LAURA H. CYPHERS

This JAMA Insights Women’s Health aims to expand clinician knowledge about the safety and best practices of menstrual cup use to support patients who choose this product by discussing the advantages, insertion and removal process, and potential risks of menstrual cup use.
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This JAMA Patient Page describes autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, its signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
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In this narrative medicine essay, a neurosurgeon works through his grief over ending his surgical career due to intractable pain from an elbow injury by appreciating what he can do instead of focusing on what he lost.
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This Viewpoint discusses the potential benefits of the rural emergency hospital model, which exclusively provides outpatient and emergency services, in rural communities faced with possible hospital closures, as well as safeguards to monitor and minimize unintended consequences.
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This Viewpoint discusses a consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) that reviews the impact of COVID-19 on the health and well-being of children and families and what needs to be done to attenuate longer-term negative effects.
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Almost 200 genes are expressed differently in the brains of people with autism compared with controls, according to results from a study of 59 pediatric and adult brain donors published in PNAS. The genes are involved in brain connectivity, immune response, and inflammation, according to a statement.
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Suggestions from a virtual care team that included a physician and pharmacist improved implementation of recommended therapies for heart failure by patients’ primary treating teams compared with usual care, according to a study of 252 hospital encounters.
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Compared with data from 2018 and 2019, general mental health and anxiety symptoms did not significantly increase in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a meta-analysis of 137 studies from 134 cohorts in mostly high-income and upper middle-income countries. Depression symptoms increased slightly in the study, published in The BMJ.
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This Medical News article discusses a bill introduced in Idaho that would ban administering mRNA vaccines.
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This Medical News article discusses a new analysis of CALERIE, a 2-year clinical trial of calorie restriction.
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