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This Week in JAMA

Viewpoints

  • Physician Medical Identity Theft

    • Shantanu Agrawal,
    • Peter Budetti
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):459-460.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.78

  • The Ethical Hazards and Programmatic Challenges of Genomic Newborn Screening

    • Aaron J. Goldenberg,
    • Richard R. Sharp
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):461-462.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.68

  • Specialization in Medicine: How Much Is Appropriate?

    • Allan S. Detsky,
    • Stephen R. Gauthier,
    • Victor R. Fuchs
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):463-464.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.44

A Piece of My Mind

Original Contributions

  • Variability in Reexcision Following Breast Conservation Surgery

    • Laurence E. McCahill,
    • Richard M. Single,
    • Erin J. Aiello Bowles,
    • Heather S. Feigelson,
    • Ted A. James,
    • Tom Barney,
    • Jessica M. Engel,
    • Adedayo A. Onitilo
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):467-475.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.43

  • Association of Emergency Department Length of Stay With Safety-Net Status

    • Christopher Fee,
    • Helen Burstin,
    • Judith H. Maselli,
    • Renee Y. Hsia
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):476-482.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.41

  • Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in Body Mass Index Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2010

    • Cynthia L. Ogden,
    • Margaret D. Carroll,
    • Brian K. Kit,
    • Katherine M. Flegal
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):483-490.Published online January 17, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.40

  • Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010

    • Katherine M. Flegal,
    • Margaret D. Carroll,
    • Brian K. Kit,
    • Cynthia L. Ogden
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):491-497.Published online January 17, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.39

Clinical Crossroads

  • Weight Loss Strategies for Adolescents: A 14-Year-Old Struggling to Lose Weight

    • David S. Ludwig
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):498-508.Published online January 3, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2011

Editorials

  • The Challenge of Developing Quality Measures for Breast Cancer Surgery

    • Monica Morrow,
    • Steven J. Katz
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):509-510.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.74

  • National Reporting of Emergency Department Length of Stay: Challenges, Opportunities, and Risks

    • Charles L. Emerman
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):511-512.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.75

The Cover

  • Snowscape With Cows at Montfoucault

    • Janet M. Torpy
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):435.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2028

Poetry and Medicine

JAMA 100 Years Ago

Medical News & Perspectives

  • Patient-Centered Care Model Demands Better Physician-Patient Communication

    • Bridget M. Kuehn
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):441-442.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.46

  • Veterans Health System Cited by Experts as a Model for Patient-Centered Care

    • Bridget M. Kuehn
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):442-443.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.47

  • FDA: Limited Ban on Cephalosporin Use in Major Food-Producing Animals

    • Rebecca Voelker
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):443.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.48

  • Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity Seem to Work, Say Cochrane Reviewers

    • Mike Mitka
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):444-445.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.49

  • Panel Advises Tougher Limits on Lead Exposure

    • Bridget M. Kuehn
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):445.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.50

Lab Reports

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • State-Specific Prevalence of No Leisure-Time Physical Activity Among Adults With and Without Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis—United States, 2009

    JAMA. 2012;307(5):447-449.

  • Increased Transmission and Outbreaks of Measles—European Region, 2011

    JAMA. 2012;307(5):450-452.

Letters

  • Retraction: Acharya CR, et al. Gene expression signatures, clinicopathological features, and individualized therapy in breast cancer. JAMA. 2008;299(13):1574-1587.

    • Chaitanya R. Acharya,
    • David S. Hsu,
    • Carey K. Anders,
    • Ariel Anguiano,
    • Kelly H. Salter,
    • Kelli S. Walters,
    • Richard C. Redman,
    • Sascha A. Tuchman,
    • Cynthia A. Moylan,
    • Sayan Mukherjee,
    • William T. Barry,
    • Holly K. Dressman,
    • Geoffrey S. Ginsburg,
    • Kelly P. Marcom,
    • Katherine S. Garman,
    • Gary H. Lyman,
    • Joseph R. Nevins,
    • Anil Potti
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):453.Published online January 6, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.2

  • Prostate Cancer Risk and Vitamin E

    • Alan R. Gaby
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):453-454.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.54

  • Prostate Cancer Risk and Vitamin E

    • Sumedh S. Hoskote,
    • Girish N. Nadkarni,
    • Ethan D. Fried
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):454.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.55

  • Prostate Cancer Risk and Vitamin E—Reply

    • Eric A. Klein
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):454.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.56

  • ECMO Centers and Mortality From Influenza A(H1N1)

    • Joost D. Haeck,
    • Dave A. Dongelmans,
    • Marcus J. Schultz
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):454.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.57

  • ECMO Centers and Mortality From Influenza A(H1N1)—Reply

    • Giles J. Peek,
    • Kathryn M. Rowan
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):454-455.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.58

  • Benefits of Male Circumcision

    • Mathias Masem
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):455.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.59

  • Benefits of Male Circumcision

    • Jeffrey D. Klausner,
    • Brian J. Morris
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):455-456.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.60

  • Benefits of Male Circumcision

    • Robert Darby
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):456.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.61

  • Benefits of Male Circumcision

    • Julie M. Croff
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):456-457.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.62

  • Benefits of Male Circumcision—Reply

    • Aaron A. R. Tobian,
    • Ronald H. Gray
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):457.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.63

Book and Media Reviews

  • Netter’s Anatomy Atlas for iPad

    • Roger P. Smith
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):513-514.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.64

  • Improving Medical Outcomes: The Psychology of Doctor-Patient Visits

    • Dennis Rosen
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):514.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.65

  • Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Futile Treatment

    • Andrew Thompson
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):514-515.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.66

  • Pox: An American History

    • René Vollenbroich
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):515-516.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.67

JAMA Patient Page

  • Prostatitis

    • Ryszard M. Pluta,
    • Cassio Lynm,
    • Robert M. Golub
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):527.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2008

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