📢 Applications are open for the @JAMAInternalMed Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program!
Chief Residents from the US & Canada are invited to apply for the opportunity to understand the process by which journals review manuscripts.
🔗Apply here: https://ja.ma/4cXWvpR
JAMA Internal Medicine published four of the five top-cited articles in 2025, led global readership and engagement, and achieved a Journal Impact Factor of 23.3.
📄 Read the full Year in Review by Editor in Chief Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH: https://ja.ma/4sIYS4G
Acute care burn rates among Oregon Medicaid patients were 4.3 times higher in people who use smokable drugs, driven largely by butane torch use.
https://ja.ma/4rCGBoM
📢 Now Accepting Applications: 2026–2027 @JAMAInternalMed Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship
Chief Medical Residents: elevate your academic trajectory and gain firsthand experience in editorial decision‑making.
Learn more & apply: https://ja.ma/4lbki7R
💡 This Clinical Insights article outlines guideline-recommended #CervicalCancer posttreatment monitoring, which includes #HPV-based testing at 6, 18, and 30 months after treatment, followed by screening every three years for at least 25 years.
https://ja.ma/4uSAq2P
From 2013 to 2021, overall clinician availability for new primary care visits declined, with APCs performing a greater percentage of new visits but not fully compensating for reduced physician supply among #Medicare fee-for-service patients. https://ja.ma/3ZYt2Vj
Weekly extended-release buprenorphine for #OpioidUseDisorder in #pregnancy resulted in higher abstinence rates than sublingual buprenorphine, with similar maternal and neonatal safety outcomes.
https://ja.ma/4sirjXo
This case report describes a patient in his early 60s with a history of poorly controlled hypertension and hyperlipidemia who presented with paroxysmal chest pain for 2 days.
https://ja.ma/4bMx4GP
Continuing #GLP1 or GIP agonists before upper endoscopy increased the risk of clinically significant residual gastric volume, with no additional aspiration events.
https://ja.ma/4shmbmm
Initiation of #SGLT2 inhibitor therapy was associated with lower 5-year risk of chronic kidney disease and fewer acute kidney injuries vs #GLP-1 receptor agonists among individuals with #Type2Diabetes. https://ja.ma/4rMkGfJ
Criteria-independent genetic testing identified pathogenic variants in 3.1% of women without a history of #BreastCancer, including many lacking common risk factors.
https://ja.ma/4bfbYAx
Fewer than one-third of older adults receiving osteoanabolic therapy for #Osteoporosis received timely antiresorptive consolidation, highlighting gaps in guideline implementation. https://ja.ma/46u9ZFZ
Among patients with #Gout, achieving serum urate <6 mg/dL with urate-lowering therapy was associated with lower 5-year risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, especially for those at high cardiovascular risk. https://ja.ma/4rM1Rt4
A phase 3 trial found that elinzanetant significantly reduced the frequency and severity of #menopause-related vasomotor symptoms, also known as #HotFlashes, compared with placebo.
🔗 https://ja.ma/4rtMUe7
Eve Rittenberg, MD, spoke with Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH, and Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, about the impact of recalculating waitlist times for Black candidates using race-neutral estimated glomerular filtration rate (#eGFR) equations.
🎧 Listen now: https://ja.ma/4bjDtbf
A patient in their 60s presented to the ED with lightheadedness for few days that was not associated with exertional activities or orthostasis. The patient reported a short episode in which they felt numb all over their body.
📃 Read the full case report: https://ja.ma/4rIQhip
📌 This Review summarizes the current evidence on the effects of cannabis on commonly encountered mental health conditions and provides clinicians with basic information about cannabis pharmacology and biology.
https://ja.ma/4s45hr1
Despite declines in illnesses, outpatient visits, and hospitalizations from 2022 to 2024, COVID-19 continues to have a large impact in the US, especially among adults 65 years and older. https://ja.ma/4aJvghv
💬 Editorial: Cost-related medication nonadherence among Medicare beneficiaries declined after the Inflation Reduction Act’s prescription drug provisions, especially for those with multiple chronic conditions, with no change in broader financial strain. https://ja.ma/3P0fPJe
The Inflation Reduction Act’s 2024 drug provisions were associated with a 4.9–percentage point reduction in cost-related medication nonadherence among Medicare beneficiaries; health care–related financial strain was unchanged. @lucas_marinacci @rkwadhera
https://ja.ma/3OULWdn
High-dose inactivated influenza vaccine reduced cardiorespiratory, cardiovascular, and influenza hospitalizations vs standard-dose vaccine in adults 65 years or older, with similar benefits for those with and without #Diabetes. https://ja.ma/4qWyDpX
JAMA Internal Medicine is looking for Chief Residents who have an interest in high value care and medical education or research for the Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program.
