This clinical insight discusses the diagnosis and management of adverse effects of antiamyloid therapies and what medications require consideration or avoidance.
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New Frontier, New Challenges—Recognizing and Managing Adverse Effects of Antiamyloid Therapies
Early Invasive or Conservative Strategies for Older Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Meta-Analysis
Importance: The optimal management strategy for older patients who present with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains unclear due to a paucity of randomized evidence. New large and longer-term randomized data are available.
Objective: To test the association of an early invasive strategy...
Occupational Heat-Related Illness
This JAMA Insights proposes solutions to help reduce the risk of heat-related illnesses among workers.
Adrenal Insufficiency in Adults: A Review
Importance: Adrenal insufficiency is a syndrome of cortisol deficiency and is categorized as primary, secondary, or glucocorticoid induced. Although primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency are rare, affecting less than 279 per 1 million individuals, glucocorticoid-induced adrenal...
Surgery versus corticosteroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome (DISTRICTS): an open-label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Background: Surgery and corticosteroid injections are established treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome, but the optimal treatment strategy remains unclear. This study aimed to compare starting treatment with surgery versus starting with a corticosteroid injection.
Methods: We conducted...
What Is a Cardiac CT Calcium Score?
This JAMA Patient Page describes the use of cardiac computed tomography scans to look for calcium in the coronary arteries as a predictor of future atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events.
What Is a Pacemaker?
This JAMA Patient Page describes the body’s heart rhythm and the role of electronic pacemaker devices in maintaining heart rhythm for patients with certain conditions.
Reframing Micronutrient Deficiencies for Modern times: A Review
Micronutrient deficiencies are often discounted in as an entity of the past when access to quality nutrition was scarce. However modern-day conditions such as hemodialysis, complex medication interactions, parenteral nutrition, gastrointestinal resections, institutional living, and substance use...
Uveitis in Adults
Importance: Uveitis is characterized by inflammation of the uvea—the middle portion of the eye composed of the iris, ciliary body, and choroid—causing eye redness, pain, photophobia, floaters, and blurred vision. Untreated uveitis may cause cataracts, glaucoma, macular edema, retinal detachment...
Metformin for Knee Osteoarthritis in Patients With Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Importance: Preclinical and preliminary human evidence suggests that metformin, a first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, reduces inflammation, preserves cartilage, and improves knee pain in knee osteoarthritis.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of metformin on knee pain at 6 months in...