Importance: Type 2 diabetes involves progressive loss of insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells in the setting of insulin resistance and manifests clinically as hyperglycemia. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90% to 95% of all cases of diabetes globally, with estimates ranging from 589 million to...
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Understanding and Managing Headaches in Children and Teens
This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page discusses symptoms and treatment of headaches in children and teens.
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New Frontier, New Challenges—Recognizing and Managing Adverse Effects of Antiamyloid Therapies
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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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...
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Occupational Heat-Related Illness
This JAMA Insights proposes solutions to help reduce the risk of heat-related illnesses among workers.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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