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LIC disinvestment: 100,000 employees stage walk-out across country

There are 13 unions in LIC, and employees and officers affiliated to 11 unions were on protest




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Substituted Interests and Best Judgments: An Integrated Model of Surrogate Decision Making

Interview with Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, author of Substituted Interests and Best Judgments: An Integrated Model of Surrogate Decision Making




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Effect of a Dietary Portfolio of Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Given at 2 Levels of Intensity of Dietary Advice on Serum Lipids in Hyperlipidemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with David J. A. Jenkins, MD, author of Effect of a Dietary Portfolio of Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Given at 2 Levels of Intensity of Dietary Advice on Serum Lipids in Hyperlipidemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial




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Association Between Physician Billing and Cardiac Stress Testing Patterns Following Coronary Revascularization

Interview with Bimal R. Shah, MD, MB, author of Association Between Physician Billing and Cardiac Stress Testing Patterns Following Coronary Revascularization




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Effects of the CETP Inhibitor Evacetrapib Administered as Monotherapy or in Combination With Statins on HDL and LDL Cholesterol: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Steven E. Nissen, MD, author of Effects of the CETP Inhibitor Evacetrapib Administered as Monotherapy or in Combination With Statins on HDL and LDL Cholesterol: A Randomized Controlled Trial




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Association of Antenatal Corticosteroids With Mortality and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Infants Born at 22 to 25 Weeks' Gestation

Interview with Waldemar A. Carlo, MD, author of Association of Antenatal Corticosteroids With Mortality and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Infants Born at 22 to 25 Weeks' Gestation




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Questioning the Use of Epinephrine to Treat Cardiac Arrest

Interview with Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD, author of Questioning the Use of Epinephrine to Treat Cardiac Arrest




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Utilization of Anesthesia Services During Outpatient Endoscopies and Colonoscopies and Associated Spending in 2003-2009

Interview with Soeren Mattke, MD, DSc, author of Utilization of Anesthesia Services During Outpatient Endoscopies and Colonoscopies and Associated Spending in 2003-2009




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Bariatric Surgery Complications Before vs After Implementation of a National Policy Restricting Coverage to Centers of Excellence

Interview with Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH, author of Bariatric Surgery Complications Before vs After Implementation of a National Policy Restricting Coverage to Centers of Excellence




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Prevalence of a Healthy Lifestyle Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease in High-, Middle- and Low-Income Countries: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Studyterview

Interview with Koon Teo, MB, PhD, author of Prevalence of a Healthy Lifestyle Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease in High-, Middle- and Low-Income Countries: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study




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Elective Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request

Interview with Jeffrey Ecker, MD, author of Elective Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request




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The 2012 West Nile Encephalitis Epidemic in Dallas, Texas

Interview with Wendy M. Chung, MD, SM, author of The 2012 West Nile Encephalitis Epidemic in Dallas, Texas




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Association of National Initiatives to Improve Cardiac Arrest Management With Rates of Bystander Intervention and Patient Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interview with Christian Torp-Pedersen, MD, DSc, author of Association of National Initiatives to Improve Cardiac Arrest Management With Rates of Bystander Intervention and Patient Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest




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Association of Testosterone Therapy With Mortality, Myocardial Infarction, and Stroke in Men With Low Testosterone Levels

Interview with Michael Ho, MD, PhD, author of Association of Testosterone Therapy With Mortality, Myocardial Infarction, and Stroke in Men With Low Testosterone Levels




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Screening for Prostate Cancer With the Prostate-Specific Antigen Test: A Review of Current Evidence

Interview with Michael J. Barry, MD, author of Screening for Prostate Cancer With the Prostate-Specific Antigen Test: A Review of Current Evidence




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Effect of a Perioperative, Cardiac Output-Guided Hemodynamic Therapy Algorithm on Outcomes Following Major Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial and Systematic Review

Interview with Rupert M. Pearse, MD, author of Effect of a Perioperative, Cardiac Output-Guided Hemodynamic Therapy Algorithm on Outcomes Following Major Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial and Systematic Review




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Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing

Interview with Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH, author of Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing




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Ebola Vaccine After Needlestick

Interview with Mark J. Mulligan, MD, author of Emergency Postexposure Vaccination With Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Ebola Vaccine After Needlestick




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Maternal Malignancy and Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Interview with Diana W. Bianchi, MD, author of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing and Incidental Detection of Occult Maternal Malignancies




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Testosterone and Atherosclerosis in Older Men

Interview with Shalender Bhasin, MBBS, author of Effects of Testosterone Administration for 3 Years on Subclinical Atherosclerosis Progression in Older Men With Low or Low-Normal Testosterone Levels: A Randomized Clinical Trial





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DNR Status and Neurological Prognosis After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interview with Timothy Fendler, MD, MS, author of Alignment of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status With Patients’ Likelihood of Favorable Neurological Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest





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Ruling Out Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients With Chest Pain

ACS is a common and potentially lethal problem. However, only about 10% of patients who present to an emergency department with chest pain actually have ACS. In this JAMA Clinical Reviews podcast, we discuss which signs, symptoms and tests used to make the diagnosis of ACS are reliable.

