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Volume 158 Issue 9 | May 07, 2013

Summary of the 7 May 2013 issue, including articles on ambrisentan treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a new lung transplant allocation score, HIV and hepatitis C virus–associated liver disease, smoking cessation in patients with suspected tuberculosis, and management strategies for asymptomatic carotid stenosis, as well as an Update in General Internal Medicine, the USPSTF recommendation statement on vitamin D and calcium supplementation to prevent fractures in adults, and a commentary on gun violence from the public health perspective.

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Volume 158 Issue 8 | April 16, 2013

Summary of the 16 April 2013 issue, including articles on patient-centered decision making, use of computer-aided detection in mammography, computed tomography screening for osteoporosis, risk prediction models for chronic kidney disease, and medications to reduce risk for breast cancer, as well as an Update in General Internal Medicine and a position paper from the American College of Physicians and the Federation of State Medical Boards on online medical professionalism and the patient–physician relationship.

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Volume 158 Issue 7 | April 02, 2013

Summary of the 2 April 2013 issue, including articles on employer-based financial incentives for weight loss, long-chain ?-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, discontinuation of statins, medical management for prevention of recurrent nephrolithiasis, and comparative studies of diagnostic test accuracy, as well as commentaries on infection control and exposure to environmental fungi in patients with chronic immunosuppression and the ACGME''s reporting milestones and Next Accreditation System.

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Volume 158 Issue 6 | March 19, 2013

Summary of the 19 March 2013 issue, including articles on access to subspecialty care for patients with impaired mobility, chlorthalidone versus hydrochlorothiazide for hypertension, illness in returned travelers, and aristolochic acid nephropathy, as well as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement on screening for family and intimate partner violence and commentaries on the road ahead for health care reform and the U.S. incentive program for meaningful use of electronic health records.

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Volume 158 Issue 5_Part_1 | March 05, 2013

Summary of the 5 March 2013 issue, including articles on colorectal cancer screening, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, hepatitis C virus and hepatocellular carcinoma, and cognitive impairment and atrial fibrillation, as well as a commentary on access to care for undocumented migrants and an accompanying supplement, "Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Review of Evidence Supporting Strategies to Improve Patient Safety."

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Volume 158 Issue 4 | February 19, 2013

Summary of the 19 February 2013 issue, including articles on acupuncture for seasonal allergic rhinitis, hepatitis C virus infection, computed tomography screening for lung cancer, tobacco use prevention and cessation in children and adolescents, non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes, open-angle glaucoma, and the QUIPS (Quality In Prognosis Studies) tool.

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Volume 158 Issue 3 | February 05, 2013

Summary of the 5 February 2013 issue, including articles on prostate cancer screening, fungal infections due to contaminated methylprednisolone injection, fitness levels and dementia, the patient-centered medical home model, and behavioral interventions and counseling to prevent child abuse and neglect, as well as the 2013 Adult Immunization Schedule and the SPIRIT 2013 guidelines for study protocols.

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Volume 158 Issue 2 | January 15, 2013

Summary of the 15 January 2013 issue, including articles on the accuracy of electronic reporting of quality measures; generic antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection; selective D-dimer testing; screening for, mother-to-child transmission of, and comparative effectiveness of treatments for HCV infection; and online professionalism investigations by state medical boards.

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Volume 158 Issue 1 | January 01, 2013

Summary of the 1 January 2013 issue, including articles on distributing naloxone to heroin users, HIV acquisition among U.S. women, influenza vaccine in HIV-infected persons, the association between health care quality and cost, adverse effects of transcatheter aortic valve implantation, use of performance measures to decrease low-value services, and episode-based bundled payments, as well as the USPSTF recommendation statement on menopausal hormone therapy to prevent of chronic conditions and a commentary on the "overdiagnosis" of breast cancer.

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Volume 157 Issue 12 | December 18, 2012

Summary of the 18 December 2012 issue, including articles on reducing hospital length of stay, adalimumab therapy for hidradenitis suppurativa, risk classification of advanced colorectal neoplasia, epidural injections for sciatica, Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea, and pay-for-performance, as well as the USPSTF recommendation statement on screening for ovarian cancer and commentaries on trauma-informed care and a CDC antismoking media campaign.

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Volume 157 Issue 11 | December 04, 2012

Summary of the 4 December 2012 issue, including articles on clinical decision-support systems and HIV care, diagnostic accuracy of an amended insulin–glucose ratio for suspected insulinoma, estimating overdiagnosis in lung cancer screening, adherence to self-administered medications for chronic diseases, and warfarin and new oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism, as well as best practice advice from the ACP on upper endoscopy for GERD, recommendations from the CDC on HCV testing of persons born during 1945–1965, and commentaries on West Nile virus and iatrogenic fungal meningitis.

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Volume 157 Issue 10 | November 20, 2012

Summary of the 20 November 2012 issue, including articles on therapy for erectile dysfunction, bed alarm use to prevent falls in hospitalized patients, and pharmacy dispensing of discontinued medications, as well as reviews on screening for HIV, clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of stable ischemic heart disease, and commentaries on the recently approved over-the-counter home HIV testing kit and the ethics of commercial screening tests.

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Volume 157 Issue 9 | November 06, 2012

Summary of the 6 November 2012 issue, including articles on the effects of oral diabetes drugs on cardiovascular events, a model of subsequent screening of persons with negative colonoscopy, rotavirus infection in older adults, physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis, screening for hearing loss in older adults, drug treatment of asymptomatic hypertriglyceridemia to prevent pancreatitis, and commentaries from 3 opinion leaders on the impact of the 2012 presidential election on health care.

