Annals of Internal Medicine

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4 March 2003, Vol. 138. No. 5

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Effect of a Multivitamin and Mineral Supplement on Infection and Quality of Life: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial FREE

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Thomas A. Barringer, MD; Julienne K. Kirk, PharmD; Amy C. Santaniello, PharmD; Kristie Long Foley, PhD; and Robert Michielutte, PhD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: double-blind method, infection, quality of life, mineral supplements, multivitamins

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):365-371. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00005

Addressing Alcohol Problems in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Systems Intervention: The Screening and Intervention in Primary Care (SIP) Study

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Richard Saitz, MD, MPH; Nicholas J. Horton, ScD; Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD; Mark A. Moskowitz, MD; and Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: ethanol, primary health care

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):372-382. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00006

Intentional Weight Loss and Death in Overweight and Obese U.S. Adults 35 Years of Age and Older FREE

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Edward W. Gregg, PhD; Robert B. Gerzoff, MS; Theodore J. Thompson, MS; and David F. Williamson, PhD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: obesity, weight reduction, body weight changes, overweight

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):383-389. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00007

Brief Communications

Minimal Prevalence of Authorship Misrepresentation among Internal Medicine Residency Applicants: Do Previous Estimates of “Misrepresentation” Represent Insufficient Case Finding?

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Randy S. Hebert, MD, MPH; Cheri G. Smith, MLS; and Scott M. Wright, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: internal medicine, internship and residency

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):390-392. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00008

Reviews

Diagnostic Evaluation of Elderly Patients with Mild Memory Problems

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Jason H.T. Karlawish, MD; and Christopher M. Clark, MD

Topics: alzheimer's disease, dementia, activities of daily living, amnesia, depressive disorders, neurobehavioral manifestations, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):411-419. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00011

Updates

Alzheimer Disease: Current Concepts and Emerging Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies

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Christopher M. Clark, MD; and Jason H.T. Karlawish, MD

Topics: alzheimer's disease

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):400-410. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00010

Conferences

Management of the Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass (“Incidentaloma”) FREE

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Melvin M. Grumbach, MD; Beverly M.K. Biller, MD; Glenn D. Braunstein, MD; Karen K. Campbell; J. Aidan Carney, MD, PhD; Paul A. Godley, MD, MPP; Emily L. Harris, PhD, MPH; Joseph K.T. Lee, MD; Yolanda C. Oertel, MD; Mitchell C. Posner, MD; Janet A. Schlechte, MD; and H. Samuel Wieand, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):424-429. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00013

Academia and the Profession

A Critical Overview of Homeopathy

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Wayne B. Jonas, MD; Ted J. Kaptchuk, OMD; and Klaus Linde, MD

Topics: homeopathy

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):393-399. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00009

Ideas and Opinions

Importance of Identifying the Overweight Patient Who Will Benefit the Most by Losing Weight

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Gerald M. Reaven, MD

Topics: hypertension, weight reduction, insulin, overweight

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):420-423. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00012

Editorials

A Role for Multivitamins in Infection?

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Wafaie Fawzi, MBBS, DrPH; and Meir J. Stampfer, MD, DrPH

Topics: infection, multivitamins

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):430-431. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00014

On Being a Doctor

Finding Ping

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Alexander C. McLeod, MD, MBA

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):432-433. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00015

On Being a Patient

The Greenhouse Effect

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John L. McClenahan, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):434. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00017

Letters

Ciprofloxacin versus Tobramycin for Neutropenic Fevers

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Gerald P. Bodey, MD; Kenneth V.I. Rolston, MD; and Issam I. Raad, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):435. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00018

Ciprofloxacin versus Tobramycin for Neutropenic Fevers

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Darren R. Linkin, MD; and Neil Fishman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):435-436. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00019

Ciprofloxacin versus Tobramycin for Neutropenic Fevers

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Gerald R. Donowitz, MD; and James E. Peacock Jr., MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):436. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00020

Reversible Myopathy after Statin Therapy in Patients with Normal Creatine Kinase Levels

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William E. Bennett, MD; Almond J. Drake III, MD; and KM Mohamed Shakir, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):436-437. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00021

Long-Term Medical Care of Testicular Cancer Survivors

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Kevin T. Tong, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):437. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00022

Long-Term Medical Care of Testicular Cancer Survivors

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David J. Vaughn, MD; and Anna T. Meadows, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):437. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00023

Chronic HIV Infection

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Benjamin Jacobs; and David M. Aboulafia, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):437-438. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00024

Correction: Central Pontine Myelinolysis

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):438. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00025

Correction: Color Duplex Ultrasonography Compared with Contrast Venography in Patients Suspected of Having Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Upper Extremities

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):438. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00026

Annual Physical Examination: Necessary or Needless?

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Daniel Reinharth, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):W-48. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00024-w1

Medical Writings

Hope for the Best, and Prepare for the Worst

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Anthony L. Back, MD; Robert M. Arnold, MD; and Timothy E. Quill, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):439-443. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00028

Big Doctoring in America: Profiles in Primary Care

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Todd Simon, MD, MSEd

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):444. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00029

Medicine Stone

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Jock Murray, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):444. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00030

Ad Libitum

Open Heart

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Marc W. Mora, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):433. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00016

Summaries for Patients

The Effect of a Vitamin and Mineral Supplement on Infection and Self-Reported Health FREE

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Topics: vitamins, infection, mineral supplements

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):I-40. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00001

Finding and Treating Alcohol Problems in Primary Care FREE

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Topics: ethanol, primary health care

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):I-49. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00002

The Relationship between Intentional Weight Loss and Mortality FREE

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Topics: weight reduction, mortality

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):I-56. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00003

Do Applicants to Internal Medicine Residency Programs Misrepresent Publications? FREE

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Topics: internal medicine, internship and residency

Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):I-60. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00004

Book Notes

Book Listings

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Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(5):0-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00031

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