Current Issue: Vol. 301, No. 4, January 28, 2009
This Week in JAMA 
Original Contributions
- BNP-Guided vs Symptom-Guided Heart Failure Therapy: The Trial of Intensified vs Standard Medical Therapy in Elderly Patients With Congestive Heart Failure (TIME-CHF) Randomized Trial
- Genome-wide Interrogation of Germline Genetic Variation Associated With Treatment Response in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Breast Cancer Surveillance Practices Among Women Previously Treated With Chest Radiation for a Childhood Cancer
Clinician's Corner: Clinical Review
- Diagnostic Performance of Computed Tomography Angiography in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- CME Course
Commentaries
- Relative Child Poverty, Income Inequality, Wealth, and Health
- Describing Physician Language Fluency: Deconstructing Medical Spanish
- Why Guideline-Making Requires Reform
Editorials
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
- Prescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives by Fixing Our Everyday World
- Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice
- Treadmill Exercise and Resistance Training in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease With and Without Intermittent Claudication
- Similar Drug Names a Risky Prescription
- Treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome With Antidepressants
- Wait-and-See Prescription for Acute Otitis Media
- Sliding Scale Insulin—Time to Stop Sliding
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Fed High-Dose Docosahexaenoic Acid
Most Sent Articles
- Associations Between End-of-Life Discussions, Patient Mental Health, Medical Care Near Death, and Caregiver Bereavement Adjustment
- Ectopic pregnancies in upstate New York
- Surgery and the Public's Health
- Treadmill Exercise and Resistance Training in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease With and Without Intermittent Claudication
- Rates of Cesarean Delivery Among Puerto Rican Women—Puerto Rico and the U.S. Mainland, 1992-2002
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Fed High-Dose Docosahexaenoic Acid
- Treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome With Antidepressants
- Staging of disease. A case-mix measurement
- Effect of Evidence-Based Feeding Guidelines on Mortality of Critically Ill Adults
- How to Use an Article About Genetic Association
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™
Treadmill Exercise and Resistance Training in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease With and Without Intermittent Claudication: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Join Mary M. McDermott, MD, February 18 from 2 to 3 PM ET. Sign up for the free teleconference at the IHI Web site.
You can also subscribe to the Author in the Room podcast and listen to past teleconferences.
Detection of Peripheral Arterial Disease
Illustrates PAD detected via CT angiogram. Read the article by Rosemarie Met, MD, et al.
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.