American Medical Association
“We are the Voice of the American Medical Profession.
“We are the partnership of physicians and their professional associations dedicated to promoting the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
“We serve the physicians and their patients by establishing and promoting ethical, educational, and clinical standards for the medical profession and by advocating for the highest principle of all–the integrity of the physician/patient relationship.”
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“To promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health.” JAMA carries original, generally well-documented, peer-reviewed medical articles on a diversity of clinical as well as laboratory topics.
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From the French, meaning “never seen”. The illusion that the familiar does not seem familiar. The opposite of the feeling of “dej� vu.”
- Jammed finger
Lay terminology that refers to an injury of the finger joints. The most common joint affected is the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP), the joint formed by the first and second finger bones. A jammed finger occurs because of an on-end injury to the tip of a finger. The injury most commonly occurs during athletic activity, […]
- Japanese encephalitis
A mosquito-borne flavivirus infection that is the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. Japanese encephalitis virus cannot be transmitted from person-to-person. The Japanese encephalitis virus is related to the viruses of St. Louis encephalitis and Murray Valley encephalitis and to the West Nile virus. Infection leads to overt encephalitis in only 1 of 20 […]
- Jaundice
Yellow staining of the skin and sclerae (the whites of the eyes) by abnormally high blood levels of the bile pigment bilirubin. The yellowing extends to other tissues and body fluids. Jaundice was once called the “morbus regius” (the regal disease) in the belief that only the touch of a king could cure it. When […]