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Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA)

JAMA: Minimal safety benefit for robot-assisted colectomies

October 17, 2019 By Sean Whooley

A study of robot-assisted colectomies found that the procedure offered minimal safety benefit compared with laparoscopic colectomy and should continue to be questioned by surgeons and hospitals. The trial was conducted because of the rapid increase in robotic surgery for common operations like colectomy, combined with a lack of evidence regarding its effectiveness. It was […]

Filed Under: Men's Health, Surgical, Surgical Robotics Tagged With: Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA)

Study: Nearly $1 trillion wasted in U.S. healthcare annually

October 10, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

About 25% of U.S. healthcare spending — between $760 billion and $935 billion annually — is wasted, according to a new report published today. Researchers from Humana (NYSE:HUM) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine searched medical literature from January 2012 to May 2019, looking for waste and savings opportunities in six domains of […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Healthcare Reform Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Humana, Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA), University of Pittsburgh

ESC Congress: Study shows bariatric surgery can improve cardiac outcomes in Type 2 diabetes

September 4, 2019 By Sean Whooley

Bariatric or metabolic surgery can significantly lower the risk of major cardiovascular events among patients with Type 2 diabetes and obesity, according to a new clinical study released at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris. The retrospective study followed 13,722 Type 2 diabetes patients who underwent bariatric surgery to lose weight or metabolic […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Catheters, Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Featured, Implants, News Well, Structural Heart, Surgical Tagged With: Abbott, Ablative Solutions, CABG, Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA), The Lancet

Study: Electronic reminders, monitoring don’t improve adherence, results for AMI patients

June 28, 2017 By Fink Densford

Interventions involving wireless electronic pill bottles, financial incentives and social support may not help improve compliance or clinical outcomes for patients who’ve experienced acute myocardial infarctions, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week, aimed to explore the use of wireless tech and behavioral economic […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Clinical Trials, Patient Monitoring Tagged With: Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA)

Study: Personalized coaching no better than standard treatment for Type II diabetes

June 19, 2017 By Brad Perriello

A study published online last week in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. showed no benefit for lifestyle coaching over standard medical treatment in Type II diabetes in a real-world setting. Researchers at the University of North Carolina randomized 450 Type II diabetics between January 2014 and July 2015 to 1 of 3 treatment arms: […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Diabetes Tagged With: Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA)

Diabetes: Medtronic touts JAMA study of closed-loop artificial pancreas

September 15, 2016 By Brad Perriello

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said data from a study of its closed-loop hybrid artificial pancreas, published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., showed that the system is safe and effectively maintained blood glucose levels within range in Type I diabetes patients age 14 and older. Results from the 3-month, 124-patient trial, also presented this week at […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Diabetes Tagged With: Artificial pancreas, Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA), Medtronic

When an airport scanner sees a cyst as a security threat

September 8, 2016 By MassDevice

(Reuters) – A traveler with a bulge in their body from a cyst or hernia might get flagged for an invasive airport security screening to look for explosives, a case report suggests. In many larger airports, X-rays have been replaced in recent years by machines that use radio frequencies to detect suspicious items on travelers, […]

Filed Under: Imaging Tagged With: Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA)

Study: Revascularization beats medical management for intermittent claudication in PAD

August 17, 2016 By Fink Densford

Revascularization through endovascular or surgical interventions may be superior to medical management for peripheral artery disease patients with intermittent claudication, according to a new study from the University of Washington, Seattle. Data from the study was published online in JAMA Surgery. The study reported that patients with intermittent claudication, which presents as pain in the calf or […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Surgical, Vascular Tagged With: JAMA Surgery, Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA)

Crowd-sourced diabetes app Nightscout details talks with FDA, development

April 14, 2016 By Fink Densford

Open-source diabetes app developer Nightscout detailed their development process, including crowdsourcing and their talks with the FDA in a new editorial from the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the article, NightScout foundation prez James Wedding and Dr. Joyce Lee and Emily Hirschfield from the University of Michigan discuss the patient-led initiative during its 2-years […]

Filed Under: Diabetes Tagged With: Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA), Nightscout Project

Study: No benefit for biological mesh in hernia repair

January 29, 2016 By Fink Densford

Using biologic mesh for abdominal wall hernia repair provides no benefit over using cheaper synthetic mesh, according to a new study from the UT Southwestern Medical Center that compared the 2 materials. Findings from the study were reported earlier this week in JAMA Surgery. “In the absence of evidence demonstrating superiority of biological mesh materials, the […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Surgical Tagged With: Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA)

Medical journals propose mandatory data sharing

January 20, 2016 By Brad Perriello

Editors of some of the most prominent medical journals – including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Assn., the Annals of Interal Medicine and the British Medical Journal – are proposing to require researchers to share the data behind their published studies. “[T]here is an ethical obligation to responsibly share data […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Clinical Trials Tagged With: Annals of Internal Medicine, British Medical Journal, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA), New England Journal of Medicine

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