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This JAMA Patient Page describes types of long-acting reversible contraception, how they are placed and removed, and their potential side effects.
This review highlights recent literature regarding lactation in otolaryngology patients, including medication, radiologic imaging, perioperative considerations, and subspecialty-specific considerations for lactating patients.
This JAMA Patient Page describes carpal tunnel syndrome and its symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment options.
This JAMA Patient Page describes medications commonly used during pregnancy and how the safety of such medications is determined and labeled.
This JAMA Internal Medicine Patient Page describes use of aducanumab for treatment of Alzheimer disease, including potential benefits, harms, and concerns about use.
This Patient Page describes what drowning and dry drowning are and offers some water safety tips.
This Patient Page describes the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for muscle tension dysphonia.
This JAMA Oncology Patient Page describes the use of systemic therapy in addition to surgery in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer.
This JAMA Patient Page summarizes the US Preventive Services Task Force’s recent recommendations on behavioral counseling interventions to promote a healthy diet and physical activity to prevent cardiovascular disease in adults without cardiovascular disease risk factors.
This JAMA Patient Page describes the combination medication tixagevimab-cilgavimab, which is used to help prevent COVID-19 infection in people with immunosuppression or who have had a COVID-19 vaccine reaction.
This JAMA Internal Medicine Patient Page describes features of Medicare Part D and how to enroll in its plans.
This Patient Page discusses comprehensive intensive behavioral intervention programs for child weight management and warning signs parents can look out for to prevent their child from trying to lose weight on their own.
This JAMA Patient Page describes the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
This JAMA Patient Page describes monkeypox infection, how it is spread, and its symptoms, treatment, and prevention measures.
This Patient Page describes the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of vulvar lichen sclerosus.
This JAMA Patient Page describes dry eye disease and its risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and recommended lifestyle modifications.
This Patient Page describes risks of social media use and how parents can keep children safe while using social media.
This JAMA Patient Page describes 2 new oral antiviral medications that are available for patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are not hospitalized but are at high risk of developing severe disease.
This JAMA Patient Page summarizes the US Preventive Services Task Force’s recent recommendations about the use of vitamins, minerals, and multivitamins to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer.
This JAMA Patient Page describes the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of premenopausal vaginitis.
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