Early-Release Articles: 6 January 2009
National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement: Management of Hepatitis B
Sorrell, Belongia, Costa, Gareen, Grem, Inadomi, Kern, and others
Antiviral Therapy for Adults with Chronic Hepatitis B: A Systematic Review for a National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference
Shamliyan, MacDonald, Shaukat, Taylor, Yuan, and others
Print Issue: 6 January 2009
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ARTICLES
Association of Colonoscopy and Death From Colorectal Cancer
Baxter, Goldwasser, Paszat, Saskin, Urbach, and Rabeneck
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Association Between Statin Use and Risk for Keratinocyte Carcinoma in the Veterans Affairs Topical Tretinoin Chemoprevention Trial
Dore, Lapane, Trivedi, Mor, and Weinstock
Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired, Health Care–Associated, and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Venditti, Falcone, Corrao, Licata, and Serra
Brief Communication: Radiographic Contrast Infusion and Catecholamine Release in Patients With Pheochromocytoma
Baid, Lai, Wesley, Ling, Timmers, Adams, Kozupa, and Pacak
ACADEMIA AND CLINIC
Immunization Policy Development in the United States: The Role of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
Smith, Snider, and Pickering
REVIEW
Nonhospital Health Care–Associated Hepatitis B and C Virus Transmission: United States, 1998–2008
Thompson, Perz, Moorman, and Holmberg
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule: United States, 2009
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EDITORIALS
How Much Does Colonoscopy Reduce Colon Cancer Mortality?
Ransohoff
Immunization Guidelines for Adult Patients: An Annual Update and a Challenge
Poland and Schaffner
ON BEING A DOCTOR
The Debt
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IN THE CLINIC
Cellulitis and Soft-Tissue Infections
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Cellulitis and Soft-Tissue Infections
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EXCERPT
Baxter and colleagues' results seem consistent with a CRC mortality risk reduction of about 60% to 70% for the left colon and highlight the fact that we have few data—even indirect data—about efficacy in the right colon.
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