Current Issue: Vol. 301, No. 2, January 14, 2009
This Week in
JAMA 
Original Contributions
- Treadmill Exercise and
Resistance Training in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease With
and Without Intermittent Claudication: A Randomized Controlled
Trial
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Fed High-Dose Docosahexaenoic Acid: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Special Communication
- Treating Drug Abuse and Addiction in the Criminal Justice System: Improving Public Health and Safety
Clinician's Corner: Clinical Review
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
Commentaries
- Transparency Standards for
Diabetes Performance Measures
- Sliding Scale Insulin—Time to
Stop Sliding
- Improving the Quality of
Health Care: Who Is Responsible for What?
Editorial
Audio
Commentary
- JAMA Audio
Commentary. Dr DeAngelis, Editor in Chief of JAMA,
summarizes and comments on this week's issue.
Complete Table of
Contents
Most Viewed Articles
- Timing of New Black Box Warnings and Withdrawals for Prescription Medications
- Preliminary Clinical Description of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- Wait-and-See Prescription for the Treatment of Acute Otitis Media
- Medicare Beneficiaries' Knowledge of Part D Prescription Drug Program Benefits and Responses to Drug Costs
- Prescription for a Healthy Nation
- Prescription Drug Abuse Rises Globally
- Similar Drug Names a Risky Prescription
- Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals
- Short Sleep Duration and Incident Coronary Artery Calcification
- Use of Prescription and Over-the-counter Medications and Dietary Supplements Among Older Adults in the United States
Most Sent Articles
- Ectopic pregnancies in upstate New York
- Associations Between End-of-Life Discussions, Patient Mental Health, Medical Care Near Death, and Caregiver Bereavement Adjustment
- Staging of disease. A case-mix measurement
- This Week in JAMA
- Short Sleep Duration and Incident Coronary Artery Calcification
- FDA: Epilepsy Drugs May Carry Skin Risks for Asians
- Medical Personnel's Role in US Detainees' Interrogations Questioned
- US Health Care System Earns Poor Marks
- THE INDEX.
- Fogarty at 40: NIH Center Updates Its Strategies for Supporting Global Health
Readers Respond
A 51-Year-Old Woman With Bipolar Disorder Who Wants to Quit Smoking
Read the case and respond by January 28, 2009; your response may be posted online. You also may read and respond to previous responses.
Author in the Room™
Effect of a Low Glycemic Index or a High Cereal Fiber Diet on Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial
Join David Jenkins, MD, PhD, January 21 from 2 to 3 PM ET to discuss the clinical implications of his study in JAMA. Sign up for the teleconference at the IHI Web site.
You can also subscribe to the Author in the Room podcast and listen to past teleconferences.
A 41-Year-Old Woman With Menorrhagia, Anemia, and Fibroids
Bradley Van Voorhis, MD, reviews evaluation and treatment of uterine fibroids.
View this and other interactive features on the multimedia index page.
Patient Page
Past JAMA Patient Pages are also freely available in English, Spanish , and French . Advice for Patients is freely available from Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
CALLS FOR PAPERS:
Child and Adolescent Health
JAMA will devote a special theme issue to this topic in June 2009. Submission deadline: February 2, 2009.
Violence and Human Rights
JAMA will publish its annual theme issue on violence and human rights on August 5, 2009. Submission deadline: March 1, 2009.
Surgery and the Public's Health
JAMA will devote a special theme issue to this topic in October 2009. Submission deadline: May 1, 2009.