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A member of the Jamestown School Board resigned Friday after being charged with stealing thousands of dollars from Jamestown Area Medical Associates while she worked there. 42-year-old Barbara Piazza of Jamestown allegedly took more than $19,000 in cash between 2007 and earlier this year when she pocketed the money she received as payments to JAMA. The investigation began when JAMA officials contacted police November 8 after discovering a discrepancy in their books. Piazza turned herself into police Friday after a warrant had been issued for her arrest. She was arraigned in Jamestown City Court and was released on $5,000 bail. She could face up to seven years in jail. Piazza began serving on the school board in July 2010. The original news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Bariatric surgery complications associated with low volume hospital and surgeon procedure rates: Listen here . And here's last week's report: Opt-out rapid HIV screening identifies only slight increase of new cases in emergency department settings: Listen here . The JAMA Report is a weekly medical news service from the Journal of the American Medical Association.

National guidelines recommend patients with diabetes maintain a systolic blood pressure of less than 130 or a “tight control” versus a “usual control” blood pressure which is between 130 and 140. A new study shows having a blood pressure below 130 does not improve cardiovascular outcomes for patients who have both diabetes and coronary artery disease. Catherine Dolf has more in this week’s JAMA Report. Listen here . Provided by the Journal of the American Medical Association