📅 Applications are due: May 15, 2026
🔗Learn more and apply here: https://ja.ma/46IJflg
From @JAMA_current: #Obesity is associated with higher risk for 12 #cancer types and accounts for approximately 10% of annual new cancer cases in the US.
📄 This Review summarizes the biological pathways connecting obesity and cancer development. https://ja.ma/4rkLmTA
National implementation of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network wait time modifications for Black kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based eGFR was associated with increased transplant rates, mainly via higher DDKT rates.
https://ja.ma/3N5Flwa
Commercial payer–negotiated rates for outpatient #PhysicalTherapy services showed over fourfold variation between US hospitals and were lower in rural vs nonrural hospitals.
https://ja.ma/4beOmej
A multilevel nudge intervention—including previsit texts, peer comparison feedback, and automatic orders increased #Influenza vaccine completion by 5.1 percentage points for adults ≥50 years during #PrimaryCare visits. https://ja.ma/4aVegDF
This case report describes a man in his 60s who presented with myxedema coma due to secondary hypothermia, which was revealed on electrocardiography.
https://ja.ma/4ukpKtu
This Narrative Review considers postacute care settings to assist hospital-based clinicians in effectively collaborating with patients, caregivers, and interdisciplinary care teams to facilitate transitions to high-quality postacute care. https://ja.ma/4cQMWcf
In knee osteoarthritis with effusion-synovitis, diacerein did not result in greater pain improvement vs placebo over 24 weeks, with more frequent gastrointestinal adverse events reported.
https://ja.ma/3OUqJQP
From @JAMA_current: Insufficient #sleep among US high school students increased from 2007 to 2023, with the rise driven largely by more adolescents reporting very short sleep durations of ≤5 hours per night.
https://ja.ma/4rhCL42
Among adults treated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (#GLP-1 RAs) for weight loss, efficacy was greater in women than men, but similar across age, race, ethnicity, baseline body mass index, and hemoglobin A1c.
https://ja.ma/4raiAF7
Mobile chat messaging for relapse prevention increased biochemically validated 6-month abstinence by 30% vs text messaging among adults who recently quit smoking in a randomized clinical trial. https://ja.ma/4u2fB4m
Skilled nursing facility operating capacity in the US declined by 5% since 2019, with the largest losses in rural counties and areas reporting staff shortages, impacting hospital discharge and access to facility-based postacute care. https://ja.ma/46SUebZ
Commercial payer–negotiated rates for outpatient #PhysicalTherapy services showed over fourfold variation between US hospitals and were lower in rural vs nonrural hospitals.
https://ja.ma/4rYhIoB
📢 Applications are open for the @JAMAInternalMed Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program!
Chief Residents from the US & Canada are invited to apply for the opportunity to understand the process by which journals review manuscripts.
🔗 https://ja.ma/3N1zYOl
This case report describes a man in his 60s who presented with myxedema coma due to secondary hypothermia, which was revealed on electrocardiography.
https://ja.ma/4rE7Pfn
Among adults treated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (#GLP-1 RAs) for weight loss, efficacy was greater in women than men, but similar across age, race, ethnicity, baseline body mass index, and hemoglobin A1c.
https://ja.ma/4ssBTe5
In knee osteoarthritis with effusion-synovitis, diacerein did not result in greater pain improvement vs placebo over 24 weeks, with more frequent gastrointestinal adverse events reported.
https://ja.ma/4sbQEBJ
Among adults treated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (#GLP-1 RAs) for weight loss, efficacy was greater in women than men, but similar across age, race, ethnicity, baseline body mass index, and hemoglobin A1c.
https://ja.ma/3ZZa3tK
📢 Now Accepting Applications: 2026–2027 @JAMAInternalMed Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship
Chief Medical Residents: elevate your academic trajectory and gain firsthand experience in editorial decision‑making.
Learn more & apply: https://ja.ma/4sf9eJg