More from this series
The JAMA REPORT - DRUG-ELUTING STENTS USED IN OFF-LABEL OR UNTESTED WAYS IN NEARLY HALF OF U.S. ANGIOPLASTIES
p
Doctors use drug-eluting stents to treat patients who have blocked coronary arteries. But recent negative reports about ste...
DRUG-ELUTING STENTS USED IN OFF-LABEL OR UNTESTED WAYS IN NEARLY HALF OF U.S. ANGIOPLASTIES The JAMA REPORT
  • Love l x
  • Share s
The JAMA REPORT - SEDENTARY POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN CAN IMPROVE FITNESS BY EXERCISING AS LITTLE AS 75 MINUTES A WEEK
p
Experts agree that exercising 150 minutes a week can help people reduce their risk of heart disease. But finding that much ...
SEDENTARY POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN CAN IMPROVE FITNESS BY EXERCISING AS LITTLE AS 75 MINUTES A WEEK The JAMA REPORT
  • Love l x
  • Share s

FEWER HEART DISEASE PATIENTS ARE DYING, THANKS TO BETTER CARE DURING AND AFTER HOSPITALIZATION

Acute coronary syndromes – which can include heart attacks – affect millions of Americans each year. A new study says fewer of these patients are dying during and after hospitalization, because they’re receiving better medical treatment.

More episodes of The JAMA REPORT

The JAMA REPORT - NEW GUIDELINES CREATED TO HELP DOCTORS TREAT MALARIA PATIENTS IN THE U.S.”
p
Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world, and can be deadly. Even though it’s been eliminated in ...
NEW GUIDELINES CREATED TO HELP DOCTORS TREAT MALARIA PATIENTS IN THE U.S.” The JAMA REPORT
  • Love l x
  • Share s
The JAMA REPORT - FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION DOES NOT REDUCE RISK OF COLON POLYPS – IT MAY EVEN INCREASE THE RISK
p
Colon polyps can sometimes turn into cancer. Some studies have hinted that taking large amounts of a vitamin called folic a...
FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION DOES NOT REDUCE RISK OF COLON POLYPS – IT MAY EVEN INCREASE THE RISK The JAMA REPORT
  • Love l x
  • Share s
The JAMA REPORT - BLACK PATIENTS APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT LESS LIKELY THAN WHITES TO RECEIVE TREATMENT SUCH AS ANGIOPLASTY AFTER HEART ATTACK
p
A new study of more than a million Medicare patients shows that for every ten white patients who receive appropriate, speci...
BLACK PATIENTS APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT LESS LIKELY THAN WHITES TO RECEIVE TREATMENT SUCH AS ANGIOPLASTY AFTER HEART ATTACK The JAMA REPORT
  • Love l x
  • Share s
The JAMA REPORT - CONTRARY TO CURRENT PRACTICE, MANY BREAST CANCER PATIENTS WITH NO FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER SHOULD BE OFFERED GENETIC TESTING
p
If you have a particular gene mutation called B-R-C-A, you are at a much higher risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Until n...
CONTRARY TO CURRENT PRACTICE, MANY BREAST CANCER PATIENTS WITH NO FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER SHOULD BE OFFERED GENETIC TESTING The JAMA REPORT
  • Love l x
  • Share s
FEWER HEART DISEASE PATIENTS ARE DYING, THANKS TO BETTER CARE DURING AND AFTER HOSPITALIZATION

The JAMA REPORT

84 episodes

The JAMA Report is a weekly video and audio medical news service from the Journal of the American Medical Association