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JAMA @jama.com · 4h

📌 Editor’s Choice from this week's issue of #JAMA:

➡️ #Semaglutide and #Tirzepatide in HF,
➡️ Anticoagulation 1 Year After #AFib Ablation
➡️ New Molecules and Indications for #GLP1s; and more.

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JAMA journal cover, October 14, 2025. It reads, "This Week's Issue of JAMA." Various articles are listed, including "Long-Term Anticoagulation Discontinuation After Catheter Ablation" and "Women's Health Is Everywhere."

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JAMA @jama.com · 4h

#GLP1 medicines now address weight loss and other health conditions through innovative formulations and expanded indications, highlighting key questions about their efficacy and safety.

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JAMA article 'New Molecules and Indications for GLP-1 Medicines'. Diagrams show Semaglutide, Tirzepatide for approved medications, Retatrutide, Survodutide for emerging medications. Approved indications listed: obesity, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, etc.

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JAMA @jama.com · 5h

Approximately 21 000 women are diagnosed with #OvarianCancer annually in the US.

This Review summarizes the diagnosis and management of high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

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Diagram titled 'Origin and Stages of Ovarian Cancer' from JAMA. It shows the progression of ovarian cancer through stages I-IV, illustrating cancer spread within the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and to other pelvic and abdominal areas.

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JAMA @jama.com · 5h

Michael Welsh of uiowa, a winner of the @laskerfdn.bsky.social Clinical Medical Research Award, reflects on his decades of work unraveling #CysticFibrosis and how new therapies have transformed patients’ lives.

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How Cystic Fibrosis Went From Fatal to Treatable

This Medical News article is an interview with pulmonologist Michael Welsh, MD, the co-recipient of the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his research on cystic fibrosis.

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JAMA @jama.com · 5h

In patients with cardiometabolic #HFpEF, #semaglutide and #tirzepatide reduced the risk of hospitalization for heart failure or all-cause mortality vs sitagliptin, but tirzepatide offered no additional benefit over semaglutide.

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$A JAMA study design overview shows the emulated trials and expanded populations for patients initiating semaglutide, tirzepatide, or sitagliptin for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, including eligibility criteria.$

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JAMA @jama.com · 7h

The JAMA Network publishes research on AI across all 13 journals. For the last year, @royperlis.bsky.social and Yulin Hswen have curated this content on JAMA+ AI, interviewed experts in the field, and developed materials to inform and educate.

🎧 Listen now: ja.ma/3KGpGSl

Collage of two headshots. On the left, an Asian woman with long black hair. On the right, a smiling white man. Text reads: "October 9, AI, Health Care, and What to Expect in 2026, JAMA+ AI Conversations."

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JAMA @jama.com · 10h

Last year's Summit joined together 50+ thought leaders with expertise on how #AI is developed, evaluated, regulated, and implemented across clinical health care domains.

As a result, the JAMA Summit Report explores the state of AI in medicine: ja.ma/46JX4QN

JAMA cover, published online October 13, 2025. "AI, Health, and Health Care Today and Tomorrow: The JAMA Summit Report on Artificial Intelligence." Features a blue cross with 'AI' inside a golden circle, set against a circuit board design with medical icons.

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

A Special Communication published in JAMA examines the nature of #AI tools in clinical settings.

Authors Derek Angus, MD, MPH, Glenn Cohen, JD, and Michelle Mello, MPhil, PhD, JD, were interviewed by @theguardian.com regarding legal implications of these tools.

AI could make it harder to establish blame for medical failings, experts say

Report raises concerns about liability issues and lack of testing as development of AI health tools booms

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Jason Nagata, MD @jasonmnagata.bsky.social · 1d

📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @jama.com!

Underage social media use linked to lower reading and memory scores - even low levels of social media exposure were linked to poorer cognitive performance

🔗 tinyurl.com/3vnpw4p3 @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

How is artificial intelligence being used in health care?

In this podcast, JAMA+ AI EIC @royperlis.bsky.social speaks with Derek Angus about the pace of #AI adoption in clinical practice. They break down the JAMA Summit Report on AI, published today.

Listen now: ja.ma/4omOtJP

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

The editors of @jamainternalmed.com are calling for papers that critically examine the regulatory, economic, and social dimensions of #AI in health care.

Topics of interest include algorithmic bias, impact of AI on health disparities, and women’s health: ja.ma/42zFa0z

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

Editors at the JAMA Network are calling for new research on #AI in medicine.

