Healthy Dialogue

JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, discusses the transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of monkeypox and the 2022 outbreak with Jeannette Guarner, MD, and Carlos del Rio, MD, both of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University's School of Medicine. Read Transcript Related Content: Monkeypox in 2022—What Clinicians Need to Know What Is Monkeypox? What to Know About Monkeypox...

Patient safety is a national priority, but adverse events during hospitalization are hard to track and whether progress has been made over the past decade is unknown. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine, discusses recent findings demonstrating decreases in hospital chart-abstracted adverse events and what's next in patient safety in the wa...

In July 2022, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, took on a new role as the 17th editor in chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network. In conversation with Nobel laureate Harold Varmus, MD, Bibbins-Domingo discusses her research background, approaches to leadership in health care, and the critical role that journals play in communication about public health and science. Related Content: The Urgency of...

Observational data suggest that the risk of certain types of cancer may be increased in individuals with obesity and that this risk may be lower after bariatric surgery. JAMA Deputy Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, explores this in detail with Steven Nissen, MD, an author of a JAMA study on this topic, and Anita Courcoulas, MD, MPH, author of an accompanying editorial. Related Content: Association of B...

Interview with John B Wong, MD, USPSTF member and coauthor of Vitamin, Mineral, and Multivitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement . Hosted by JAMA Deputy Editor Mary M. McDermott, MD. Related Content: Multivitamins and Supplements—Benign Prevention or Potentially Harmful Distraction? Patient Information: Vitami...

Interview with Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA, author of A Learning Health System Agenda for Organizational Approaches to Enhancing Occupational Well-being Among Clinicians , and Clyde W. Yancy, MD, author of Resident Physician Wellness Postpandemic: How Does Healing Occur? . Hosted by JAMA Associate Editor Anne Cappola, MD.

Interview with Katrina Erika Donahue, MD, MPH, coauthor of Screening for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement , and Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement . Hosted by JAMA Deputy Editor Mary M. McDermott, MD. Related Content: USPSTF Review: Screening for Glaucoma in Adults U...

As the White House's COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, plays a critical role in the federal government's continued response to the pandemic. In this Q&A with JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, Jha details current thinking and federal planning around additional boosters, testing trends, and treatment for COVID-19. Related Content: New White House COVID-19 Leader on What's Ne...

Interview with Katrina E. Donahue, MD, MPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement. Hosted by JAMA Senior Editor Kristin Walter, MD. Related Content: USPSTF Review: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Challenges an...

After serving as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under President Obama, Robert M. Califf, MD, recently returned to the role, overseeing a critical federal agency that regulates food, drugs, therapeutics, and medical devices in the US. In a wide-ranging discussion with JAMA Deputy Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, Califf discusses COVID-19 vaccine modifications, the FDA's approa...

Interview with John B. Wong, MD, USPSTF member and coauthor of Aspirin Use for Cardiovascular Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. Hosted by JAMA Deputy Editor Gregory Curfman, MD. Related Content: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Should Patients Take Aspirin for Primary Cardiovascular Preventi...

Misinformation about COVID-19 (such as around vaccines, masks, and ineffective drugs) has circulated widely during the pandemic, and much of this misinformation is protected by the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care and Professor of Law William M. Sage, MD, JD, from the University of Texas at Austin, is interviewed in this JAMA podcast. Related C...

Electrocardiographic markers of atrial myopathy are associated with dementia, but it is unclear whether 2-dimensional echocardiographic––defined LA function and size are associated with dementia. JAMA Senior Editor Philip Greenland, MD, discusses study findings with Wendy Wang, MPH, and Lin Yee Chen, MD, authors of Association of Echocardiographic Measures of Left Atrial Function and Size With Inc...

As the largest public insurance program in the US, Medicare has an outsize influence in how many people in the US access and receive health care. Recently appointed Director of Center for Medicare Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD, joins JAMA Associate Editor Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, for a discussion of equitable, patient-centered approaches to health care delivery, and how her own experiences as a physicia...

Interview with Lori Pbert, PhD, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening for Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement . Hosted by Gregory Curfman, MD.

Three members of President Biden's former COVID-19 Advisory Board—Luciana Borio, MD, Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, and Mike Osterholm, PhD—discuss their recent JAMA Viewpoints, providing their ideas on strategies for public health as COVID-19 transitions from pandemic to endemic. Hosted by JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD. Related Content: A National Strategy for the "New Normal" of Life With C...

Former CDC Executive Secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Amanda Cohn, MD, joins JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, for the latest on the need for vaccination and boosters, vaccine misinformation, and tackling the pandemic from a global perspective. Recorded January 6, 2022. Related Content: One Year of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Shot of Hope, a Dose of Reality COVID-19...

Interview with Michael Cabana, MD, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening and Interventions to Prevent Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. Related Content:

Infectious disease experts Adam Lauring, MD, PhD, and Carlos del Rio, MD, join JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, for a discussion of the newly emerged Omicron variant, the potential for a 2021-2022 "twindemic" with flu, and the latest COVID-19 clinical updates. Recorded December 1, 2021. Related content: Omicron Has Reached the US—Here's What Infectious Disease Experts Know About the V...

Phil Fontanarosa, MD, MBA, interim editor in chief of JAMA, interviews Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and Abraham Verghese, MD, from Stanford University School of Medicine, about diagnostic excellence and a new series on this topic in JAMA. Related Content: Diagnostic Excellence Diagnosis and the Illness Experience: Ways of Knowing

Individuals who experience systemic, structural, institutional, and social barriers within society deserve better and more convenient health care access. This idea should be central when advancing efforts to achieve health equity. JAMA Editorial Board member Raina M. Merchant, MD, speaks with Courtney R. Lyles, PhD, and Urmimala Sarkar, MD, about approaches toward improving digital health equity a...

Health care expenses that arise from largely nonclinical functions, such as coding and billing and administration, cost the US health care system almost $1 trillion annually. Michael Chernew, PhD, from Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy, and David Cutler, PhD, from Harvard University Department of Economics, join JAMA Associate Editor Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, from Washingt...

Interview with Jason A. Abbott, and Fiona G Li, authors of Effect of Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser vs Sham Treatment on Symptom Severity in Women With Postmenopausal Vaginal Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Death rattle, defined as noisy breathing caused by the presence of mucus in the respiratory tract, is common among dying patients. Harriette van Esch, MD, from the Erasmus Medical Center, the Netherlands, and Jared R. Lowe, MD, from the University of North Carolina, join JAMA Associate Editor Ethan Basch, MD, to discuss evidence about use of prophylactic scopolamine butylbromide to reduce the deat...