Discussions of timely topics in clinical medicine, biomedical research, public health, health policy, and more, featured in the Medical News section of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Nov 13, 2026 · 5:39
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "In an Effort to Reduce Hypertension, Salt Substitutes Come to the Table."…
Nov 6, 2026 · 15:41
Hear the latest on SGLT2 inhibitors, potassium binders, pregnancy after kidney donation, and more from Kidney Week 2026 with Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, cochair of the Kidney Week…
Nov 6, 2026 · 5:57
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Waist Circumference Adds to BMI, but Will Clinicians Adopt It?" Related Content:…
Oct 30, 2026 · 4:45
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Is the Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak the New Normal?" Related Content: Is the Pennsylvania…
Oct 23, 2026 · 5:45
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Testosterone Use Rises Among Women, but Does the Evidence Support It?" Related…
Oct 16, 2026 · 6:02
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Lp(a)-Reducing Agent Pelacarsen Misses the Mark in Phase 3—Now What?" Related…
Oct 9, 2026 · 5:59
JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Unapproved GLP-1 Drugs Retatrutide and Zenagamtide Sold Online Are No…
Oct 2, 2026 · 5:14
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss 1 in 5 Children Report Using AI for Emotional Support--Is It Good News or Bad?…
Sep 25, 2026 · 5:43
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Remove the Fallopian Tubes If the Opportunity Arises, ACOG Says in New Ovarian…
Sep 18, 2026 · 5:32
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "As More Adults Seek ADHD Care, Primary Care Clinicians Are Tasked With Getting…
Sep 11, 2026 · 5:38
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Is Phage Therapy the Next Big Hope for Urinary Tract Infections?" Related Content: Is Phage…
Sep 11, 2026 · 25:05
Hear about a new universal definition of myocardial infarction, updated heart failure guidelines, and other clinical highlights in this interview with Tomasz Guzik, MD, PhD,…
Sep 9, 2026 · 38:39
The winners of the 2026 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and Masashi Yanagisawa, MD, PhD, discuss how they identified the neuropeptide orexin…
Sep 4, 2026 · 5:38
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Nearly Half of Dementia Cases May Be Preventable—Here's What the Research Says So…
Aug 28, 2026 · 5:06
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Cardiovascular Care Should Incorporate Cognition and Frailty, Heart Group Says…
Aug 21, 2026 · 5:29
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals About the State of US Foodborne Disease…
Aug 14, 2026 · 5:43
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "What to Know About the mRNA Flu Vaccine, Newly Approved by the FDA." Related Content:…
Aug 7, 2026 · 5:25
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Will New Lyme Disease Approaches Change Patient Care?" Related Content: Will New…
Jul 31, 2026 · 30:59
Hear the latest on blood-based biomarkers, lifestyle interventions, and more from AAIC 2026 with Gil Rabinovici, MD. Related Content: Soccer Players' Brains, P-Tau217 Blood…
Jul 31, 2026 · 5:22
JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "A Decade After the CDC's Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Have Clinicians…
Jul 24, 2026 · 5:26
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Wild West or Gold Rush: How Long-Neglected Menopause Care Has Spawned a Booming…
Jul 17, 2026 · 5:10
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What to Know About the First CKM Syndrome Guidelines." Related Content: What to…
Jul 10, 2026 · 5:32
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Testosterone Therapy: Does New Evidence Warrant Broader Prescribing?" Related…
Jul 2, 2026 · 5:32
JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "First Alzheimer Disease Blood Test May Produce Many False-Positive…
Jun 26, 2026 · 5:35
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "PCOS is Now PMOS—Will a New Name Translate to Improved Clinical Care?" Related…
Jun 18, 2026 · 22:49
Rita Kalyani, MD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, discusses the latest diabetes and obesity research, including a novel oral GLP-1…
