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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

August 12, 2009, Vol 302, No. 6
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A Paucity of Physicians
Steve Dudley, DVM, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):609-610.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1090
Physical Activity, Diet, and Risk of Alzheimer Disease FREE
Nikolaos Scarmeas, MD; Jose A. Luchsinger, MD; Nicole Schupf, PhD; Adam M. Brickman, PhD; Stephanie Cosentino, PhD; Ming X. Tang, PhD; Yaakov Stern, PhD
Topics: physical activity, alzheimer's disease, diet
JAMA. 2009;302(6):627-637.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1144
Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet, Cognitive Decline, and Risk of Dementia FREE
Catherine Féart, PhD; Cécilia Samieri, MPH; Virginie Rondeau, PhD; Hélène Amieva, PhD; Florence Portet, MD, PhD; Jean-François Dartigues, MD, PhD; Nikolaos Scarmeas, MD; Pascale Barberger-Gateau, MD, PhD
Topics: mediterranean diet, dementia, diet, cognitive impairment
JAMA. 2009;302(6):638-648.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1146
Aspirin Use and Survival After Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer FREE
Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH; Shuji Ogino, MD, PhD; Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH
Topics: aspirin, cancer, colorectal cancer, cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors
JAMA. 2009;302(6):649-658.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1112
Rates of and Factors Associated With Delivery-Related Perinatal Death Among Term Infants in Scotland FREE
Dharmintra Pasupathy, MB ChB, MSc; Angela M. Wood, PhD; Jill P. Pell, MD; Michael Fleming, BSc; Gordon C. S. Smith, MD, PhD
Topics: anoxia, asphyxia neonatorum, birth weight, cesarean section, fetal death, labor, scotland, obstetrics, birth, neonatal death, perinatal death, newborn care management
JAMA. 2009;302(6):660-668.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1111
Clinician's Corner
A 62-Year-Old Woman With Skin Cancer Who Experienced Wrong-Site Surgery: Title and subTitle BreakReview of Medical Error
Thomas H. Gallagher, MD
Includes: CME
Topics: medical errors, disclosure, skin cancer, wrong-site surgery
JAMA. 2009;302(6):669-677.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1011
Update: A 68-Year-Old Man With COPD Contemplating Colon Cancer Surgery
Anna A. Mattson-DiCecca, BA; Eileen Reynolds, MD
Topics: chronic obstructive airway disease, colorectal cancer, surgery specialty, colon cancer
JAMA. 2009;302(6):678-678.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1148
Understanding Influenza Backward
David M. Morens, MD; Jeffery K. Taubenberger, MD, PhD
Topics: influenza
JAMA. 2009;302(6):679-680.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1127
Unfinished Business in Tobacco Control
Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS; Heather Wipfli, PhD
Topics: tobacco
JAMA. 2009;302(6):681-682.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1155
Structural Interventions for Addressing Chronic Health Problems
Mitchell H. Katz, MD
Topics: obesity, physical activity, smoking, smoking cessation, diet, exercise, government, restaurants, taxes, tobacco, public health medicine
JAMA. 2009;302(6):683-685.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1147
Mediterranean Diet and Late-Life Cognitive Impairment: Title and subTitle BreakA Taste of Benefit
David S. Knopman, MD
Topics: mediterranean diet, diet, taste perception, cognitive impairment
JAMA. 2009;302(6):686-687.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1149
Aspirin as Adjuvant Therapy for Colorectal Cancer: Title and subTitle BreakA Promising New Twist for an Old Drug
Alfred I. Neugut, MD, PhD
Topics: aspirin, colorectal cancer, adjuvant therapy
JAMA. 2009;302(6):688-689.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1145
Evaluating Patients With Persistent Chest Pain and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
John F. Beltrame, BSc, BMBS; Peter Ganz, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):622-624.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1096
Evaluating Patients With Persistent Chest Pain and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
Steven W. Seiden, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):622-624.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1095
Evaluating Patients With Persistent Chest Pain and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease—Reply
Anita Phan, MD, MA; Chrisandra Shufelt, MD, MS; C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):622-624.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1097
Autologous Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Pablo R. Olmos, MD; Gisella Borzone, MD, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):624-625.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1099
Autologous Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Stephen E. Gitelman, MD; Michael J. Haller, MD; Desmond Schatz, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):624-625.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1098
Autologous Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus—Reply
Júlio C. Voltarelli, MD, PhD; Edson Z. Martinez, PhD; Richard K. Burt, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):624-625.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1100
Hospital Mortality and Leapfrog Hospital Survey Results
Peter B. Angood, MD; Helen Burstin, MD, MPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):625-626.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1101
Hospital Mortality and Leapfrog Hospital Survey Results—Reply
Leslie P. Kernisan, MD; R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):625-626.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1102
Pümpfrage Redivivus
Brandon Stone, BS; Stanley Lipkowitz, MD, PHD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):626-626.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1103
Pümpfrage Redivivus—Reply
Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):626-626.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1104
Stimulant Use Linked to Sudden Death in Children Without Heart Problems
Bridget M. Kuehn
Topics: death, sudden, heart diseases, central nervous system stimulant
JAMA. 2009;302(6):613-614.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1115
Common Drugs Can Harm Elderly Patients
Rebecca Voelker
Topics: elderly
JAMA. 2009;302(6):614-615.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1116
Lung Cancer Mortality Higher in Women Who Used Combination Hormone Therapy
Tracy Hampton, PhD
Topics: hormone replacement therapy, mortality, lung cancer, endocrine therapy
JAMA. 2009;302(6):615-616.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1117
Lung Cancer Trials Probe Effects of Maintenance Therapy, Targeted Agents
Tracy Hampton, PhD
Topics: lung cancer
JAMA. 2009;302(6):616-618.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1118
Chlamydia Screening Among Sexually Active Young Female Enrollees of Health Plans—United States, 2000-2007 FREE
Topics: chlamydia
JAMA. 2009;302(6):620-621.  
Bottled Water Safety
Mike Mitka
Topics: safety, bottled drinking water
JAMA. 2009;302(6):619-619.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1125
Funding Transparency
Mike Mitka
Topics: conflict of interest, biological products, disclosure, income, united states national institutes of health, devices, medical
JAMA. 2009;302(6):619-619.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1122
Rescinding Coverage
Mike Mitka
Topics: insurance, insurance carriers, health insurance
JAMA. 2009;302(6):619-619.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1124
Veteran Care Mishandled
Mike Mitka
Topics: veterans
JAMA. 2009;302(6):619-619.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1123
The Watcher
Janet M. Torpy, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):606-606.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.998
Heat of the Night
John Savoie
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):607-607.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1055
THE MOVING PICTURE SHOW
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):696-696.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.6.696
A Life Worth Living: A Doctor’s Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era
Dennis Rosen, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):691-695.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1168
Populations, Public Health, and the Law
Edward P. Richards, JD, MPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):691-695.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1166
The Future of Bioethics
Deborah Bowman, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):691-695.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1169
The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care
Lynn C. Smitherman, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):691-695.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1167
Dementia FREE
Janet M. Torpy, MD; Cassio Lynm, MA; Richard M. Glass, MD
Topics: dementia
JAMA. 2009;302(6):704-704.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.6.704
About This Journal
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(6):601-602.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.6.601

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