Striking the Balance for Prescribing Opioids

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Is Phage Therapy the Next Big Hope for Urinary Tract Infections?" Related Content: Is Phage Therapy the Next Big Hope for Urinary Tract Infections?

Hear about a new universal definition of myocardial infarction, updated heart failure guidelines, and other clinical highlights in this interview with Tomasz Guzik, MD, PhD, chair of this year's European Society of Cardiology Congress. Related Content: A New Universal Definition of MI, Blood Pressure and Dementia, and More News From ESC Congress 2026

The winners of the 2026 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and Masashi Yanagisawa, MD, PhD, discuss how they identified the neuropeptide orexin and deduced its role in narcolepsy. Related Content: How the Albert Lasker Winners Identified Orexin and Elucidated the Peptide's Role in Narcolepsy

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Nearly Half of Dementia Cases May Be Preventable—Here's What the Research Says So Far." Related Content: Nearly Half of Dementia Cases May Be Preventable—Here's What the Research Says So Far

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Cardiovascular Care Should Incorporate Cognition and Frailty, Heart Group Says in New Statement." Related Content: Cardiovascular Care Should Incorporate Cognition and Frailty, Heart Group Says in New Statement

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals About the State of US Foodborne Disease Surveillance." Related Content: What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals About the State of US Foodborne Disease Surveillance

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "What to Know About the mRNA Flu Vaccine, Newly Approved by the FDA." Related Content: What to Know About the mRNA Flu Vaccine, Newly Approved by the FDA

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Will New Lyme Disease Approaches Change Patient Care?" Related Content: Will New Lyme Disease Approaches Change Patient Care?

Hear the latest on blood-based biomarkers, lifestyle interventions, and more from AAIC 2026 with Gil Rabinovici, MD. Related Content: Soccer Players' Brains, P-Tau217 Blood Tests, Lifestyle and Dementia Risk, and More From AAIC 2026

JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "A Decade After the CDC's Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Have Clinicians Struck the Right Balance?" Related Content: A Decade After the CDC's Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Have Clinicians Struck the Right Balance?