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This Week in JAMA

Original Contributions

  • Mediterranean Diet, Lifestyle Factors, and 10-Year Mortality in Elderly European Men and Women: The HALE Project

    • Kim T. B. Knoops,
    • Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot,
    • Daan Kromhout,
    • Anne-Elisabeth Perrin,
    • Olga Moreiras-Varela,
    • Alessandro Menotti,
    • Wija A. van Staveren
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1433-1439.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1433

  • Effect of a Mediterranean-Style Diet on Endothelial Dysfunction and Markers of Vascular Inflammation in the Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomized Trial

    • Katherine Esposito,
    • Raffaele Marfella,
    • Miryam Ciotola,
    • Carmen Di Palo,
    • Francesco Giugliano,
    • Giovanni Giugliano,
    • Massimo D'Armiento,
    • Francesco D'Andrea,
    • Dario Giugliano
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1440-1446.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1440

  • Walking and Dementia in Physically Capable Elderly Men

    • Robert D. Abbott,
    • Lon R. White,
    • G. Webster Ross,
    • Kamal H. Masaki,
    • J. David Curb,
    • Helen Petrovitch
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1447-1453.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1447

  • Physical Activity, Including Walking, and Cognitive Function in Older Women

    • Jennifer Weuve,
    • Jae Hee Kang,
    • JoAnn E. Manson,
    • Monique M. B. Breteler,
    • James H. Ware,
    • Francine Grodstein
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1454-1461.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1454

  • Global Risk Scores and Exercise Testing for Predicting All-Cause Mortality in a Preventive Medicine Program

    • Mehmet K. Aktas,
    • Volkan Ozduran,
    • Claire E. Pothier,
    • Richard Lang,
    • Michael S. Lauer
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1462-1468.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1462

Special Communication

  • International Efforts to Control Infectious Diseases, 1851 to the Present

    • Alexandra Minna Stern,
    • Howard Markel
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1474-1479.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1474

The Rational Clinical Examination

  • Does This Patient Have a Family History of Cancer? An Evidence-Based Analysis of the Accuracy of Family Cancer History

    • Harvey J. Murff,
    • David R. Spigel,
    • Sapna Syngal
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1480-1489.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1480

Editorial

  • Diet, Lifestyle, and Longevity—The Next Steps?

    • Eric B. Rimm,
    • Meir J. Stampfer
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1490-1492.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1490

The Cover

  • A Centennial of Independence

    • M. Therese Southgate
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1407.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1407

Poetry and Medicine

  • False Spring Is Making Its Rounds

    • Jack Coulehan
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1410.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1410

Medical News & Perspectives

  • Iraq Targets Basic Health Needs

    • Rebecca Voelker
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1415-1416.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1415

  • Scientists Probe Role of Vitamin D: Deficiency a Significant Problem, Experts Say

    • Catherine Meyer
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1416-1418.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1416

Health Agencies Update

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Update: Influenza Activity—United States and Worldwide, 2003-04 Season, and Composition of the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccine

    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1420-1423.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1420

  • School-Associated Suicides—United States, 1994-1999

    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1423-1424.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1423

Letters

  • Association of Aspirin Use and Hormone Receptor Status With Breast Cancer Risk

    • Patricia G. Moorman
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1426.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1426-a

  • Association of Aspirin Use and Hormone Receptor Status With Breast Cancer Risk

    • Steven Woloshin,
    • Lisa M. Schwartz
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1426-1427.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1426-b

  • Association of Aspirin Use and Hormone Receptor Status With Breast Cancer Risk—Reply

    • Mary Beth Terry,
    • Marilie Gammon,
    • Alfred I. Neugut
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1427.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1427-a

  • Fractionating Heparin

    • Ehud Arbit
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1427.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1427-b

  • Fractionating Heparin—Reply

    • Pranab Das,
    • David J. Moliterno
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1427-1428.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1427-c

  • Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy With Sodium Bicarbonate

    • L. Shavit,
    • M. Lifschitz,
    • J. Plaksin,
    • I. N. Slotki
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1428.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1428-a

  • Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy With Sodium Bicarbonate

    • Robert E. Siegel
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1428.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1428-b

  • Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy With Sodium Bicarbonate—Reply

    • W. Patrick Burgess,
    • Gregory J. Merten,
    • Thomas P. Kennedy
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1428-1429.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1428-c

  • Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Quality of Life

    • Luca Padua,
    • Irene Aprile,
    • Pietro Caliandro,
    • Costanza Pazzaglia,
    • Pietro Tonali
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1429.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1429-a

  • Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Quality of Life—Reply

    • Marinos C. Dalakas
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1429-1430.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1429-b

  • Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Acne Vulgaris

    • A. C. Chu
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1430.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1430-a

  • Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Acne Vulgaris—Reply

    • Jeffrey S. Orringer,
    • Sewon Kang,
    • Timothy M. Johnson,
    • Gary J. Fisher,
    • John J. Voorhees
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1430.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1430-b

  • JAMA and Medical Students

    • Brian Palmer,
    • Yvette Martin
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1430-1431.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1430-c

  • JAMA and Medical Students—Reply

    • Catherine D. DeAngelis,
    • Phil B. Fontanarosa
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1431.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1431-a

Research Letter

  • Age-Related Testosterone Depletion and the Development of Alzheimer Disease

    • Emily R. Rosario,
    • Lilly Chang,
    • Frank Z. Stanczyk,
    • Christian J. Pike
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1431-1432.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1431-b

Health Law and Ethics

  • The "Duty to Warn" a Patient's Family Members About Hereditary Disease Risks

    • Kenneth Offit,
    • Elizabeth Groeger,
    • Sam Turner,
    • Eve A. Wadsworth,
    • Mary A. Weiser
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1469-1473.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1469

Books, Journals, New Media

  • The Song Sparrow and the Child: Claims of Science and Humanity

    • Jonathan Michael Kaplan
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1493.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1493

  • Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy

    • Saty Satya-Murti
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1494-1495.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1494

  • My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson—His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous

    • Barry I. Liskow
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1495-1496.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1495

  • Squire's Fundamentals of Radiology

    • Jonathan W. Berlin
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1496-1497.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1496

  • Making Mice: Standardizing Animals for American Biomedical Research, 1900-1955

    • Michael A. Osborne
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1497.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1497-a

  • Clone Being: Exploring the Psychological and Social Dimensions

    • Anne L. Glowinski
    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1497-1498.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1497-b

  • Books, Journals, New Media Received

    JAMA. 2004;292(12):1498-1499.doi:10.1001/jama.292.12.1498

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