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JAMA
Book and Periodical Publishing
Chicago, Illinois 151,846 followers
JAMA is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published online daily and in print weekly.
About us
JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal. JAMA is a member of the JAMA Network, a consortium of peer-reviewed, general medical and specialty publications. JAMA is the most widely circulated general medical journal in the world, with more than 289,000 recipients of the print journal, more than 1.5 million recipients of electronic tables of contents and alerts, and over 30 million annual visits to the journal's website. JAMA is published 48 times per year in print/online issues, and new articles are published several times a week online. Without any author fees, all research articles are made free access online 6 months after publication on the JAMA website. In addition, the online version is freely available or nearly so to institutions in developing countries through the World Health Organization's HINARI program. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, is the Editor in Chief of JAMA,. JAMA is a member of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, cosponsors the International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, and is a member of the African Journal Partnership Project and is partnered with the Malawi Medical Journal. JAMA's key objective is to promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health. JAMA ISSN 0098-7484 (Print) ISSN 1538-3598 (Online)
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http://ja.ma/JAMA
External link for JAMA
- Industry
- Book and Periodical Publishing
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1883
- Specialties
- Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Neurology, Surgery, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, General Psychiatry, Cardiology, Oncology, Health Policy, Psychiatry, Surgery, Cardiology, Hypertension, Cholesterol, Diabetes, and Cancer
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Primary
330 N Wabash Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60611, US
Employees at JAMA
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Jennifer Abbasi
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Nicholas Reback
MA, CMI | Medical Illustrator & Designer at the JAMA Network | Principal at Reback Biomedical Media
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Paul G.
Vice President, Product Management and Development
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Roy Perlis
Associate Chief (Research), Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital
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In patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, risankizumab improved the rates of clinical remission when used as an induction and a maintenance therapy. https://ja.ma/4frWycD
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In part 1 of a 2-part Q&A series, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo discuss the issue of gun violence as a pressing public health crisis and the critical role of public health leadership in combating this issue. https://ja.ma/3Wu7i2E
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A novel Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code, M0201, designed to incentivize in-home COVID-19 vaccination for homebound fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, was used predominantly by pharmacies and in metropolitan areas during the first 6 months of implementation. https://ja.ma/4bQMLJU
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Delayed graft function was higher in recipients of a kidney from a deceased donor who received dialysis vs recipients of a kidney from a deceased donor who had not received dialysis but no significant difference in graft failure or death at follow-up. https://ja.ma/3y0tW9i
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Preliminary results suggest that the repolarization response on an electrocardiogram to brief tachycardia followed by a pause may effectively diagnose calcium release deficiency syndrome (CRDS), a newly described cause of sudden death. https://ja.ma/3Wmx4pp
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Firearms are now the leading cause of death among US children and teens. In this Medical News article, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo discuss a new advisory that declares gun violence a public health crisis. https://ja.ma/4bSZJqB
US Surgeon General Declares Firearm Violence a Public Health Crisis
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This JAMA Patient Page describes behavioral interventions for high BMI in children and teenagers and the USPSTF recommendation for provision of such interventions. https://ja.ma/4bKnPnw
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Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: This study examines whether an association exists between COVID-19 infection and progression to clinical diabetes among youth with presymptomatic type 1 diabetes. https://ja.ma/3Y52Ubv