In most developed countries ∼25% of adults with asthma are current cigarette smokers.
Asthma and active cigarette smoking interact to cause more severe symptoms, accelerated …

Despite major advances in the understanding and treatment of disease in many areas of
medicine, relatively few improvements have been made in the understanding of ileus. The most …

Importance Bariatric surgery is an accepted treatment for obesity. Despite extensive literature,
few studies report long-term follow-up in cohorts with adequate retention rates. Objective …

… We began with an electronic search of MEDLINE on 16 October 2002, followed by a search
of EMBASE and subsequent periodic search updates (on 22 May, 2 June, 12 June, and 3 …

On February 20, 2020, a young man in the Lombardy region of Italy was admitted with an
atypical pneumonia that later proved to be COVID-19. In the next 24 hours there were 36 more …

On the evening of the discovery of the optical pulsar at Steward Observatory, January 16,
1969, by John Cocke, Michael Disney, Don Taylol3 and Robert McCallister, a tape recording in …

The editors of JAMA recognize the challenges, concerns, and frustration about the shortage
of personal protective equipment (PPE) that is affecting the care of patients and safety of …

The study was designed to assess the effect of cigarette smoking on the therapeutic response
to oral corticosteroids in chronic stable asthma. We performed a randomized, placebo-…

Importance Bariatric surgery induces significant weight loss for severely obese patients, but
there is limited evidence of the durability of weight loss compared with nonsurgical matches …

Context Use of bariatric surgery has increased dramatically during the past 10 years,
particularly among women of reproductive age. Objectives To estimate bariatric surgery rates …