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Original Contributions

  • Efficacy of Sertraline in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder: Two Randomized Controlled Trials

    • Karen Dineen Wagner,
    • Paul Ambrosini,
    • Moira Rynn,
    • Christopher Wohlberg,
    • Ruoyong Yang,
    • Michael S. Greenbaum,
    • Ann Childress,
    • Craig Donnelly,
    • Deborah Deas,
    • for the Sertraline Pediatric Depression Study Group
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1033-1041.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1033

  • Ultralow-Dose Micronized 17β-Estradiol and Bone Density and Bone Metabolism in Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Karen M. Prestwood,
    • Anne M. Kenny,
    • Alison Kleppinger,
    • Martin Kulldorff
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1042-1048.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1042

  • A Risk Score for Predicting Stroke or Death in Individuals With New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in the Community: The Framingham Heart Study

    • Thomas J. Wang,
    • Joseph M. Massaro,
    • Daniel Levy,
    • Ramachandran S. Vasan,
    • Philip A. Wolf,
    • Ralph B. D'Agostino,
    • Martin G. Larson,
    • William B. Kannel,
    • Emelia J. Benjamin
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1049-1056.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1049

  • Provision of Pneumococcal Prophylaxis for Publicly Insured Children With Sickle Cell Disease

    • Colin M. Sox,
    • William O. Cooper,
    • Thomas D. Koepsell,
    • David L. DiGiuseppe,
    • Dimitri A. Christakis
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1057-1061.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1057

  • Methodological Differences in Clinical Trials Evaluating Nonpharmacological and Pharmacological Treatments of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis

    • Isabelle Boutron,
    • Florence Tubach,
    • Bruno Giraudeau,
    • Philippe Ravaud
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1062-1070.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1062

Brief Report

  • D-Dimer Levels and Risk of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism

    • Sabine Eichinger,
    • Erich Minar,
    • Christine Bialonczyk,
    • Mirko Hirschl,
    • Peter Quehenberger,
    • Barbara Schneider,
    • Ansgar Weltermann,
    • Oswald Wagner,
    • Paul A. Kyrle
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1071-1074.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1071

Special Communication

  • Ethics of Phase 1 Oncology Studies: Reexamining the Arguments and Data

    • Manish Agrawal,
    • Ezekiel J. Emanuel
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1075-1082.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1075

Clinical Crossroads

  • A 41-Year-Old Woman With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

    • Joseph H. Antin
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1083-1090.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1083

Editorials

  • Psychopharmacological Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents

    • Christopher K. Varley
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1091-1093.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1091

  • Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation

    • Albert L. Waldo
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1093-1095.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1093

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Poetry and Medicine

Contempo Updates

Medical News & Perspectives

  • Alarm Sounded on Fake, Tainted Drugs: Some Wholesalers Are a Weak Link in a Dangerous Chain

    • Brian Vastag
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1015-1016.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1015

  • Claude Lenfant, MD: Retiring NHLBI Director Looks Ahead

    • Brian Vastag
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1017-1018.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1017

Academic Innovations

  • A Novel Program Seeks to Take Clinical Scientists Off the Endangered Species List

    • M. J. Friedrich
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1019-1020.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1019

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Use of Quarantine to Prevent Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome—Taiwan, 2003

    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1021-1022.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1021

  • Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome—Worldwide and United States, 2003

    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1022-1023.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1022

  • Public Health and Aging: Hospitalizations for Stroke Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years—United States, 2000

    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1023-1024.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1023

Letters

  • Medications That Prolong the QT Interval

    • Mori J. Krantz,
    • Bridget A. Martell,
    • Julia H. Arnsten,
    • Marc N. Gourevitch
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1025.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1025-a

  • Medications That Prolong the QT Interval

    • John A. Gillespie,
    • Cathryn M. Clary
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1025.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1025-b

  • Medications That Prolong the QT Interval

    • Carol Cappuccio
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1026.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1026-a

  • Medications That Prolong the QT Interval—Reply

    • Sana M. Al-Khatib,
    • Nancy M. Allen LaPointe,
    • Judith M. Kramer,
    • Robert M. Califf
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1026.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1026-b

  • Antihyperglycemic Therapy for Patients With Renal Failure

    • Nasser Mikhail,
    • Dennis Cope
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1026-1027.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1026-c

  • Antihyperglycemic Therapy for Patients With Renal Failure—Reply

    • Dawn E. DeWitt,
    • David C. Dugdale
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1027.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1027-a

  • Isometric Training to Treat Chronic Neck Pain

    • Scott F. Nadler
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1027.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1027-b

  • Isometric Training to Treat Chronic Neck Pain—Reply

    • Jari Ylinen
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1027-1028.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1027-c

  • Youth Readership of Alcohol Advertisements

    • Nina Link
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1028.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1028-a

  • Youth Readership of Alcohol Advertisements—Reply

    • Paul J. Chung,
    • Craig F. Garfield,
    • Paul Rathouz
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1028-1029.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1028-b

Research Letters

  • Chocolate and Blood Pressure in Elderly Individuals With Isolated Systolic Hypertension

    • Dirk Taubert,
    • Reinhard Berkels,
    • Renate Roesen,
    • Wolfgang Klaus
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1029-1030.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1029

  • Vascular Effects of Cocoa Rich in Flavan-3-ols

    • Christian Heiss,
    • André Dejam,
    • Petra Kleinbongard,
    • Tankred Schewe,
    • Helmut Sies,
    • Malte Kelm
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1030-1031.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1030

Books, Journals, New Media

  • Doctors' Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler

    • Harriet S. Meyer
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1097.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1097-a

  • Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine: Basic Principles and Practice

    • Edgar H. Pierce, Jr
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1097-1098.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1097-b

  • Stories of Sickness

    • Russ Kolarik
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1098.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1098-a

  • The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science
    Ideas Into Words: Mastering the Craft of Science Writing

    • Alexander W. Gotta
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1098-1100.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1098-b

  • Neurology

    • Sohail Khan
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1100.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1100-a

  • Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy

    • Terrence Riley
    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1100-1101.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1100-b

  • Books, Journals, New Media Received

    JAMA. 2003;290(8):1101-1102.doi:10.1001/jama.290.8.1101

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