JAMA Medical News

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.

July 2025 Medical News Summary 07/25/2025

July 2025 Medical News Summary The Effects of Newly Changed Guidance on COVID-19 Shots During Pregnancy; Heart Disease Deaths Have Changed; Progress Toward a Norovirus Vaccine /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/37546955

Socially Assistive Robots, Part 2 07/02/2025

Socially Assistive Robots, Part 2 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 socially assistive robotics, discusses how artificial intelligence... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/37244870

Clinical Highlights From ASCO 2025 06/27/2025

Clinical Highlights From ASCO 2025 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 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, including... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/37177835

June 2025 Medical News Summary 06/27/2025

June 2025 Medical News Summary New NIH-FDA Partnership Targets Nutrition Research Gaps; First Blood Test for Alzheimer Biomarkers Receives FDA Clearance; A Growing Movement to Care for Caregivers /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/37177955

AI-Based Analysis for Parkinsonism 06/16/2025

AI-Based Analysis for Parkinsonism 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 model to differentiate between Parkinson disease and other neurodegenerative disorders when paired with MRI. He joins JAMA and JAMA+ AI Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH to discuss. Related Content: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/37026065

May 2025 Medical News Summary 05/30/2025

May 2025 Medical News Summary 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 /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/36771770

When Do Nudges Help? 05/16/2025

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: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/36596810

Highlights From the American College of Cardiology’s 2025 Scientific Session 04/25/2025

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... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/36299920

April 2025 Medical News Summary 04/25/2025

April 2025 Medical News Summary Axe Falls on Federal Health Workforce; Experts Say CDC Cuts Will Cost Lives /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/36300985

Real-World Performance of AI in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy 04/18/2025

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: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/36191260

Can Open-Source LLMs Compete With Proprietary Ones for Complex Diagnoses? 04/04/2025

Can Open-Source LLMs Compete With Proprietary Ones for Complex Diagnoses? 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 sacrificing data privacy or flexibility. Coauthors Thomas A. Buckley, BS, and Arjun K. Manrai, PhD, from the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School join JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss. Related Content: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35962045

March 2025 Medical News Summary 03/28/2025

March 2025 Medical News Summary 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 Rise /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35889950

Rethinking Race in Prenatal Screening for Open Neural Tube Defects 03/28/2025

Rethinking Race in Prenatal Screening for Open Neural Tube Defects 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 Herman, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine joins JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss a quality improvement study examining the need to continue to incorporate race in tests that screen for these defects. Related Content: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/36084295

AI’s Role in Advancing Equity for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities 03/21/2025

AI’s Role in Advancing Equity for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities 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 Special Olympics, joins JAMA Associate Editor Yulin Hswen,... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35784310

Prescreening for Clinical Trial Eligibility Using Large Language Models 03/14/2025

Prescreening for Clinical Trial Eligibility Using Large Language Models 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, MD, MSc, cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35660805

Machine Learning for Earlier Diagnosis of Schizophrenia 03/07/2025

Machine Learning for Earlier Diagnosis of Schizophrenia 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 disorder among individuals already receiving psychiatric treatment. Coauthor Søren Dinesen Østergaard, PhD, of Aarhus University in Denmark joins JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss. Related Content: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35578125

The 5 Ways Engineers Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance 02/28/2025

The 5 Ways Engineers Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance A recent report from the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance emphasizes the urgent need for engineering-directed research to mitigate the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Anita Shukla, PhD, a professor of engineering at... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35473180

February 2025 Medical News Summary 02/28/2025

February 2025 Medical News Summary Changes to CDC’s Website Threaten Patients, Public Health; Landmark Study of Black Women and Cancer Launches /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35482690

Language Equity in Health Technology 02/28/2025

Language Equity in Health Technology 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 Medicine, and coauthors emphasized the urgent need for integrating language equity into digital health solutions. Dr Ortega joins JAMA and JAMA+ AI Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, to discuss. Related Content: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35486465

AI Guided Diagnostic-Quality Lung Ultrasound 02/21/2025

AI Guided Diagnostic-Quality Lung Ultrasound 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, joins JAMA Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, to discuss a new study published in JAMA Cardiology evaluating the ability of AI to guide acquisition of diagnostic-quality lung ultrasound images by trained health care professionals. Related Content: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35357155

Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease Using AI 02/14/2025

Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease Using AI 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, professor in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35239970

Older Adults’ Use of Digital Health Technology 02/07/2025

Older Adults’ Use of Digital Health Technology 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, MD, of the University of Michigan joins JAMA+ AI Editor in... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35164825

Patient Satisfaction With AI-Generated Responses 01/31/2025

Patient Satisfaction With AI-Generated Responses 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. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss her recent study in JAMA Network Open that characterized satisfaction with these messages. Related Content: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35072465

January 2025 Medical News Summary 01/31/2025

January 2025 Medical News Summary 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? /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/35087595

Drafting Replies to Patient Messages With AI 01/24/2025

Drafting Replies to Patient Messages With AI 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 discuss her recent study published in JAMA Network Open, which examined the use of large language models to reply to patient messages. Related Content: /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/34963620

Bioethics and AI 01/17/2025

Bioethics and AI 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 the University of Barcelona, discusses this and more with... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/34876680

AI-Based Suicide Screening for American Indian Patients 01/10/2025

AI-Based Suicide Screening for American Indian Patients 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 describes an AI-based suicide screening tool investigated in an... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/34782335

Comparing Early Hospital Warning Scores for Clinical Deterioration 01/03/2025

Comparing Early Hospital Warning Scores for Clinical Deterioration 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 Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss a recent study... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/34704085

AI Chatbots in Clinical Practice 12/27/2024

AI Chatbots in Clinical Practice 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 JAMA and JAMA+ AI Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, to... /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/34591840

December 2024 Medical News Summary 12/27/2024

December 2024 Medical News Summary Why COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Stop Transmission; Hospital-at-Home—But Make It Virtual /episode/index/show/jamamedicalnews/id/34592005

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