Objective: To provide primary care physicians with a review of common oral white lesions and a practical management algorithm.
Sources of information: Between January and April 2024 relevant literature and clinical guidelines were searched for using the PubMed MEDLINE database with no...
This JAMA Insights explores how clinicians can effectively communicate person-centered health care information to adolescents regarding sexual and reproductive health, contraception, and sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment.
Importance: Osteoporotic fractures are associated with psychological distress, subsequent fractures, loss of independence, reduced ability to perform activities of daily living, and death.
Objective: The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a systematic review to...
Interview with Esa M. Davis, MD, MPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. Hosted by JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS.
This JAMA Patient Page describes osteoporosis and the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for screening for osteoporosis.
This JAMA Insights explores the prevalence of episodic and chronic migraine in adults and acute and preventive treatments for migraine, such as novel calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonists.
Pediatricians are often the first providers to assess and treat attention-deficit/hyper-activity disorder (ADHD) in youth. While a variety of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions exist for ADHD, stimulants remain the first-line medication treatment. Many stimulant formulations now...
Cervical cancer is preventable through vaccination and treatment of dysplasia identified on screening (cytologic screening, DNA testing for high-risk human papillomavirus subtypes, or both).
Early-stage cervical cancer is treated with open radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy;...
Community-acquired pneumonia is associated with approximately 740 000 hospitalizations and 41 000 deaths in the US annually. JAMA Review authors Scott A. Flanders, MD, and Valerie M. Vaughn, MD, MSc, discuss diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia with JAMA Deputy Editor Mary...
This JAMA Patient Page describes essential tremor, its symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment.
