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What Is Prostate Cancer?

Author/s: Rebecca Voelker, MSJ

Prostate cancer is a common malignancy in older men. Prostate cancer typically affects older men (average age at diagnosis is 67 years) and is more common among Black men than White men.1 More than half of prostate cancer risk is due to genetic factors. Prostate cancer is the second most common...

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Patient Information jama Patient Information Reproductive Health oncology prostate cancer

I Am Taking a GLP-1 Weight-Loss Medication-What Should I Know?

Author/s: Farhad Mehrtash, Jody Dushay, JoAnn E Manson

This JAMA Internal Medicine Patient Page describes how glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists work and what behaviors to adopt while using them.
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Glucagon-Like Peptide 1

Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens

Author/s: Rachel S Gross, Megan Carmilani, Melissa S Stockwell

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the symptoms of long COVID in children.
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COVID-19 children Long COVID Long COVID Syndrome

What Are Eating Disorders?

This JAMA Patient Page describes the most common types of eating disorders, risk factors for eating disorders, and treatment options.
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Patient Information jama Patient Information Feeding and Eating Disorders

What Is Interstitial Lung Disease?

Author/s: Amy E. Varghese, MD, Christopher D. Jackson, MD, Julio Lanfranco, MD, MPH

This JAMA Patient Page describes types and causes of interstitial lung disease as well as its diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
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pulmonary medicine Patient Information jama Patient Information

Understanding and Managing Headaches in Children and Teens

Author/s: Cynthia-Mae M Hunt, Lindsay A Thompson

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page discusses symptoms and treatment of headaches in children and teens.
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children teens headaches

What Is a Cardiac CT Calcium Score?

Author/s: Kristin L Walter

This JAMA Patient Page describes the use of cardiac computed tomography scans to look for calcium in the coronary arteries as a predictor of future atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events.
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cardiac computed tomography calcium coronary arteries Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Coronary Vessels

What Is a Pacemaker?

Author/s: Albert Liu, Gregory M. Marcus

This JAMA Patient Page describes the body’s heart rhythm and the role of electronic pacemaker devices in maintaining heart rhythm for patients with certain conditions.
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heart rhythm electronic pacemaker patients

What Is Atrial Fibrillation?

Author/s: Rebecca Voelker

Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal heart rhythm that can cause stroke, heart failure, heart attack, chronic kidney disease, dementia, and death.

Atrial fibrillation is classified as paroxysmal (intermittent episodes lasting 7 days or less), persistent (lasting more than 7 days), long-...

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atrial fibrillation Cardiology Patient Information jama Patient Information Rhythm Disorders

What Parents Should Understand About Growth in Children

Author/s: Elizabeth T Walsh, Lindsay A Thompson

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes what parents should understand about their children’s growth.
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growth children Growth Charts parents

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