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- BiologyOpen access
Background: Advances in hearing aid technology may improve prescriptive target matching, but whether newer devices better match targets remains unclear. This study compared prescriptive target matching across hearing aid technology generations. Methods: This secondary analysis in...
- Health & Medicine
Safety Considerations for Hospitalized Children and Adolescents With Obesity
Children and adolescents with obesity make up a growing proportion of hospitalized patients. As a result, pediatric hospital providers are increasingly providing care for patients whose weight meaningfully influences safety during admissions. This review provides practical, evide...
- Society & Economics
Clinicians’ Experiences With Law Enforcement in a Pediatric Emergency Department
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Law enforcement officers (LEOs) are frequently present in emergency departments, where their roles may include accompanying patients, investigating injuries, or responding to safety concerns. Existing research on LEO presence in health care has focused...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
BACKGROUND: Best Case/Worst Case (BC/WC) is a communication tool to support nephrologists and older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease with decisions about dialysis. We compared the effectiveness of training nephrologists to use BC/WC versus usual care on receipt of pall...
- Biology
Objective To characterise temporal patterns in over-the-counter (OTC) hearing-aid research before and after U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implementation of the OTC category (effective October 2022), using bibliometrics and large language model (LLM)–assisted abstract-le...
- Health & Medicine
Empiric MRSA Coverage for Children with Osteoarticular Infections: 2015 to 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Staphylococcus aureus is the most common causative pathogen for children with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) and acute bacterial arthritis (ABA). National guidelines recommend empiric coverage for methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) at hospita...
- Health & Medicine
Variation in In-Hospital Emergency Transfer Rates Across Pediatric Hospitals
BACKGROUND: Clinical deterioration with late escalation, termed emergency transfer (ET), is a key safety metric. However, national benchmarking is limited by variable definitions. We sought to estimate pooled ET rates and assess variation across pediatric hospitals. METHODS: We p...
- Health & Medicine
Role of the School Nurse in Providing School Health Services: Policy Statement
School nursing has evolved into an essential field bridging health care and education. School nurses play multifaceted roles, addressing direct care, care coordination, public health, leadership, and quality improvement. They manage communicable diseases, chronic conditions, ment...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
INTRODUCTION/AIM: Aspiration pneumonia has evolved, with demographics shifting to predominantly frail older adults. However, despite the high healthcare impact, there is no established guideline or curriculum for the education and training of healthcare professionals in managing...
- Health & Medicine
Coding Errors in Study of Alcohol Use and Obesity
To the Editor We write to report errors in our Research Letter “Heavy Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Obesity,”1 published online April 20, 2026, and in the June 2026 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.
- Biology
Plain Language SummaryWhat is this summary about?Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) happens when transthyretin (TTR) protein breaks apart, forming clumps that build up in the heart, making it harder to pump blood.People with ATTR-CM often go to the hospital multiple t...