This Week in JAMA
This Week in JAMA
JAMA. 1998;280:109.
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Original Contributions
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Serum Cotinine Levels of Cigarette Smokers: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1991
Ralph S. Caraballo; Gary A. Giovino; Terry F. Pechacek; Paul D. Mowery; Patricia A. Richter; Warren J. Strauss; Donald J. Sharp; Michael P. Eriksen; James L. Pirkle; Kurt R. Maurer
JAMA. 1998;280:135-139.
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Effect of Excessive Weight Gain With Intensive Therapy of Type 1 Diabetes on Lipid Levels and Blood Pressure: Results From the DCCT
Jonathan Q. Purnell; John E. Hokanson; Santica M. Marcovina; Michael W. Steffes; Patricia A. Cleary; John D. Brunzell
JAMA. 1998;280:140-146.
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Persistent Pain and Well-being: A World Health Organization Study in Primary Care
Oye Gureje; Michael Von Korff; Gregory E. Simon; Richard Gater
JAMA. 1998;280:147-151.
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Clinical Investigations
Nicotine Metabolism and Intake in Black and White Smokers
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable; Brenda Herrera; Peyton Jacob III; Neal L. Benowitz
JAMA. 1998;280:152-156.
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Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
Effect of Prolonged Methylprednisolone Therapy in Unresolving Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial
G. Umberto Meduri; A. Stacey Headley; Emmel Golden; Stephanie J. Carson; Reba A. Umberger; Tiffany Kelso; Elizabeth A. Tolley
JAMA. 1998;280:159-165.
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Brief Reports
Life-Threatening Interaction of Mibefradil and -Blockers With Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers
Michael E. Mullins; B. Zane Horowitz; Dennis H. J. Linden; Gregory W. Smith; Robert L. Norton; Jack Stump
JAMA. 1998;280:157-158.
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Reviews
Alcohol Screening Questionnaires in Women: A Critical Review
Katharine A. Bradley; Jodie Boyd-Wickizer; Suzanne H. Powell; Marcia L. Burman
JAMA. 1998;280:166-171.
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Consensus Statements
Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Gene Discovery and Its Implications for Population-Based Screening
Wylie Burke; Elizabeth Thomson; Muin J. Khoury; Sharon M. McDonnell; Nancy Press; Paul C. Adams; James C. Barton; Ernest Beutler; Gary Brittenham; Allen Buchanan; Ellen Wright Clayton; Mary E. Cogswell; Eric M. Meslin; Arno G. Motulsky; Lawrie W. Powell; Elliott Sigal; Benjamin S. Wilfond; Francis S. Collins
JAMA. 1998;280:172-178.
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Contempo 1998
Detection of Prostate and Colon Cancer
Scott Stern; Diane Altkorn; Wendy Levinson
JAMA. 1998;280:117-118.
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Editorials
Pharmacogenetics and Ethnoracial Differences in Smoking
Edward M. Sellers
JAMA. 1998;280:179-180.
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Caring for the Critically Ill Patient: Past, Present, and Future
Deborah J. Cook
JAMA. 1998;280:181-182.
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Corticosteroid Therapy in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Better Late Than Never?
Christian Brun-Buisson; Laurent Brochard
JAMA. 1998;280:182-183.
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Resident Forum
Protecting Resident Performance Evaluations Under Peer Review Immunity Law
Douglas Beall
JAMA. 1998;280:192.
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Controversies
Are Current Regulations for Approval of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices Adequate?
Dorothy Levine; Richard Grossberg; Richard Tilton; Peter Banks; Alvin Rosenfeld
JAMA. 1998;280:187-189.
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Update on FDA Regulation of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices
Steven Gutman; Kimber Richter; Susan Alpert
JAMA. 1998;280:190-192.
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Letters
Accuracy of Physicians' Office Laboratory Results
J. Eugene Huffstutter; Paul M. Fischer; Robert L. Black; Morton H. Field; John A. Kasch; J. Stephen Kroger; Peter D. Rappo; Patrick B. Harr; Lee H. Hilborne; Tina M. St John
JAMA. 1998;280:129-132.
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Trends in Prescribing Psychotropic Medications
James J. Staudenmeier; Itzhak Jacoby; Saif S. Rathore; William L. Boyko, Jr; Junius J. Gonzales; Malcolm B. Bowers, Jr; Rebecca W. MacLean; Erica Weiss; Carolyn M. Mazure; Harold Alan Pincus; Terri L. Tanielian; Deborah A. Zarin; Steven C. Marcus
JAMA. 1998;280:132-134.
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Does This Infant Have Pneumonia? The Value of Chest Percussion
Joel J. Alpert; Suzanne Steinbach; Peter A. Margolis; Anne Gadomski
JAMA. 1998;280:134.
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NEWS AND ANALYSIS
Medical News & Perspectives
Viagra Leads as Rivals Are Moving Up
Mike Mitka
JAMA. 1998;280:119-120.
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Venus Orbits Closer to Pain Than Mars, Rx for One Sex May Not Benefit the Other
Lynne Lamberg
JAMA. 1998;280:120-124.
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SEC Slaps Another Researcher for Insider Trading
Andrew A. Skolnick
JAMA. 1998;280:124.
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The World in Medicine
TB Gene Code Revealed
Rebecca Voelker
JAMA. 1998;280:125.
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Leptin and Heart Disease
Rebecca Voelker
JAMA. 1998;280:125.
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Disease Trackingand More
Rebecca Voelker
JAMA. 1998;280:125.
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Stunted Growth
Rebecca Voelker
JAMA. 1998;280:125.
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Can Doctors Deliver TKO?
Rebecca Voelker
JAMA. 1998;280:125.
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Durable Tetanus Protection
Rebecca Voelker
JAMA. 1998;280:125.
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From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infections Associated With Eating Raw OystersPacific Northwest, 1997
JAMA. 1998;280:126-127.
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The Cover
Sunset
M. Therese Southgate
JAMA. 1998;280:112.
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Poetry and Medicine
The Hands of the Old Métis
Maurice Kilwein Guevara
JAMA. 1998;280:128.
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JAMA 100 Years Ago
PREMATURE OLD AGE. HOW TO AVOID IT.
JAMA. 1998;280:128.
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Books, Journals, New Media
Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, 1950-2000
Wendy Chavkin
JAMA. 1998;280:193-194.
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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
John H. Dirckx
JAMA. 1998;280:194-195.
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When Psychological Problems Mask Medical Disorders: A Guide for Psychotherapists
Mary Hartshorn
JAMA. 1998;280:195-196.
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Directing Health Messages Towards African Americans: Attitudes Toward Health Care and the Mass Media
Carl C. Bell
JAMA. 1998;280:196.
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Cosmetic Surgery of the Skin: Principles and Techniques
Barry L. Hainer
JAMA. 1998;280:196-197.
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From the JAMA Websites
Immune Recovery Vitritis in HIV Infection: Abstracts and Commentary
James P. Dunn
JAMA. 1998;280:185-186.
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Obituary Listing
Obituary Listing
JAMA. 1998;280:198.
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Corrections
Incorrect Wording
JAMA. 1998;280:134.
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JAMA Patient Page
Living with diabetes
JAMA. 1998;280:202.
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