LAURA H. CYPHERS

This study explores US medical students’ intent to practice in underserved areas, analyzed by demographic characteristics.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint examines the importance of the Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative and its possible effects on legislation safeguarding nondiscriminatory health care.
Source: JAMA Online First

This study used national surveillance data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology to describe trends and outcomes in assisted reproductive technology cycles using a gestational carrier vs those not using a gestational carrier.
Source: JAMA Online First

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) were about 58% and 91% more likely to experience a psychiatric condition—such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia—than those without the condition in the 5 years before characteristic MS symptoms began, according to 2 analyses involving 44 228 total participants in Canada.
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In the US, new cases of 6 major types of cancer—colorectal, female breast, lung, pancreas, prostate, and thyroid—fell relative to the number of expected diagnoses during early 2020, when many health care facilities limited preventive cancer screening to help control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The decline in diagnoses was greatest for early-stage cases, according to the second installment of the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, which included data from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.
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The majority of people aged 50 to 80 years disagreed with the idea that life expectancy should guide whether a person is screened for cancer, according to results from 2563 older adults surveyed in a recent National Poll on Healthy Aging. Moreover, 70% of respondents reported thinking it was acceptable for older adults to continue being screened for cancer even if US guidelines stated they should not.
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In this Medical News article, Andrew Bindman, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer for Kaiser Permanente, discusses how AI can alert clinicians when patients are falling through the health care system’s cracks.
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This Medical News article discusses how climate change is affecting mental health in Africa and what efforts are needed to mitigate the effects.
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This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology’s 2022 clinical practice guideline for diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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This Viewpoint emphasizes the importance of policy statements using “person-first” language to mitigate discrimination against people with disabilities and to boost modern views in the medical and research communities.
Source: JAMA Online First