
- Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Novel Targeted Agents for ERBB2 -Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer September 16, 2021This cohort study describes practice patterns and outcomes associated with use of pertuzumab and trastuzumab emtansine in routine clinical practice.
- Neuronal Autoantibodies and Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Lung Cancer September 1, 2021This cross-sectional study assesses the frequency of neuronal autoantibodies in patients with small cell and non–small cell lung cancer and examines the association of these autoantibodies with cognitive function.
- Salpingo-Oophorectomy and Breast Cancer Risk in Women With BRCA1/2 Pathogenic Variants September 1, 2021To the Editor The study by Choi et al evaluated risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) as a breast cancer prevention strategy in women with pathogenic germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants. This issue is of critical importance to women with these variants and to the clinicians who care for them. Unlike some other contemporary studies of this issue, […]
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The New England Journal of Medicine | Primary Care/Hospitalist/Clinical Practice
- New Creatinine- and Cystatin C–Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race September 23, 2021The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is generally estimated from serum concentrations of endogenous filtration markers such as creatinine or cystatin C. During the past two decades, automated clinical laboratory reporting of GFR estimated with the use of creatinine (eGFRcr) has become widespread,…
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- Time to Eliminate Health Care Disparities in the Estimation of Kidney Function September 23, 2021In the wake of the racial reckoning since the spring of 2020 in the United States, efforts have emerged to identify hidden structural determinants of systemic racism in medicine. Such efforts have led to examination of traditional medical algorithms that incorporate race modifiers and may have led…
- Pathology of Racism — A Call to Desegregate Teaching Hospitals September 23, 2021"We see such advanced pathology here," our guide boasted as she glided through the resident Ob/Gyn clinic. It was 2013, and I was among a nervous gaggle of fourth-year medical students, following the resident on a whirlwind residency interview tour. "We see all the Medicaid and uninsured patients,…
- Symblepharon in Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis September 23, 2021Figure 1.
The New England Journal of Medicine Rheumatology
- Case 29-2021: A 12-Month-Old Boy with Fever and Developmental Regression September 23, 2021Presentation of Case. Dr. Emma C. Materne (Pediatrics): A 12-month-old boy with Hirschsprung’s disease was admitted to this hospital because of fever. Fifteen days before the current admission, the patient had a temperature of 39.7°C. His parents noticed that he was fussy and less active than usual…
- Reframing Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases through Signature Cytokine Hubs August 12, 2021Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by chronic inflammation and organ damage. IMIDs were traditionally classified on the basis of the predominant organ involvement. Improving the pathogenic characterization of IMIDs, however, should…
- CD19-Targeted CAR T Cells in Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus August 5, 2021To the Editor: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a severe autoimmune disease that predominantly affects young women. SLE is characterized by the formation of autoantibodies and immune complex–mediated inflammation and organ damage. Although autoreactive B cells play a key role in the…
- Decompression with or without Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis August 5, 2021Degenerative spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one vertebra has slipped forward in relation to the next lower vertebra. Patients, usually older than 60 years of age, typically have leg and back pain and restricted function due to lumbar spinal stenosis caused by spondylolisthesis, disc…
