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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

July 8, 2009, Vol 302, No. 2
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Physician by Number
Rachel A. Winer
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):127-128.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.979
Tubular Diskectomy vs Conventional Microdiskectomy for Sciatica: Title and subTitle BreakA Randomized Controlled Trial FREE
Mark P. Arts, MD; Ronald Brand, PhD; M. Elske van den Akker, PhD; Bart W. Koes, PhD; Ronald H. M. A. Bartels, MD, PhD; Wilco C. Peul, MD, PhD; for the Leiden-The Hague Spine Intervention Prognostic Study Group (SIPS)
Topics: diskectomy, sciatica, lumbar microdiskectomy
JAMA. 2009;302(2):149-158.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.972
Effect of Reduced-Dose Schedules With 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Carriage in Children: Title and subTitle BreakA Randomized Controlled Trial FREE
Elske J. M. van Gils, MD; Reinier H. Veenhoven, MD, PhD; Eelko Hak, PhD; Gerwin D. Rodenburg, MD; Debby Bogaert, MD, PhD; Ed P. F. IJzerman, MD, PhD; Jacob P. Bruin; Loek van Alphen, PhD; Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, MD, PhD
Topics: disease transmission, vaccination, vaccines, vaccines, conjugate, nasopharynx
JAMA. 2009;302(2):159-167.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.975
Genetic Variants Associated With Cardiac Structure and Function: Title and subTitle BreakA Meta-analysis and Replication of Genome-wide Association Data FREE
Ramachandran S. Vasan, MD; Nicole L. Glazer, PhD; Janine F. Felix, MD, PhD; Wolfgang Lieb, MD; Philipp S. Wild, MD; Stephan B Felix, MD; Norbert Watzinger, MD; Martin G. Larson, ScD; Nicholas L. Smith, PhD; Abbas Dehghan, MD, DSc; Anika Großhennig, PhD; Arne Schillert, PhD; Alexander Teumer, Dipl-Math; Reinhold Schmidt, MD; Sekar Kathiresan, MD; Thomas Lumley, PhD; Yurii S. Aulchenko, PhD; Inke R. König, PhD; Tanja Zeller, PhD; Georg Homuth, PhD; Maksim Struchalin; Jayashri Aragam, MD; Joshua C. Bis, PhD; Fernando Rivadeneira, MD, PhD; Jeanette Erdmann, PhD; Renate B. Schnabel, MD; Marcus Dörr, MD; Robert Zweiker, MD; Lars Lind, MD, PhD; Richard J. Rodeheffer, MD; Karin Halina Greiser, MD; Daniel Levy, MD; Talin Haritunians, PhD; Jaap W. Deckers, MD, PhD; Jan Stritzke, MD; Karl J. Lackner, PhD; Uwe Völker, PhD; Erik Ingelsson, MD, PhD; Iftikhar Kullo, MD; Johannes Haerting, PhD; Christopher J. O’Donnell, MD; Susan R. Heckbert, MD, PhD; Bruno H. Stricker, MB, PhD; Andreas Ziegler, PhD; Thorsten Reffelmann, MD; Margaret M. Redfield, MD; Karl Werdan, MD; Gary F. Mitchell, MD; Kenneth Rice, PhD; Donna K. Arnett, PhD; Albert Hofman, MD, PhD; John S. Gottdiener, MD; Andre G. Uitterlinden, PhD; Thomas Meitinger, MD; Maria Blettner, PhD; Nele Friedrich, PhD; Thomas J. Wang, MD; Bruce M. Psaty, MD; Cornelia M. van Duijn, PhD; H.-Erich Wichmann, MD, PhD; Thomas F. Munzel, MD; Heyo K. Kroemer, PhD; Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM; Jerome I. Rotter, MD; Jacqueline C. Witteman, PhD; Heribert Schunkert, MD; Helena Schmidt, MD, PhD; Henry Völzke, MD; Stefan Blankenberg, MD
Includes: Supplemental Content
Topics: diastole, genome, single nucleotide polymorphism, science of genetics, heart, systolic dysfunction, supraaortic valve area structure
JAMA. 2009;302(2):168-178.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.978-a
Clinician's Corner
Adiponectin Levels and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Title and subTitle BreakA Systematic Review and Meta-analysis FREE
Shanshan Li, MD, MSc; Hyun Joon Shin, MD, MPH, MS; Eric L. Ding, ScD; Rob M. van Dam, PhD
Includes: CME
Topics: diabetes mellitus, type 2, adiponectin
JAMA. 2009;302(2):179-188.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.976
FDA Performance Goals for Approving Drugs and Biologics
James Dabney Miller, JD, MPH
Topics: biological products, united states food and drug administration
JAMA. 2009;302(2):189-191.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.974
The Need for Improved Access to FDA Reviews
Alec B. O’Connor, MD, MPH
Topics: united states food and drug administration
JAMA. 2009;302(2):191-193.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.973
Possible Outcomes of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD
Topics: comparative effectiveness research
JAMA. 2009;302(2):194-195.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.996
Beyond Information: Title and subTitle BreakExploring Patients' Preferences
Ronald M. Epstein, MD; Ellen Peters, PhD
Topics: radiation therapy, ethics, bone marrow transplantation, cancer, emotion, habits, paternalism, patient-centered care, quadriplegia, resuscitation, colostomy procedure, quality of life, lung cancer, upper respiratory infections, patient preferences, prostate cancer stage i, shared decision making
JAMA. 2009;302(2):195-197.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.984
Resolving Unreported Conflicts of Interest
Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA
Topics: conflict of interest
JAMA. 2009;302(2):198-199.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.2.198
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Shyam S. Kothari, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.916
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Robert S. Bobrow, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.915
