Current Issue: Vol. 301, No. 18, May 13, 2009
Dr DeAngelis, Editor in Chief of JAMA, summarizes and comments on this week's issue. You can also subscribe to the podcast or download the audio files.
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Original Contributions
- Effects of Home-Based Diet and Exercise on Functional Outcomes Among Older, Overweight Long-term Cancer Survivors: RENEW: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Free Full Text | JAMA Report Video - Circulating Estradiol and Mortality in Men With Systolic Chronic Heart Failure
Abstract | Full Text | Patient Page - Policies on Donation After Cardiac Death at Children's Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Variation
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Clinician's Corner: Clinical Review
- Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials
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Commentaries
- Oversimplifying Primary Care Supply and Shortages
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Editorials
- Aspirin and Secondary Prevention in Peripheral Artery Disease: A Perspective for the Early 21st Century
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Early Release Editorial
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Conflicts Over Conflicts of Interest
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A Piece of My Mind
Medical News & Perspectives
- Associations Say No to Industry Funding
Extract | Full Text - Combat Injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan Help Rewrite the Book on War Surgery
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Complete Table of Contents
Top Content
Most Viewed Articles
- Alcohol Consumption and Expenditures for Underage Drinking and Adult Excessive Drinking
- Mortality Associated With Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the United States
- Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented by US Cities During the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic
- Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, 2002
- High Body Mass Index for Age Among US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2006
- Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence
- Retraction: Cheng B-Q, et al. Chemoembolization combined with radiofrequency ablation for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma larger than 3 cm: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008;299(14):1669-1677
- Continuity of Outpatient and Inpatient Care by Primary Care Physicians for Hospitalized Older Adults
- Infections With Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza A(H1N1) Virus in the United States
Most Sent Articles
- Ectopic pregnancies in upstate New York
- Staging of disease. A case-mix measurement
- Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule—United States, 2009
- Findings on Alcohol Dependence Point to Promising Avenues for Targeted Therapies
- Rapid Response Team Implementation and Hospital Mortality Rates
- What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
- This Week in JAMA
- The Duty to Inspect the Skin and Counsel Those at Risk to Develop Melanoma
- Access to Kidney Transplantation Among Remote- and Rural-Dwelling Patients With Kidney Failure in the United States
Explore & Interact
Readers Respond
A 64-Year-Old Man With Prostate Cancer
Read the case and respond by May 24, 2009; your response may be posted online. You also may read and respond to previous responses.
Author in the Room™
A 41-Year-Old African American Man With Poorly Controlled Hypertension: Review of Patient and Physician Factors Related to Hypertension Treatment Adherence
Join Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, May 20 from 2 to 3 PM ET. Sign up for the free teleconference at the IHI Web site.
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Nasal Endoscopy
Video of a normal nasal endoscopy. Read the article by Peter H. Hwang, MD.
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Patient Page
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
Medical Education
JAMA will devote a special theme issue to this topic in September 2009. Submission deadline: May 31, 2009.