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BRCA1, BRCA2, and Associated Cancer Risks and Management for Male Patients – A Review

Importance  Half of all carriers of inherited cancer-predisposing variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are male, but the implications for their health are underrecognized compared to female individuals. Germline variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 (also known as pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants, referred to here as BRCA1/2 PVs) are well known to…

Heat-Related Illness in Athletes

This JAMA Insights discusses heat-related illness in athletes, including risk factors, prevention, symptoms, and management.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes

This JAMA Insights discusses anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in female athletes, including modifiable and nonmodifiable sex-based risk factors and the implementation of ACL injury prevention programs.

Advancing Health Disparities Science Through Social Epigenomics Research

Importance  Although scientific and technological discoveries have improved the health of the US population overall, racial and ethnic minority (American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, or Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander persons) and socioeconomically…

An Ominous Wave

This case report describes a man in his 40s with evidence of malignant J wave syndrome on electrocardiography.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations for Neonatal Perioperative Care

Importance  Neonates requiring surgery are often cared for in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Despite a breadth of surgical pathology, neonates share many perioperative priorities that allow for the development of unit-wide evidence-based Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) recommendations. Observations  The guideline…

Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis

This case report describes a woman in her 70s presenting with primary cutaneous cryptococcosis.