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Patient-Clinician Communication About Weight Loss

This JAMA Insights explores effective communication strategies for clinicians who do not specialize in treating obesity in how to introduce conversations about weight loss with their patients and offer them support and treatment.

Tracking US Health Care Spending by Health Condition and County

Importance  Understanding health conditions with the most spending and variation across locations and over time is important for identifying trends, highlighting inequalities, and developing strategies for lowering health spending. Objective  To estimate US health care spending for each of 3110 US counties,…

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Apparently Healthy, Young Adults

Importance  Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence in apparently healthy adults younger than 40 years ranges from 4 to 14 per 100 000 person-years worldwide. Of an estimated 350 000 to 450 000 total annual out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the US, approximately 10% survive. Observations  Among young…

Climate Change and Coccidioidomycosis

This JAMA Insights discusses the increased risk of coccidioidomycosis due to climate change and the importance of clinicians, patients, and health systems being educated about the disease to ensure accurate identification and optimal care for patients.  

A New Legal Standard for Medical Malpractice

Importance  Patients in the US have persistent needs for safe, evidence-based care. Physicians in the US report fear of liability risk and the need to practice “defensive medicine.” In 2024, the American Law Institute revised the legal standard for assessing medical…

A 25-Year-Old With Verrucous Pustules and Fevers

A 25-year-old man taking no regular medications presented to clinic with a 1-month history of skin lesions, which began as small painless papules on his face and progressed to vesicles and pustules over 1 week. Two weeks prior to presentation,…