Jun 18, 2026 · 4:57
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "In Obesity Treatment, Physical Activity's Benefits Go Beyond Weight Loss, Says AHA." Related…
Jun 12, 2026 · 5:32
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Inside the Push for a Fentanyl Vaccine." Related Content: Inside the Push for a…
Jun 5, 2026 · 4:48
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "HFpEF May Be a Different Disease in Patients With Severe Obesity." Related…
May 29, 2026 · 6:20
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "A Rare Ebola Virus Is Spreading in the DRC—Here's What to Know." Related…
May 29, 2026 · 17:03
Joining from quarantine, Stephen Kornfeld, MD, discusses his experience stepping in as the ship's physician when hantavirus transformed his vacation cruise into a global public…
May 22, 2026 · 4:51
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "More Than 19 000 Measles Cases in a Month—What the Current Outbreak in Bangladesh Signals to…
May 15, 2026 · 6:06
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Experts Debate How Obesity Should Be Defined and Diagnosed." Related Content:…
May 8, 2026 · 6:43
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "These Blood Tests May Detect Dozens of Cancers, but Will They Save Lives?" Related…
May 1, 2026 · 5:02
JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Weight Loss, Adverse Effects With GLP-1 Medications May Be Influenced by…
Apr 24, 2026 · 3:36
JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Could a Common Antidepressant Help Treat Methamphetamine Use Disorder?"…
Apr 17, 2026 · 5:44
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "What to Know About Cicada, or BA.3.2, the Latest SARS-CoV-2 Variant Under Monitoring."…
Apr 10, 2026 · 20:30
Hear the latest on PCSK9 inhibitors, cardiorenal benefits of GLP-1 drugs, and other clinical research in this interview with Katie Berlacher, MD, MS, chair of this year's annual…
Apr 10, 2026 · 6:51
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "How mRNA Vaccines Could Help Treat Cancer." Related Content: How mRNA Vaccines Could…
Apr 3, 2026 · 5:00
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "New Hope for Patients With Advanced Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis Who Stop…
Mar 27, 2026 · 5:23
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What to Know About the New Lipid Guidelines." Related Content: What to Know…
Mar 20, 2026 · 4:59
JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Why the EPA's Reversal on Heavy Metal Air Pollution Is Cause for Concern."…
Mar 13, 2026 · 6:06
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "After a Decade of Progress Against HIV, PrEP Enters a Precarious Era." Related…
Mar 6, 2026 · 6:06
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Are AI Tools Ready to Answer Patients' Questions About Their Medical Care?" Related…
Feb 27, 2026 · 4:28
JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "In the Low-Carb vs Low-Fat Debate, Study Suggests Food Quality Matters More…
Feb 20, 2026 · 5:24
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What Nutrition Experts Say About the New Dietary Guidelines for Americans."…
Feb 13, 2026 · 6:03
JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "US Patients Getting ICE-d-Out of Health Care." Related Content: US…
Feb 6, 2026 · 5:19
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Mechanisms Are Emerging for COVID-19 Vaccine−Associated Myocarditis." Related…
Jan 30, 2026 · 6:20
JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Data on 3 New GLP-1 Drugs for Weight Loss That May Be Approved This Year." Related…
Jan 23, 2026 · 4:39
In this week's roundup, Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Stress May Link Depression and Anxiety to Cardiovascular…
Jan 16, 2026 · 5:19
In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What to Know About the Wegovy Pill for Obesity" and…
Jan 9, 2026 · 5:21
In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What to Know About the WHO's New GLP-1 Guideline" and…
Jan 2, 2026 · 5:57
In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and staff writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Can Nicotine Pouches Help People Quit Smoking?" and more. Related…
Dec 19, 2025 · 5:29
In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and freelance writer and Harvard medical student Emily Harris discuss "A Growing Movement Aims…
Dec 12, 2025 · 16:08
In this episode, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, and Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi discuss the journal's inaugural Research of the Year…
Dec 5, 2025 · 9:24
Updates on coffee and AFib, a polypill approach for HFrEF, the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor, vitamin D supplementation for secondary prevention, and more: Joanna Chikwe, MD, chair…
Dec 5, 2025 · 6:27
Correction: an earlier version of this podcast misstated the phosphorylated tau analyte measured by the Roche blood biomarker test. It is p-tau181, not p-tau217. In this week's…
Nov 21, 2025 · 16:22
Updates on SGLT2 inhibitors, fish oil and hemodialysis, GLP-1 drugs, and more: Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, education committee co-chair of Kidney Week 2025 and a professor of…
Nov 21, 2025 · 5:09
In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "US Governors Are Forming a Public Health Alliance Amid…
Nov 14, 2025 · 6:33
In this weekly roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "MASLD—The Chronic Liver Disease That Affects Tens of Millions…
Nov 7, 2025 · 4:31
In this weekly roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Peanut Allergies Appear to Be on the Decline Following Early…
Oct 31, 2025 · 20:53
Dementia is still a highly stigmatized condition. Nancy Berlinger, PhD, a senior research scholar at The Hastings Center for Bioethics, discusses a new report about the cultural…
Oct 31, 2025 · 10:05
State Laws Aim to Bring Internationally Trained Physicians to Underserved Areas, but Barriers Abound; Oral Microbiome Composition Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk Related…
Oct 24, 2025 · 20:56
A new European Society of Cardiology clinical consensus statement deals with cardiovascular disease prevention and management in COVID-19, including cardiac long COVID. The…
Sep 29, 2025 · 16:44
Epidemiologist Brian Lee, PhD, discusses his study on acetaminophen use during pregnancy and children's risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in this interview…
Sep 26, 2025 · 11:25
Ultraprocessed Foods and Cardiometabolic Health—New Report on a "Growing Public Health Challenge"; New Analysis of Women's Health Initiative Data Aims to "Clear the Air" Over…
Sep 19, 2025 · 17:02
Updates on GLP-1 drugs in heart failure, β-blockers after myocardial infarction, the shingles vaccine, and more: Felix Mahfoud, MD, chair of the Department of Cardiology at…
Sep 11, 2025 · 23:08
Pulmonologist Michael J. Welsh, MD, is the co-recipient of the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his research on cystic fibrosis. In this interview, he…
Aug 29, 2025 · 15:26
What Is 7-OH?; Real-World Experience With Antiamyloid Therapies for Alzheimer Disease; FDA Panel on SSRIs and Pregnancy Lacked Nuance, Experts Say Related Content: What to Know…
Jul 25, 2025 · 18:36
The Effects of Newly Changed Guidance on COVID-19 Shots During Pregnancy; Heart Disease Deaths Have Changed; Progress Toward a Norovirus Vaccine Related Content: The CDC No…
Jul 2, 2025 · 21:32
In this follow-up to a 2017 interview with JAMA Medical News, the University of Southern California's Maja Matarić, PhD, the computer scientist who pioneered the field of…
Jun 27, 2025 · 19:55
Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, a JAMA associate editor and associate chief of the Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, shares highlights from the…
Jun 27, 2025 · 25:08
New NIH-FDA Partnership Targets Nutrition Research Gaps; First Blood Test for Alzheimer Biomarkers Receives FDA Clearance; A Growing Movement to Care for Caregivers Related…
Jun 16, 2025 · 11:48
Delaying diagnosis of parkinsonism can mean delaying care. In a study recently published in JAMA Neurology, David Vaillancourt, PhD, and colleagues tested the ability of an AI…
May 30, 2025 · 23:11
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…
May 16, 2025 · 21:35
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…
Apr 25, 2025 · 13:28
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…
Apr 25, 2025 · 15:39
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…
Apr 18, 2025 · 16:25
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…
Apr 4, 2025 · 18:12
A recent study published in JAMA Health Forum suggests that institutions may be able to deploy custom open-source large language models (LLMs) that run locally without…
Mar 28, 2025 · 20:03
The US Is Suing Pharmacies for Aiding in the Opioid Crisis; Texas Measles Outbreak Spurs Call for Stronger Vaccine Advocacy; Study Finds Sleep-Related Infant Deaths Are on the…
Mar 28, 2025 · 15:49
Correction: This podcast has been updated to add additional context on the frequency of false positives. Open neural tube defects affect approximately 1 in 1400 births. Daniel…
Mar 21, 2025 · 14:23
Artificial intelligence (AI) in health care is advancing, despite concerns about how its use may impact health disparities. Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, chief health officer at…
Mar 14, 2025 · 12:06
A recent study showed AI-assisted screening using a large language model tool reduced time to determine trial eligibility compared with manual methods. Author Alexander J. Blood,…
Mar 7, 2025 · 16:59
In a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers reported that a machine learning model was able to stratify risk for subsequent diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar…
Feb 28, 2025 · 18:39
A recent report from the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance emphasizes the urgent need for engineering-directed research to mitigate the growing threat of antimicrobial…
Feb 28, 2025 · 11:44
Changes to CDC's Website Threaten Patients, Public Health; Landmark Study of Black Women and Cancer Launches Related Content: As Missing and Altered CDC Webpages Threaten Patient…
Feb 28, 2025 · 19:54
AI can play a role in addressing language barriers in health care. In a recent Editorial in JAMA Network Open, Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM, of the University of Illinois College of…
Feb 21, 2025 · 11:28
Lung ultrasound aids in the diagnosis of patients with dyspnea but requires technical proficiency for image acquisition. Cristiana Baloescu, MD, MPH, of Yale School of Medicine,…
Feb 14, 2025 · 17:39
A recent study in JAMA Network Open evaluates the use of machine learning algorithms to assess the management of urinary tract infection (UTI). Author Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, MPH,…
Feb 7, 2025 · 16:41
Digital health technologies, including patient portals, are widely used by older adults, as described in a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Author Cornelius James,…
Jan 31, 2025 · 18:43
How do patients feel about the quality of AI-generated responses to their messages to clinicians? Author Eleni Linos, MD, DrPH, of Stanford joins JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H.…
Jan 31, 2025 · 20:18
Weight-Loss Drugs Are Reshaping the Future of Bariatric Surgery; Are Compounded GLP-1 Drugs Safe? Will Renaming Some Cancers as Noncancers Hurt or Help? Related Content: What…
Jan 24, 2025 · 20:08
The burden of responding to clinician inbox messages may be a contributor to burnout. Eden English, MD, of UCHealth joins JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to…
Jan 17, 2025 · 15:27
With accelerating global adoption of AI, countries are developing ethical AI frameworks to prevent harm to the most vulnerable populations. Maria Villalobos-Quesada, PhD, from…
Jan 10, 2025 · 19:17
American Indian and Alaska Native communities have higher rates of suicide than any other racial or ethnic group in the US. A recent study published in JAMA Network Open…
Jan 3, 2025 · 16:59
How can hospitals use early warning score tools to risk stratify patients without adding to alarm fatigue? Dana Edelson, MD, MS, of the University of Chicago joins JAMA+ AI…
Dec 27, 2024 · 25:02
Chatbots may have a role in enhancing clinical care, but the best way to apply them remains a work in progress. Jonathen Chen, MD, PhD, and Ethan Goh, MD, MS, of Stanford, join…
Dec 27, 2024 · 14:44
Why COVID-19 Vaccines Don't Stop Transmission; Hospital-at-Home—But Make It Virtual Related Content: In Search of COVID-19 Vaccines That Elicit Mucosal Immunity and Stop…
Dec 20, 2024 · 25:32
In a recent Viewpoint published in JAMA, Michael Pencina, PhD, of Duke University, argued for a federated registration system for AI tools deployed in health systems. He joins…
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