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Most Read Psychiatry Articles on JAMA Network
- Association of Cannabis Use During Adolescence With Neurodevelopment June 16, 2021This cohort study examines the degree to which magnetic resonance imaging–assessed cerebral cortical thickness development is associated with cannabis use in a longitudinal sample of adolescents.
- Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and Carl Jung’s Red Book June 16, 2021This Viewpoint describes the use of psychedelic drugs in research and clinical care and their connection to the Red Book: Liber Novus by Carl Jung.
- Effect of Matching Therapists to Patients vs Assignment as Usual on Adult Psychotherapy Outcomes June 9, 2021This randomized clinical trial investigates the effect of measurement-based matching vs case assignment as usual on psychotherapy outcomes.
- Association of Opioid Agonist Treatment With Mortality in People With Opioid Dependence June 2, 2021This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the association of opioid agonist treatment with risk of overall and cause-specific mortality among people with opioid dependence.
- Effect of Telephone Calls on Depression and Anxiety Among Adults During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic June 1, 2021This randomized clinical trial examines whether a layperson-delivered, empathy-focused program of telephone calls could rapidly improve loneliness, depression, and anxiety in at-risk adults.
JAMA Oncology Current Issue
- Contribution of Early Clinical Benefit End Points to Decreased Lung Cancer Mortality Rates June 1, 2021This Viewpoint discusses how the use of novel therapeutics may have contributed to the decline in non–small cell lung cancer mortality rates.
- Lower Back Pain in a Patient With Sarcoma June 1, 2021A 39-year-old woman with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma and bone metastases presents with lower back pain. The treatment regimen recently was changed to gemcitabine hydrochloride and docetaxel, and imaging shows edema in both psoas muscles. What is your diagnosis?
- The Abiraterone Dosing Chess Match with Johnson & Johnson June 1, 2021This Viewpoint discusses how widespread adoption of low-dose abiraterone acetate would have substantial pharmacoeconomic impact, saving billions of dollars globally.
- Pembrolizumab Therapy Among Patients in KEYNOTE-059, KEYNOTE-061, and KEYNOTE-062 June 1, 2021This cohort study assesses the antitumor activity of pembrolizumab therapy vs chemotherapy for the treatment of microsatellite instability–high advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer among patients enrolled in the KEYNOTE-059, KEYNOTE-061, and KEYNOTE-062 clinical trials.
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The New England Journal of Medicine | Primary Care/Hospitalist/Clinical Practice
- Curvularia alcornii Infection June 17, 2021Figure 1.
- Case 18-2021: An 81-Year-Old Man with Cough, Fever, and Shortness of Breath June 17, 2021Presentation of Case. Dr. Matthew J. Emmett (Medicine): An 81-year-old man was admitted to this hospital with fever, cough, and shortness of breath during the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The…
- Uncertain Diagnosis of Celiac Disease and Implications for Management June 17, 2021This patient presented with heartburn, and celiac disease was considered because she had an aunt with this condition. Celiac disease is a lifelong diagnosis that requires adherence to a gluten-free diet. This burdensome diet involves substantial inconvenience and cost to the patient and should not…
- Ferning in Nasal Mucus June 17, 2021Figure 1.
- Orbital Cowpox June 10, 2021Figure 1.
The New England Journal of Medicine Rheumatology
- Rituximab versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients with Pemphigus Vulgaris June 17, 2021Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune blistering skin disease caused by cadherin desmoglein (Dsg)–specific autoantibodies that bind to epidermal desmosomes, resulting in blisters and erosions of the mucous membranes or skin or both. Rituximab is a chimeric, humanized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody…
- Treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children June 16, 2021In April 2020, practitioners first noted a temporal association between infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) as a rare but serious complication. Since that time, MIS-C has been reported to occur 2 to 6…
- Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis June 3, 2021Figure 1.
- Case 16-2021: A 37-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain and Aortic Dilatation May 27, 2021Presentation of Case. Dr. Adam Tanious (Surgery): A 37-year-old woman was transferred to this hospital because of abdominal pain and aortic dilatation. The patient had been well until 3 weeks before the current admission, when she began to have pain in the right side of the abdomen that radiated to…