Edward H. Livingston MD, speaks with Alexander Fanaroff, MD, author of Does This Patient With Chest Pain Have Acute Coronary Syndrome? The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review as well as a patient who was diagnosed with myocardial infarction.




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JAMA Professionalism: Best Practice--Disclosure of Medical Error

Introducing a new series of JAMA articles on professionalism, discussed from the perspective of how clinicians should address challenging clinical situations and adverse events in their medical practice. In the first episode of the accompanying podcast, JAMA Professionalism: Best Practice, we interview Wendy Levinson, MD, and Jensen Yeung, MD, authors of Disclosure of Medical Error, which appeared in the August 16, 2016 issue of JAMA, as well as Thomas H. Gallagher, MD.




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The Effects of Testosterone Gel on Health Outcomes

Can testosterone gel improve memory, correct anemia, increase bone density or prevent the growth of coronary artery plaque in older men with low testosterone levels? Four new studies in JAMA and JAMA Internal Medicine found improvement in some of these measures.

Articles discussed in this episode:

Testosterone Treatment and Coronary Artery Plaque Volume in Older Men With Low Testosterone

Testosterone Treatment and Cognitive Function in Older Men With Low Testosterone and Age-Associated Memory Impairment

Effect of Testosterone Treatment on Volumetric Bone Density and Strength in Older Men With Low Testosterone: A Controlled Clinical Trial

Association of Testosterone Levels With Anemia in Older Men: A Controlled Clinical Trial









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Coronavirus Testing – March 16 Q&A with the CDC’s Jay Butler, MD

Coronavirus testing will help countries manage coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but will raise questions about how to counsel patients about their test results. The CDC's Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases Jay C. Butler, MD, talks with JAMA Editor Howard Bauchner about what to advise healthy patients with positive PCR results, sick patients with negative test results, exposed health care workers, and more.





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Chasing the red queen : the evolutionary race between agricultural pests and poisons / Andy Dyer

Dyer, Andy, author




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Biochemical properties of soil in forest restoration : a case study of native vegetation within E. globulus plantations in the south west of Western Australia / Katarzyna Marta Safianowicz

Safianowicz, Katarzyna Marta, author




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Sustainable plantation forestry in South-East Asia / C.E. Harwood and E.K.S. Nambiar

Harwood, C. E. (Chris E.), author




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Managing energy, nutrients, and pests in organic field crops / edited by Ralph C. Martin and Rod MacRae




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Clandestine indoor marijuana grow operations : recognition, assessment, and remediation guidance / by Thomas D. Koch, Carol-Lynn Chambers, Stacy Bucherl, John Martyny, John Cotner, Stan Thomas

Koch, Thomas D, author




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Fishery-impacted bottlenose dolphins of north-western Australia : bycatch patterns, genetic status and abundance / by Simon James Allen

Allen, Simon James, author




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Tree and forest measurement / P.W. West

West, P. W. (Philip W.), 1948- author




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Harvest strategy policy and operational guidelines for the aquatic resources of Western Australia




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Plantations and protected areas : a global history of forest management / Brett M. Bennett

Bennett, Brett M., 1983-




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Biological characteristics of Acanthopagrus butcheri : changes following environmental degradation and comparisons of restocked and wild fish / Alan Cottingham

Cottingham, Alan, author




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Investigation of the symbiotic associations of Acacia ligulata Benth. and Acacia tetragonophylla F.Muell : the potential for use in the rehabilitation of excavated sites at Shark Bay Salt Pty. Ltd. / by Yvette Joan Hill

Hill, Yvette Joan, author




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Global deforestation / Christiane Runyan (Johns Hopkins University), Paolo D'Odorico (University of Virginia)

Runyan, Christiane, 1982- author




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Urban forests : ecosystem services and management / edited by J. Blum, PhD




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Postharvest management of horticultural crops : practices for quality preservation / edited by Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, Asgar Ali




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Voices from the rainforest : testimonies of a threatened people / Bruno Manser ; translated by Anthony Dixon and Johanna Veth

Manser, Bruno, 1954- author




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Aquaculture virology / editors, Frederick S.B. Kibenge (University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada), Marcos G. Godoy (Universidad San Sebastian, Puerto Montt, Chile, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Aplicadas (CIBA), Puerto Mon




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Interpreting soil test results : what do all the numbers mean? / Pam Hazelton and Brian Murphy

Hazelton, P. A. (Pamela Anne), author