Healthy Dialogue

Harold Varmus, MD, former director of the National Cancer Institute, talks about his career and his ideas for improving the biomedical research enterprise.

Interview with Kevin P. Hill, MD, MHS, author of Medical Marijuana for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Other Medical and Psychiatric Problems: A Clinical Review, and Deepak Cyril D'Souza, MBBS, MD, author of Medical Marijuana: Is the Cart Before the Horse?

Interview with Tracy Y. Wang, MD, MHS, MSc, author of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use Among Medicare Patients With Low Ejection Fraction After Acute Myocardial Infarction

JAMA Topic Review: Edward Livingston, MD, FACS, AGAF, Deputy Editor of JAMA, explores how the study by Paulina Salminen, MD, PhD, supports treating appendicitis without surgery

Interview with Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, author of Variation in Adenoma Detection Rate and the Lifetime Benefits and Cost of Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Microsimulation Model

Interview with Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD , author of Why the Americans With Disabilities Act Matters for Genetics

Interview with Eve Hill, JD, author of The ADA, Disability, and Identity

Interview with Samuel R. Bagenstos, JD, author of The ADA and the Supreme Court: A Mixed Record

Interview with Levi J. Hargrove, PhD, author of Intuitive Control of a Powered Prosthetic Leg During Ambulation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, author of Association of Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations vs Traditional Medicare Fee for Service With Spending, Utilization, and Patient Experience

Interview with Krista F. Huybrechts, MS, PhD, author of Antidepressant Use Late in Pregnancy and Risk of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn

Interview with Anne R. Cappola, MD, ScM, author of Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and Fracture Risk: A Meta-analysis

Interview with Harley Goldberg, DO, author of Oral Steroids for Acute Radiculopathy Due to a Herniated Lumbar Disk: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Andrew J. Muir, MD, author of Daclatasvir in Combination With Asunaprevir and Beclabuvir for Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 Infection With Compensated Cirrhosis

Interview with Dale N. Gerding, MD, author of Administration of Spores of Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile Strain M3 for Prevention of Recurrent C difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS, author of Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment for Opioid Dependence: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Ezio Bonifacio, PhD, author of Effects of High-Dose Oral Insulin on Immune Responses in Children at High Risk for Type 1 Diabetes: The Pre-POINT Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Anjali Jain, MD, author of Autism Occurrence by MMR Vaccine Status Among US Children With Older Siblings With and Without Autism

Interview with Anny H. Xiang, PhD, author of Association of Maternal Diabetes With Autism in Offspring

Interview with Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH, author of Hospital Credentialing and Privileging of Surgeons: A Potential Safety Blind Spot

Interview with Mark J. Mulligan, MD, author of Emergency Postexposure Vaccination With Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Ebola Vaccine After Needlestick

Interview with Jeffrey G. Jarvik, MD, MPH, author of Association of Early Imaging for Back Pain With Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults

Interview with Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH, author of Diagnostic Concordance Among Pathologists Interpreting Breast Biopsy Specimens

Interview with Xiaobin Wang, MD, ScD, author of Efficacy of Folic Acid Therapy in Primary Prevention of Stroke Among Adults With Hypertension in China: The CSPPT Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with David R. Holmes Jr, MD, author of Clinical Outcomes at 1 Year Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement