| | 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 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 PMCID: PMC1071020 Clinical Evidence: Infectious diseases: meningococcal disease C Anthony Hart 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 PMCID: PMC1071025 Is teething associated with diarrhea? Pamela DenBesten 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 PMCID: PMC1071027 Curbside Consult Does recreational ecstasy use cause long-term cognitive problems? Paul A T Kelly PMCID: PMC1071023 In the Public Eye News and Features: US physicians may be failing to recognize substance misuse Fred Charatan PMCID: PMC1071000 News and Features: California researchers receive highest number of FDA warnings Fred Charatan PMCID: PMC1071001 News and Features: Gangrene bug killed 35 heroin users Bryan Christie PMCID: PMC1071033 News and Features: California doctors' leaders sue health insurers Fred Charatan PMCID: PMC1071002 News and Features: Global News Roundup PMCID: PMC1071034 Medicine and Money: The sum of my parts Charles Weijer 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 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 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 PMCID: PMC1071005 Marital status and physician-assisted suicide Howard Wineberg and M Zoe Purtzer PMCID: PMC1071006 Blaming the commentator David Bevan, Allison Streetly, and Krista Maxwell PMCID: PMC1071035 Op-Ed The male menopause: does it exist?: For: Some men need investigation and testosterone treatment Duncan C Gould and Richard Petty PMCID: PMC1070997 The male menopause: does it exist?: Against: Problems of senescence in men are not analogous to female menopause Howard S Jacobs PMCID: PMC1070998 “Manopause” Stanley G Korenman PMCID: PMC1070999 Original Research Ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms in rural Alaskan homes Thomas M Fazzini, Ron Perkins, and David Grossman PMCID: PMC1071008 Smoke alarms and prevention of house-fire—related deaths and injuries Gregory R Istre and Sue Mallonee 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 PMCID: PMC1071010 Magnetic field exposure may not have a directly causal relationship to suicide Corinne Peek-Asa PMCID: PMC1071011 Physical activity and peptic ulcers Yiling Cheng, Caroline A Macera, Dorothy R Davis, and Steven N Blair PMCID: PMC1071012 Can we make any recommendations about physical activity and peptic ulcerdisease? Eric Strom PMCID: PMC1071013 Are adolescents being screened for sexually transmitted diseases? Jonathan M Ellen, Margo A Lane, and Jacque McCright PMCID: PMC1071014 The race of patients and physicians can affect the quality of health care provision Barbara Staggers, D'Juanna White, and Roberto Rodriguez PMCID: PMC1071015 Other Content A Memorable Patient John Lynn PMCID: PMC1071004 A Film to Make You Think Sean A Spence PMCID: PMC1071007 A Book That Changed Me Simon Curtis PMCID: PMC1071016 Babies and cream cheese Abraham Broudy PMCID: PMC1071021 Capsule: Television promotes unsafe behaviors PMCID: PMC1071038 Toolbox Ectopic pregnancy Jackie I Tay, Judith Moore, and James J Walker PMCID: PMC1071024 Visual Commentary The breast-feeding dilemma David Heiden PMCID: PMC1071031 West of the Rockies Speaker's Corner: A little conversation: reflections of a hospital volunteer Brian W Ault PMCID: PMC1071028 Letter from the Southwest: The truth about proof Mark Carroll PMCID: PMC1071029 Subjectivity can be inhumane Gavin Yamey PMCID: PMC1071030 |
