JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association

22 hours ago | jamanetwork.com | Kate Schweitzer

Back when Jerold Mande, MPH, helmed tobacco regulation at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more than 30 years ago, he and his colleagues sought to merge scientific research with regulation to dismantle what was, at the time, the leading cause of preventable death in the US. The long-term effects of these efforts were startling: the smoking rate among young people dropped dramatically from its mid-1990s peak of about 36% to just 3.8% by 2021.

3 days ago | jamanetwork.com | Matthew Harrison

Differences in Helicopter Ambulance Use by Race and Ethnicity Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Helicopter Transport After Severe Trauma Christian Mpody, MD, PhD, MBA; Maíra I. Rudolph, MD; Alexandra Bastien, MD; Ibraheem M. Karaye, MD, MPH, DrPH; Tracey Straker, MD, MS, MPH, CBA; Felix Borngaesser, MD; Matthias Eikermann, MD, PhD; Olubukola O.

4 days ago | jamanetwork.com | Samir Mehta

Negative Pressure Dressings to Prevent Surgical Site Infection—Reply Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Emergency Laparotomy SUNRRISE Trial Study Group; James Brown; Hamish Clouston; Pete Coe; Rui Duarte; Sarah Duff; Rebecca Fish; Paula Ghaneh; James Glasbey; Natalie Ives; Elisabeth Johnston; Manjinder Kaur; Laura Magill; Samir Mehta; Tom Pinkney; Kellie Platt; Peter Pockney; Hema Sekhar; Yash Sinha; Martyn Stott; Richard Wilkin; Hossein Afzali; Kaylani Angerami Almeida; Tom...

5 days ago | jamanetwork.com | Eric Gottlieb

Enticing but Confounded Evidence for Fast Sodium Correction Correction Rates and Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Adults With Severe Hyponatremia Juan Carlos Ayus, MD; Michael L. Moritz, MD; Nora Angélica Fuentes, MD; Jhonatan R.

1 week ago | jamanetwork.com | Rita Rubin

Their ages and attitudes vary, but most patients who seek care at MD Anderson’s Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Program have the same top-of-mind question: Program director Y. Nancy You, MD, a colorectal cancer surgeon, can’t provide a solid answer. Really, no one can explain with certainty why colorectal cancer incidence rates have been rising in adults younger than 50 years—sometimes much younger—although environmental exposures and lifestyle factors seem to be leading contenders.