Federal Funds for Rural Health Care May Be Cut; Why the IV Fluid Shortage After Hurricane Helene Was Years in the Making; Surge in US Sports Betting Raises Public Health Concerns Related Content: Federal Funds for Rural Health Care Are on the Chopping Block—Here’s What That Could Mean IV Fluid Shortages Persist Months After Hurricane Helene Hit a Supplier—Hospitals Have Had to Adapt The Hidden Health Costs Associated With Legalized Sports Gambling
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When Do Nudges Help?
Susan Athey, PhD, of Standford University joins JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss her research on machine learning to target behavioral nudges for college students and their potential implications for health care. Related Content: How an Economist’s Application of Machine Learning to Target Nudges Applies to Precision Medicine
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Highlights From the American College of Cardiology’s 2025 Scientific Session
Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM, a professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, discusses late-breaking clinical research presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in an interview with JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi. Related Content: Heart Health Highlights From ACC—Marathon Runners and Mortality, Oral GLP-1 Drugs, and More
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April 2025 Medical News Summary
Axe Falls on Federal Health Workforce; Experts Say CDC Cuts Will Cost Lives Related Content: “Guaranteed Pandemonium” as HHS Secretary Slashes Federal Health Workforce Experts Say Abrupt and “Staggering” CDC Cuts Will Cost Lives
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Real-World Performance of AI in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy remains a leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide, and AI may facilitate screening, if such models continue to perform well when they are deployed in the real world. Coauthors Arthur Brant, MD, of Stanford University, and Sunny Virmani, MS, of Google join JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Related Content: Diabetic Retinopathy Is Massively Underscreened—an AI System Could Help Performance of a Deep Learning Diabetic Retinopathy Algorithm in India
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