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Volume 171(5-6);  Nov–Dec 1999
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Editor's Pick
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 289.
PMCID: PMC1308880
Positron emission tomography scanning for the early diagnosis of dementia.
G W Small
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 293–294.
PMCID: PMC1308731
Positron emission tomography for the early diagnosis of dementia.
K Brummel-Smith
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 294–295.
PMCID: PMC1308732
The politics and prevention of gun violence.
M A Rodriguez and E Gorovitz
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 296–297.
PMCID: PMC1308734
Physicians' unions must be able to strike.
C D Goodman
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 297–298.
PMCID: PMC1308735
Physicians for responsible negotiations will be heard.
S Adelman
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 298–299.
PMCID: PMC1308736
Aspartame and breast and other cancers.
G R Schwartz
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 300–301.
PMCID: PMC1308737
Response
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 301.
PMCID: PMC1308738
Modern obstetrics and female life span.
R E Noble
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 301.
PMCID: PMC1308739
Questionnaire survey of California consumers' use and rating of sources of health care information including the Internet.
J Pennbridge, R Moya, and L Rodrigues
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 302–305.
PMCID: PMC1308740
Rejoice and help patients get the best from the World Wide Web.
M A Graber
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 305–306.
PMCID: PMC1308741
Experiences of hospital care and treatment-seeking behavior for pain from sickle cell disease: qualitative study
Krista Maxwell, Allison Streetly, and David Bevan
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 306–313.
PMCID: PMC1308742
Don't blame the patients.
M T Morgan
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 313–314.
PMCID: PMC1308743
Bright light and high-density negative air ionization reduces symptoms of seasonal affective disorder.
T Partonen
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 315–316.
PMCID: PMC1308744
Bright morning light reduces depressive symptoms in seasonal affective disorder
AJ Lewy, VK Bauer, NL Cutler, et al.
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 316.
PMCID: PMC1308745
Family disadvantages in early life are associated with depression in adulthood.
H L MacMillan and J E Fleming
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 317.
PMCID: PMC1308746
Traditional child psychotherapy does not reduce psychopathology when compared with academic tutoring.
A E Kazdin
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 318.
PMCID: PMC1308747
Topic in Review: Vaccines in the 21st century
Margaret A Liu
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 319–322.
PMCID: PMC1308748
Sensors in medicine
Charles B Wilson
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 322–325.
PMCID: PMC1308749
Are we providing doctors with the training and tools for lifelong learning?
Allen F Shaughnessy and DC Slawson
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 325–328.
PMCID: PMC1308750
Pharmacogenomics
Wolfgang Sadée
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 328–332.
PMCID: PMC1308751
Xenotransplantation: progress and promise
Harold Y Vanderpool
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 333–335.
PMCID: PMC1308752
What is immoral about eugenics?
Arthur L Caplan, Glenn McGee, and David Magnus
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 335–337.
PMCID: PMC1308753
Detecting coronary calcification with electron beam computed tomography: its role in managing coronary artery disease.
A J Taylor and P G O'Malley
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 338–340.
PMCID: PMC1308754
How much will it cost?
J R Hoffman
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 341.
PMCID: PMC1308755
Clinical Evidence: Psychosocial factors in the etiology and prognosis of coronary heart disease: systematic review of prospective cohort studies
Harry Hemingway and Michael Marmot
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 342–350.
PMCID: PMC1308756
Topical corticosteroids: back to basics.
N P Lee and E R Arriola
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 351–353.
PMCID: PMC1308757
Poison ivy, oak, and sumac dermatitis.
N P Lee and E R Arriola
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 354–355.
PMCID: PMC1308758
How accurate is a CT scan in identifying acute strokes?
R J Cooper and D L Schriger
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 356–357.
PMCID: PMC1308759
Toolbox: Female sexual problems: sexual pain and sexual fears
Josie Butcher
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 358–360.
PMCID: PMC1308760
A red twisted ankle.
R P Usatine
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 361–362.
PMCID: PMC1308761
Building and testing an effective HIV vaccine.
J Kahn
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 363–365.
PMCID: PMC1308762
What about the ethics?
L E Wolf and B Lo
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 365–366.
PMCID: PMC1308763
Training future hospitalists.
K E Hauer, S A Flanders, and R M Wachter
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 367–370.
PMCID: PMC1308764
The joys of being a hospitalist.
B A Markoff
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 371.
PMCID: PMC1308765
The hospitalist and the care of the patient.
P T Dowling
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 371–372.
PMCID: PMC1308766
Serving native health needs: merging technology and traditional information services.
H S Buchanan, R C Morris, and T D Kauley
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 373–375.
PMCID: PMC1308767
Genes and generalists: why we need professionals with added competencies.
P P Reynolds and J L Benkendorf
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 375–379.
PMCID: PMC1308768
Viagra makes flowers stand up straight.
J Siegel-Itzkovich
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 380.
PMCID: PMC1308769
News and Features: Pediatricians propose plan to insure every American child
Scott Gottlieb
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 380–381.
PMCID: PMC1308770
News and Features: Study leads to a call for an end to spanking
David Spurgeon
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 381.
PMCID: PMC1308771
News and Features: Consumer group criticizes surgeon general on ECT
James Ciment
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 382.
PMCID: PMC1308772
News and Features: Nerve gas antidote a possible cause of Gulf war illness
Fred Charatan
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 382.
PMCID: PMC1308773
News and Features: News brief
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 382.
PMCID: PMC1308774
Medicine and Money: Memo
Michael A Glueck and Robert J Cihak
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 383–384.
PMCID: PMC1308775
Speaker's Corner: Fighting epidemics through the Senate
Sen. Jack Riggs
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 385–386.
PMCID: PMC1308776
What is it like to be a high functioning 60-year-old woman with early onset of Alzheimer's disease?
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 386–387.
PMCID: PMC1308777
Apricot orchards: doctors and patients in Japan.
M Feldman
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 388.
PMCID: PMC1308778
Visual Commentary: Health care, technology, and human rights
David Heiden
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 392.
PMCID: PMC1308779
Correction
Correction
West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 295.
PMCID: PMC1308733
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