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This Week in JAMA

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Original Contributions

  • CSF Biomarkers and Incipient Alzheimer Disease in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment

    • Niklas Mattsson,
    • Henrik Zetterberg,
    • Oskar Hansson,
    • Niels Andreasen,
    • Lucilla Parnetti,
    • Michael Jonsson,
    • Sanna-Kaisa Herukka,
    • Wiesje M. van der Flier,
    • Marinus A. Blankenstein,
    • Michael Ewers,
    • Kenneth Rich,
    • Elmar Kaiser,
    • Marcel Verbeek,
    • Magda Tsolaki,
    • Ezra Mulugeta,
    • Erik Rosén,
    • Dag Aarsland,
    • Pieter Jelle Visser,
    • Johannes Schröder,
    • Jan Marcusson,
    • Mony de Leon,
    • Harald Hampel,
    • Philip Scheltens,
    • Tuula Pirttilä,
    • Anders Wallin,
    • Maria Eriksdotter Jönhagen,
    • Lennart Minthon,
    • Bengt Winblad,
    • Kaj Blennow
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):385-393.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1064

  • Relation Between Modifiable Lifestyle Factors and Lifetime Risk of Heart Failure

    • Luc Djoussé,
    • Jane A. Driver,
    • J. Michael Gaziano
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):394-400.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1062

  • Diet and Lifestyle Risk Factors Associated With Incident Hypertension in Women

    • John P. Forman,
    • Meir J. Stampfer,
    • Gary C. Curhan
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):401-411.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1060

Review

  • Lipoprotein(a) Concentration and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Nonvascular Mortality

    • The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):412-423.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1063

Grand Rounds

  • Ancillary Care Obligations of Medical Researchers

    • Neal Dickert,
    • David Wendler
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):424-428.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1076

Commentaries

  • Ancillary Care for Public Health Research in Developing Countries

    • Adnan A. Hyder,
    • Maria W. Merritt
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):429-431.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1072

  • The Trap of Meaning: A Public Health Tragedy

    • Constantine G. Lyketsos,
    • Margaret S. Chisolm
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):432-433.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1059

  • Public Health Action Amid Scientific Uncertainty: The Case of Restaurant Calorie Labeling Regulations

    • David S. Ludwig,
    • Kelly D. Brownell
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):434-435.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1045

Editorials

  • Use of Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers: Potentially Yes for Clinical Trials but Not Yet for Clinical Practice

    • Ronald C. Petersen,
    • John Q. Trojanowski
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):436-437.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1073

  • Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Health: Individual and Societal Choices

    • Véronique L. Roger
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):437-439.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1075

  • Mental Health Theme Issue: Call for Papers

    • Richard M. Glass
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):439-440.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1054

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Poetry and Medicine

Medical News & Perspectives

  • FDA Focuses on Drugs and Liver Damage: Labeling and Other Changes for Acetaminophen

    • Bridget M. Kuehn
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):369-371.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1019

  • Emergency Physicians Hope to Be Heard in Debate Over Health System Reform

    • Mike Mitka
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):371-373.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1020

  • New Therapies for GI Cancers Fall Short

    • Tracy Hampton
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):373-374.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1021

Health Agencies Update

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Injecting-Drug Users—23 Cities, United States, May 2005–February 2006

    JAMA. 2009;302(4):376-377.

Letters

  • Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Sponges and Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections

    • Yong-Gang Lv,
    • Hong-Lin Dong,
    • Ling Wang
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):379.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1034

  • Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Sponges and Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections

    • Jean-Jacques Parienti
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):379.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1035

  • Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Sponges and Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections—Reply

    • Jean-François Timsit,
    • Adrien Francais,
    • Jean-Christophe Lucet
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):380.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1036

  • Controversies About Brain Death

    • Franklin G. Miller,
    • Robert D. Truog
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):380-381.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1037

  • Controversies About Brain Death

    • Thomas E. Finucane
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):381.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1038

  • Controversies About Brain Death

    • Avak Albert Howsepian
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):381.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1039

  • Controversies About Brain Death—Reply

    • Roger N. Rosenberg
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):381-382.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1040

  • Health Care Information Technology, Hospital Responsibilities, and Joint Commission Standards

    • Scot Silverstein
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):382.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1041

  • Health Care Information Technology, Hospital Responsibilities, and Joint Commission Standards—Reply

    • Ross Koppel,
    • David A. Kreda
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):382-383.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1042

  • Identifying and Improving Quality of Care

    • Dale N. Schumacher
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):383.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1043

  • Identifying and Improving Quality of Care—Reply

    • Rachel M. Werner,
    • Robert A. McNutt
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):383.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1044

Book and Media Reviews

  • Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Sport-Specific Approach

    • Christy Tomkins,
    • Andrew Haig
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):441-442.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1068

  • Expedition & Wilderness Medicine

    • Ian D. Jones,
    • Corey M. Slovis
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):442-443.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1069

  • Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants, and Venomous Animals

    • Jeffrey Brent
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):443.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1070

  • Manson’s Tropical Diseases

    • William A. Petri, Jr
    JAMA. 2009;302(4):443-444.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1071

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