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Mashup Score: 0Smoking Cessation After Initial Treatment Failure With Varenicline or Nicotine Replacement - 5 hour(s) ago
When initial treatment with varenicline or nicotine replacement doesn’t work, does increasing dosage improve smoking cessation rates? Paul Cinciripini, PhD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Department of Behavioral Science, joins JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, to discuss guidance on the best strategies for smoking cessation following an initial quit attempt.
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Mashup Score: 0Smoking Cessation After Initial Treatment Failure With Varenicline or Nicotine Replacement - 5 hour(s) ago
When initial treatment with varenicline or nicotine replacement doesn’t work, does increasing dosage improve smoking cessation rates? Paul Cinciripini, PhD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Department of Behavioral Science, joins JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, to discuss guidance on the best strategies for smoking cessation following an initial quit attempt.
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Mashup Score: 1Peer Support Programs for Physicians - 1 day(s) ago
Support from and trusting in one’s colleagues and organization is a key component of well-being. Such support and trust are most crucial during times of significant stress in clinical medicine. Learn the “why” and “how” of building a peer support program in your organization.
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Mashup Score: 20Screening and Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias - 1 day(s) ago
Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 7 million persons aged ≥65 years in the United States. Without changes in prevention or treatment, this number could reach nearly 14 million by 2060. In the first session of the Navigating Brain Health and Dementia series, the AMA’s Immediate Past Chair Sandra Fryhofer, MD, Alzheimer’s Association CEO Joanne Pike, and a panel of experts will explore the epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and discuss strategies physicians can use to screen for and diagnose dementia. Our experts will answer questions during the live session about how to put this information into practice. Panelists include Barak Gaster, MD, University of Washington and Rachel Whitmer, PhD, University of California, Davis.This is a live event that will occur on the date and time indicated above. Click the “Register Now” button above to proceed with event registration. If you cannot attend the live event, an on-demand recording will be available.
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Mashup Score: 2Screening and Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias - 2 day(s) ago
Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 7 million persons aged ≥65 years in the United States. Without changes in prevention or treatment, this number could reach nearly 14 million by 2060. In the first session of the Navigating Brain Health and Dementia series, the AMA’s Immediate Past Chair Sandra Fryhofer, MD, Alzheimer’s Association CEO Joanne Pike, and a panel of experts will explore the epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and discuss strategies physicians can use to screen for and diagnose dementia. Our experts will answer questions during the live session about how to put this information into practice. Panelists include Barak Gaster, MD, University of Washington and Rachel Whitmer, PhD, University of California, Davis.This is a live event that will occur on the date and time indicated above. Click the “Register Now” button above to proceed with event registration. If you cannot attend the live event, an on-demand recording will be available.
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Mashup Score: 7Association of New-Onset Seizures With SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines - 2 day(s) ago
Interview with Churl-Su Kwon, MD, MPH, author of Association of New-Onset Seizures With SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.
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Mashup Score: 4Advancing Climate Action Through Academic Health Systems - 5 day(s) ago
Climate action is an urgent public health imperative. Climate change is causing excess morbidity and mortality and posing an increasing threat to mental health and well-being. The US health care sector is a significant contributor to this problem. A. Eugene Washington, MD, of Duke University, discusses accelerating climate action with JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS.
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Mashup Score: 5April 26, 2024, Medical News Summary - 5 day(s) ago
An Explosion of Food Is Medicine Research Could Change Health Care; Blockbuster Obesity Drugs Have Potential New Uses
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Mashup Score: 6Stress First Aid for Health Care Professionals - 6 day(s) ago
This toolkit explains the signs and effects of stress injuries on health care professionals. It explains how to administer Stress First Aid, a framework for peer support that looks to restore occupational confidence and a sense of calm and safety.
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Mashup Score: 14
Extensive evidence documents health disparities for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) women, including worse physical, mental, and behavioral health than heterosexual women. Sarah McKetta, ScM, MD, PhD, discusses these factors and their link to premature mortality with JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS.
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Paul Cinciripini of MDAndersonNews's Department of Behavioral Science, joins JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman to discuss guidance on the best strategies for smoking cessation following an initial quit attempt. https://t.co/1INh9NBe9d