JAMA Medical News

Are Nicotine Pouches a Safer Alternative to Cigarettes?

In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and staff writer Samantha Anderer discuss "As Nicotine Pouches Become More Popular, Experts Weigh the Risks and Potential for Smoking Cessation" and more. Related Content: * Can Nicotine Pouches Help People Quit Smoking? [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.22811?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

The Push for Geriatrics Education

In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and freelance writer and Harvard medical student Emily Harris discuss "A Growing Movement Aims to Prepare All Physicians to Care for Older Adults" and more. Related Content: * A Growing Movement Aims to Prepare All Physicians to Care for Older Adults [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.22810?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

JAMA Research of the Year With Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

In this episode, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, and Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi discuss the journal's inaugural Research of the Year roundup. Related Content: * Research of the Year 2025 [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.20503?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Alzheimer Disease Blood Test Approved for Primary Care

Correction: an earlier version of this podcast misstated the phosphorylated tau analyte measured by the Roche blood biomarker test. It is p-tau181, not p-tau217. In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Alzheimer Disease Blood Test Cleared for Primary Care, but Questions Remain About Its Use" and more. Related Content: * Alzheimer Disease Blood Test Cleared for Primary Care, but Questions Remain About Its Use [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.21573?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Cardiovascular Highlights From AHA Scientific Sessions 2025

Updates on coffee and AFib, a polypill approach for HFrEF, the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor, vitamin D supplementation for secondary prevention, and more: Joanna Chikwe, MD, chair of the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions conference and of the Department of Cardiac Surgery in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, shares clinical research highlights from the recent meeting. Related Content: * Coffee and AFib, Oral PCSK9 Drugs, an HFrEF Polypill, and Vitamin D Post-MI—Highlights From AHA 2025 [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.22800?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]