| | Articles This Month in wjm West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 73. PMCID: PMC1070996 West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 73. PMCID: PMC1071032 Best Practice Topics in Review: Hope in the terminally ill Paul Rousseau West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 117–118. PMCID: PMC1071019 Topics in Review: From the cell to the community: AIDS research inCalifornia Nancy E Moss, George Lemp, Ricky Bluthenthal, Mark A Goldsmith, Richard Haubrich, and James O Kahn West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 119–124. PMCID: PMC1071020 Clinical Evidence: Infectious diseases: meningococcal disease C Anthony Hart West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 125–128. PMCID: PMC1071022 Culture and Medicine Dental injuries due to African traditional therapies for diarrhea Elinor A Graham, Peter K Domoto, Heather Lynch, and Mark A Egbert West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 135–137. PMCID: PMC1071025 Is teething associated with diarrhea? Pamela DenBesten West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 137. PMCID: PMC1071026 Medical Myth: Heparin should be administered to every patient admitted to the hospital with possible unstable angina G Scott Brewster and Mel E Herbert West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 138–140. PMCID: PMC1071027 Curbside Consult Does recreational ecstasy use cause long-term cognitive problems? Paul A T Kelly West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 129–130. PMCID: PMC1071023 In the Public Eye News and Features: US physicians may be failing to recognize substance misuse Fred Charatan West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 81. PMCID: PMC1071000 News and Features: California researchers receive highest number of FDA warnings Fred Charatan West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 82. PMCID: PMC1071001 News and Features: Gangrene bug killed 35 heroin users Bryan Christie West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 82–83. PMCID: PMC1071033 News and Features: California doctors' leaders sue health insurers Fred Charatan West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 83. PMCID: PMC1071002 News and Features: Global News Roundup West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 83. PMCID: PMC1071034 Medicine and Money: The sum of my parts Charles Weijer West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 84–85. PMCID: PMC1071003 Journal Digest In patients with acute bronchitis, do antibiotics reduce sputum production, cough, or number of days off work? S Bent, S Saint, E Vittinghoff, and D. Grady West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 115. PMCID: PMC1071017 West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 115. PMCID: PMC1071036 Does attendance at a general practice asthma clinic reduce asthma morbidity more than does standard medical treatment? AR Heard, IJ Richards, and JH Alpers West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 116. PMCID: PMC1071018 West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 116. PMCID: PMC1071037 Mail Fatal asthma in a child after use of an animal shampoo containing pyrethrin Sheldon L Wagner West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 86–87. PMCID: PMC1071005 Marital status and physician-assisted suicide Howard Wineberg and M Zoe Purtzer West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 87. PMCID: PMC1071006 Blaming the commentator David Bevan, Allison Streetly, and Krista Maxwell West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 87–88. PMCID: PMC1071035 Op-Ed The male menopause: does it exist?: For: Some men need investigation and testosterone treatment Duncan C Gould and Richard Petty West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 76–78. PMCID: PMC1070997 The male menopause: does it exist?: Against: Problems of senescence in men are not analogous to female menopause Howard S Jacobs West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 78–79. PMCID: PMC1070998 “Manopause” Stanley G Korenman West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 80. PMCID: PMC1070999 Original Research Ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms in rural Alaskan homes Thomas M Fazzini, Ron Perkins, and David Grossman West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 89–92. PMCID: PMC1071008 Smoke alarms and prevention of house-fire—related deaths and injuries Gregory R Istre and Sue Mallonee West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 92–93. PMCID: PMC1071009 Exposure to electromagnetic fields and suicide among electric utility workers: a nested case-control study Edwin van Wijngaarden, David A Savitz, Robert C Kleckner, Jianwen Cai, and Dana Loomis West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 94–100. PMCID: PMC1071010 Magnetic field exposure may not have a directly causal relationship to suicide Corinne Peek-Asa West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 100–101. PMCID: PMC1071011 Physical activity and peptic ulcers Yiling Cheng, Caroline A Macera, Dorothy R Davis, and Steven N Blair West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 101–107. PMCID: PMC1071012 Can we make any recommendations about physical activity and peptic ulcerdisease? Eric Strom West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 108–109. PMCID: PMC1071013 Are adolescents being screened for sexually transmitted diseases? Jonathan M Ellen, Margo A Lane, and Jacque McCright West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 109–113. PMCID: PMC1071014 The race of patients and physicians can affect the quality of health care provision Barbara Staggers, D'Juanna White, and Roberto Rodriguez West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 113–114. PMCID: PMC1071015 Other Content A Memorable Patient John Lynn West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 85. PMCID: PMC1071004 A Film to Make You Think Sean A Spence West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 88. PMCID: PMC1071007 A Book That Changed Me Simon Curtis West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 114. PMCID: PMC1071016 Babies and cream cheese Abraham Broudy West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 124. PMCID: PMC1071021 Capsule: Television promotes unsafe behaviors West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 143. PMCID: PMC1071038 Toolbox Ectopic pregnancy Jackie I Tay, Judith Moore, and James J Walker West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 131–134. PMCID: PMC1071024 Visual Commentary The breast-feeding dilemma David Heiden West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 144. PMCID: PMC1071031 West of the Rockies Speaker's Corner: A little conversation: reflections of a hospital volunteer Brian W Ault West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 141. PMCID: PMC1071028 Letter from the Southwest: The truth about proof Mark Carroll West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 142. PMCID: PMC1071029 Subjectivity can be inhumane Gavin Yamey West J Med. 2000 August; 173(2): 143. PMCID: PMC1071030 |