➡️ Clinical outcomes vs standard care
➡️ Real-world deployment of FDA-cleared AI tools
➡️ Efficiency gains for clinicians; and more.

Read the submission criteria here: ja.ma/4nMSmb5

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

The JAMA Network publishes research on AI across all 13 journals. For the last year, @royperlis.bsky.social and Yulin Hswen have curated this content on JAMA+ AI, interviewed experts in the field, and developed materials to inform and educate.

🎧 Listen now: ja.ma/3KGpGSl

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

Last year's Summit joined together 50+ thought leaders with expertise on how #AI is developed, evaluated, regulated, and implemented across clinical health care domains.

As a result, the JAMA Summit Report explores the state of AI in medicine: ja.ma/46JX4QN

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

It’s a big week for artificial intelligence publications at JAMA.

Editors are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the JAMA Summit on #AI and the launch of JAMA+ AI.

Today, JAMA published a Special Communication from Summit attendees, a podcast, and calls for papers. 🧵

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

💬 Editorial: Evidence from longitudinal data links higher adolescent social media use to small but population-meaningful deficits in cognitive performance.

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A page from JAMA, published online October 13, 2025. The article, "Developmental Costs of Youth Social Media Require Policy Action" by Sheri Madigan, Keith Owen Yeates, and Pasco Fearon, discusses the impact of social media on adolescents.

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

In US adolescents, increasing social media use from ages 9–13 was associated with lower scores on measures of reading, memory, vocabulary, and composite cognition.

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JAMA Research Letter: "Social Media Use Trajectories and Cognitive Performance in Adolescents." Figure shows social media time trajectories by age, with lines representing high, low, and very low social media use from ages 9 to 13.

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

💬 Editorial: Intra-arterial thrombolysis after thrombectomy improved disability-free recovery but not functional independence in acute stroke; confirmatory trials needed.

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A JAMA article titled "Developmental Costs of Youth Social Media Require Policy Action" by Sheri Madigan, Keith Owen Yeates, and Pasco Fearon, published online October 13, 2025. The article discusses the controversy around social media's impact on youth.

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

After mechanical thrombectomy for acute LVO stroke, intra-arterial alteplase increased the rate of excellent 90-day functional outcomes without raising symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage.

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Infographic from JAMA: Study on intra-arterial alteplase treatment for stroke. Population: 225 men, 99 women, median age 68. Findings: excellent outcome at 90 days was more likely with alteplase, adjusted risk ratio 1.45.

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

Are you a physician interested in medical publishing?

Our Fishbein Fellowship will welcome a physician to our Chicago headquarters to receive hands-on training in all facets of a major medical journal including manuscript review, issue makeup, online publishing, and more.

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Morris Fishbein Fellowship in Medical Editing: Call for Applications

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

Breaking with the CDC, ACOG reaffirms support for #COVID19 vaccination in pregnant people.

Here’s what to know. ja.ma/3VYFRwQ

ACOG Continues Recommending COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy

This JAMA Medical News article discusses updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

📢 Applications are open for the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program.

This remote program will offer early career researchers an opportunity to immerse themselves in JAMA’s editorial team to learn about editorial decision-making and enhance their skills in scientific communication.

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Call for Applications: JAMA Editorial Fellowship

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JAMA @jama.com · 1d

💬 Viewpoint: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's significant #Medicaid cuts threaten rural health care access and economic stability.

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A JAMA webpage titled 'The One Big Beautiful Bill Act—Implications for Rural Health Care' by M. Bryant Howren and Jed R. Hansen. Published online September 3, 2025. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.13518

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JAMA @jama.com · 2d

💬 Viewpoint: To address rural hospital closures, a cohesive framework is needed that simplifies program enrollment, aligns financing with clinical needs, and streamlines accountability.

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A JAMA article titled "Rural Hospitals Deserve More Than Patchwork Policies," published online September 3, 2025. A table outlines a path toward supporting rural hospitals with a modern framework, comparing current state and modernized proposals.

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JAMA @jama.com · 2d

For patients with hypothermic cardiac arrest, ECLS is associated with increased survival and favorable neurological outcomes compared with other causes of cardiac arrest.

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A JAMA article titled "Extracorporeal Life Support in Accidental Hypothermia" by Konrad Mendrala, MD, PhD; Paweł Podsiadło, MD, PhD; Tomasz Darocha, MD, PhD, published online October 8, 2025. The article discusses accidental hypothermia and its treatment.

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