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This Week in JAMA

A Piece of My Mind

Original Contributions

  • Comparison of Liquid-Based Cytology With Conventional Cytology for Detection of Cervical Cancer Precursors: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Albertus G. Siebers,
    • Paul J. J. M. Klinkhamer,
    • Johanna M. M. Grefte,
    • Leon F. A. G. Massuger,
    • Judith E. M. Vedder,
    • Angelique Beijers-Broos,
    • Johan Bulten,
    • Marc Arbyn
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1757-1764.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1569

  • Cardiometabolic Risk of Second-Generation Antipsychotic Medications During First-Time Use in Children and Adolescents

    • Christoph U. Correll,
    • Peter Manu,
    • Vladimir Olshanskiy,
    • Barbara Napolitano,
    • John M. Kane,
    • Anil K. Malhotra
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1765-1773.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1549

  • Geographic Access to Burn Center Hospitals

    • Matthew B. Klein,
    • C. Bradley Kramer,
    • Jason Nelson,
    • Frederick P. Rivara,
    • Nicole S. Gibran,
    • Thomas Concannon
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1774-1781.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1548

  • Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Mortality Among Patients Starting Dialysis

    • Dinanda J. de Jager,
    • Diana C. Grootendorst,
    • Kitty J. Jager,
    • Paul C. van Dijk,
    • Lonneke M. J. Tomas,
    • David Ansell,
    • Frederic Collart,
    • Patrik Finne,
    • James G. Heaf,
    • Johan De Meester,
    • Jack F. M. Wetzels,
    • Frits R. Rosendaal,
    • Friedo W. Dekker
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1782-1789.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1488

  • Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in Families With Lynch Syndrome

    • Fay Kastrinos,
    • Bhramar Mukherjee,
    • Nabihah Tayob,
    • Fei Wang,
    • Jennifer Sparr,
    • Victoria M. Raymond,
    • Prathap Bandipalliam,
    • Elena M. Stoffel,
    • Stephen B. Gruber,
    • Sapna Syngal
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1790-1795.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1529

Preliminary Communication

  • DNA β-Amyloid1-42 Trimer Immunization for Alzheimer Disease in a Wild-Type Mouse Model

    • Doris Lambracht-Washington,
    • Bao-Xi Qu,
    • Min Fu,
    • Todd N. Eagar,
    • Olaf Stüve,
    • Roger N. Rosenberg
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1796-1802.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1547

Commentaries

  • Health Care Choices and Decisions in the United States and Canada

    • Joseph S. Ross,
    • Allan S. Detsky
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1803-1804.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1566

  • Patient-Centered Care and Preference-Sensitive Decision Making

    • Carla C. Keirns,
    • Susan Dorr Goold
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1805-1806.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1550

  • Reform of Continuing Medical Education: Investments in Physician Human Capital

    • Eric G. Campbell,
    • Meredith Rosenthal
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1807-1808.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1560

Editorials

  • Screening and Prevention Methods for Cervical Cancer

    • Mark Schiffman,
    • Diane Solomon
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1809-1810.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1573

  • Implications of Marked Weight Gain Associated With Atypical Antipsychotic Medications in Children and Adolescents

    • Christopher K. Varley,
    • Jon McClellan
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1811-1812.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1558

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Poetry and Medicine

Medical News & Perspectives

  • FDA Steps Up Efforts to Find, Remove Violators of Clinical Trial Regulations

    • Bridget M. Kuehn
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1739-1741.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1518

  • AHA: Added Sugar Not So Sweet

    • Mike Mitka
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1741-1742.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1534

Health Agencies Update

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Nonfatal Scald-Related Burns Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years—United States, 2001-2006

    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1744-1746.

  • Neurologic Complications Associated With Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in Children—Dallas, Texas, May 2009

    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1746-1748.

Letters

  • Obesity and Survival Among Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

    • Mark R. Goldstein,
    • Luca Mascitelli,
    • Francesca Pezzetta
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1752.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1510

  • Obesity and Survival Among Patients With Pancreatic Cancer—Reply

    • Donghui Li,
    • Manal M. Hassan,
    • James L. Abbruzzese
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1752-1753.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1511

  • Radiation Dose-Reduction Program for Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography

    • Felipe S. Torres,
    • Andrew M. Crean,
    • Narinder Paul
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1753.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1512

  • Radiation Dose-Reduction Program for Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography—Reply

    • Gilbert L. Raff,
    • Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan,
    • Aiden Abidov
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1753.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1513

  • Tuberculosis and the Inflammatory Processes of Obesity in Human Evolution

    • Giamila Fantuzzi
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1754.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1514

  • Tuberculosis and the Inflammatory Processes of Obesity in Human Evolution—Reply

    • Jesse Roth
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1754-1755.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1515

Research Letter

  • Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence After Implementation of Medicare Part D, 2006-2007

    • Jeanne M. Madden,
    • Amy J. Graves,
    • Dennis Ross-Degnan,
    • Becky A. Briesacher,
    • Stephen B. Soumerai
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1755-1756.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1516

Book and Media Reviews

  • Hazzard’s Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

    • Tzvi Dwolatzky
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1813.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1561

  • Interventional Radiology in Women’s Health

    • Rachel F. Brem
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1814.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1562

  • Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the Brain

    • Ian B. Ross
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1814-1815.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1563

  • History of Telemedicine: Evolution, Context, and Transformation

    • Stanley W. Borg
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1815-1816.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1564

  • Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village

    • Dennis Rosen
    JAMA. 2009;302(16):1816.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1565

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