Volume 170(5); May 1999 To our readers: The new WJM will be informative, enjoyable and open to new ideas PMCID: PMC1305568 Rethinking case reports. PMCID: PMC1305569 Medical futility. PMCID: PMC1305570 The power of herbs. PMCID: PMC1305571 A warm welcome PMCID: PMC1305572 Analysis of Chinese herbal creams prescribed for dermatological conditions PMCID: PMC1305573 Commentary: Adulterants in herbal products: dangerous and deceitful PMCID: PMC1305574 Historical cohort study of in utero exposure to uterotonic drugs and cognitive function in young adult life PMCID: PMC1305575 Commentary: Long-term cognitive effects of drugs used during labor PMCID: PMC1305576 Is herpes zoster unilateral? PMCID: PMC1305577 Does regular exercise during pregnancy affect the physical growth or mental development of infants? PMCID: PMC1305578 Are baseline depressive symptoms associated with smoking initiation in adolescents? PMCID: PMC1305579 Self-management education for adults with asthma improves health outcomes. PMCID: PMC1305580 Older adolescents discuss sexual behavior with partners after trust has been built PMCID: PMC1305581 Heart failure: Part I. First hospitalization and post-hospital care. PMCID: PMC1305582 Recurrent cystitis in nonpregnant women. PMCID: PMC1305583 Treatment advances in rheumatoid arthritis. PMCID: PMC1305584 Is bungee jumping safe? PMCID: PMC1305585 What advice can I give my patients with lymphedema? PMCID: PMC1305586 Curbside Consult: Why do people yawn? PMCID: PMC1305587 Taking a sexual history. PMCID: PMC1305588 Nonbeneficial or futile medical treatment: conflict resolution guidelines for the San Francisco Bay area. Bay Area Network of Ethics Committees (BANEC) Nonbeneficial Treatment Working Group. PMCID: PMC1305589 Why futility policies are not the answer. PMCID: PMC1305590 Respect for patients should dominate health care decisions. PMCID: PMC1305591 Therapeutic effectiveness and social context: the case of lobotomy in a California state hospital, 1947-1954. PMCID: PMC1305592 Recent developments in medical care of Jehovah's Witnesses. PMCID: PMC1305593 Media watch. PMCID: PMC1305594 New malaria vaccine shows promise. PMCID: PMC1305595 Epidural analgesia must be paid for in cash in advance. PMCID: PMC1305596 FDA proposes testing animal feed antibiotics. PMCID: PMC1305597 American trade union aims to recruit more doctors. PMCID: PMC1305598 News and Features: News in Brief PMCID: PMC1305599 News and Features: Fat people offended by West Coast gym advertisements PMCID: PMC1305600 A memorable incident: when a shovel should be an agricultural implement. PMCID: PMC1305601 Letter from the Northwest: From academia to private medicine: where did the profession go? PMCID: PMC1305602 Poets and Healers PMCID: PMC1305604 Fire Shadows PMCID: PMC1305605 Visual Commentary: Pharmacy, Fau 3 Refugee Camp, Eastern Sudan, March 1985. PMCID: PMC1305606 West of the Rockies New Encyclopedia of the American West PMCID: PMC1305603 Journal Matter Original table of contents page Administrative content — journal masthead, notices, indexes, etc. Advertisements | ||