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
John Concato, MD, MS, MPH; Ralph I. Horwitz, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.914
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Mark D. Huffman, MD, MPH; Robert O. Bonow, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.913
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Elliott M. Antman, MD; Raymond J. Gibbons, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.912
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Christian M. Pettker, MD; Edmund F. Funai, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.911
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Francesco Enia, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.910
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Finlay A. McAlister, MD, MSc
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.909
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Susan L. Norris, MD, MPH, MS
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.908
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence—Reply
Terrence M. Shaneyfelt, MD, MPH; Robert M. Centor, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.918
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence—Reply
Pierluigi Tricoci, MD, MHS, PhD; Robert M. Califf, MD; Sidney C. Smith, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):142-147.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.917-a
Treatment for Individuals With HIV/AIDS Following Release From Prison
Keith Barton, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):147-148.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.920
Treatment for Individuals With HIV/AIDS Following Release From Prison
Ingrid A. Binswanger, MD, MPH; Hal S. Wortzel, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):147-148.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.919
Treatment for Individuals With HIV/AIDS Following Release From Prison—Reply
Jacques Baillargeon, PhD; David P. Paar, MD; Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):147-148.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.921
NIH Program to Boost Pipeline for Drugs to Treat Rare and Neglected Diseases
Bridget M. Kuehn
Topics: united states national institutes of health
JAMA. 2009;302(2):133-134.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.940
New Study Supports Lifesaving Benefits of Implantable Defibrillation Devices
Mike Mitka
Topics: implantable defibrillators
JAMA. 2009;302(2):134-135.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.947
Hospitalized Patients With Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection—California, April-May, 2009 FREE
Topics: inpatient, virus diseases, influenzavirus a, swine-origin influenza virus
JAMA. 2009;302(2):137-140.  
Use of Northern Hemisphere Influenza Vaccines by Travelers to the Southern Hemisphere FREE
Topics: influenza virus vaccine, traveler
JAMA. 2009;302(2):140-140.  
Counting Calories
Mike Mitka
Topics: calories
JAMA. 2009;302(2):136-136.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.936
Medical Device Bill
Mike Mitka
Topics: devices, medical
JAMA. 2009;302(2):136-136.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.938
Missing Property
Mike Mitka
Topics: diagnostic radiologic examination, ultrasonography, dental clinics, government, mammography, pharmacies, tablet dosage form, united states indian health service, heart, vital signs
JAMA. 2009;302(2):136-136.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.939
Water Infrastructure
Mike Mitka
Topics: agriculture, awards and prizes, nonprofit organizations, self care, unconsciousness, united states environmental protection agency, water supply, money
JAMA. 2009;302(2):136-136.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.937
Their Audience
Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):125-125.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.980
House of Clocks
Ted McMahon, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):126-126.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.833
SECRECY VERSUS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IN MEDICINE
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):204-204.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.966
Emergency Medicine
Gregory Luke Larkin, MD, MSPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):200-203.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.992
Essential Tissue Healing of the Face and Neck
G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):200-203.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.993
Jones’ Clinical Paediatric Surgery: Diagnosis and Management
R. Lawrence Moss, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):200-203.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.995
Skeletal Trauma in Children
Robert J. Bielski, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(2):200-203.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.994
Sciatica FREE
Carolyn J. Hildreth, MD; Cassio Lynm, MA; Richard M. Glass, MD
Topics: sciatica
JAMA. 2009;302(2):216-216.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.2.216
About This Journal
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JAMA. 2009;302(2):123-124.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.2.123

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