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Volume 157 Issue 8 | October 16, 2012

Summary of the 16 October 2012 issue, including articles on familial Mediterranean fever, reuse of ICDs, insulin resistance in adipocytes after sleep restriction, tests for hepatitis C screening, effective adherence strategies, and price and utilization effects on heath care spending, as well as the USPSTF recommendation on screening for chronic kidney disease, and commentaries on lung cancer screening, overuse of diagnostic imaging, and the Affordable Care Act.

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Volume 157 Issue 7 | October 02, 2012

Summary of the 2 October 2012 issue, including articles on inviting patients to read their doctors'' office notes, estimating kidney function in elderly patients, the relationship of electronic health records and diabetes outcomes, preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia, and the USPSTF recommendation statement on screening for coronary heart disease with electrocardiography.

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Volume 157 Issue 6 | September 18, 2012

Summary of the 18 September 2012 issue, including articles on coronary risk prediction models, thalidomide for cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, transitional care service after stroke or myocardial infarction, patient handovers from hospital to primary care, the influence of reported trial design characteristics on intervention effect estimates, identifying evidence gaps to prioritize future research needs, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funding priorities.

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Volume 157 Issue 5 | September 04, 2012

Summary of the 4 September 2012 issue, including articles on the effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter-associated UTIs, the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, U.S. trends in the HIV epidemic, insulin delivery and glucose monitoring for diabetes mellitus, and the health effects of organic versus conventional foods, as well as USPSTF recommendation statements on behavioral counseling interventions to promote a healthful diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults and screening for and management of obesity in adults.

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Volume 157 Issue 4 | August 21, 2012

Summary of the 21 August 2012 issue, including articles on risk for colorectal cancer after polyp detection, lead exposure and gout, a lung cancer risk model, and the effects of lipid-lowering therapy in chronic kidney disease, as well as an Update in hematology and medical oncology; an article on a new curriculum on high value, cost-conscious care; and commentaries on maintenance of licensure and the tenth anniversary of A Physician Charter.

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Volume 157 Issue 3 | August 07, 2012

Summary of the 7 August 2012 issue, including articles on HbA_1c diagnostic thresholds in black and white persons, the influence of context on antimicrobial prescribing for febrile respiratory illness, sleep disturbance due to hospital noise, and viscosupplementation for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, as well as an Update in nephrology, the USPSTF recommendation on prevention of falls in community-dwelling older adults, a commentary on the federal plan for prescriber education on opioid use, and a report on Group Health Cooperative’s “rapid-learning health system.”

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Volume 157 Issue 2 | July 17, 2012

Summary of the 17 July 2012 issue, including articles on the effect of the trans fat ban in New York City, urinary incontinence in young nulligravid women, escitalopram for the prevention of interferon-α–induced depression, postmenopausal hormone therapy for the primary prevention of chronic condition, an Update in rheumatology, and the USPSTF recommendation on prostate cancer screening. The issue also includes commentaries on the Task Force recommendation, Qnexa, and science-based training in patient safety and quality.

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Volume 157 Issue 1 | July 03, 2012

Summary of the 3 July 2012 issue, including articles on medication use after hospital discharge, rehospitalizations after acute myocardial infarction, advanced life support training, and clinical decision-support systems, as well as an Update in gastroenterology and hepatology, the AABB guideline on red blood cell transfusions, the USPSTF recommendation statement on behavioral counseling to prevent skin cancer, and a commentary on dabigatran.

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Volume 156 Issue 12 | June 19, 2012

Summary of the 19 June 2012 issue, including articles on screening for hepatocellular carcinoma, hospitalization and delirium in persons with Alzheimer disease, acute liver injury due to flavocoxid, urinary incontinence in women, hospital medicine, the USPSTF recommendation statement on screening for cervical cancer, and a commentary on the conversion of atorvastatin from brand to generic.

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Volume 156 Issue 11 | June 05, 2012

Summary of the 5 June 2012 issue, including articles on gastrointestinal cancer in survivors of childhood cancer, predicting heart failure mortality in the emergency department, the Medicare Part D coverage gap and medication adherence, equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate, screening for intimate partner violence, managing experts' conflicts of interest in the development of clinical practice guidelines, and an International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care panel's recommendations on entry into and retention in care for HIV infection.

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Volume 156 Issue 10 | May 15, 2012

Summary of the 15 May 2012 issue, including articles on a case management program to prevent hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, predicting survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, laxative-free computed tomographic colonography, risk for colorectal cancer, strategies and duration of thromboprophylaxis after major orthopedic surgery, institutional review boards, an Update in pulmonary and critical care medicine, and reactivation of hepatitis B virus infection during immunosuppressive therapy.

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Volume 156 Issue 9 | May 01, 2012

Summary of the 1 May 2012 issue, including articles on breast cancer screening, hospital strategies for reducing mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction, vitamin D deficiency and risk for clinical disease outcomes, an Update in general internal medicine, and a pair of In the Balance commentaries on geriatric training.

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Volume 156 Issue 8 | April 17, 2012

Summary of the April 17, 2012 issue, including articles on preexposure chemoprophylaxis for HIV infection, epidural injections for lumbosacral radiculopathy, new fibrate use and acute renal outcomes, chronic kidney disease, prostate cancer, and a commentary on gift versus consent models for human biological samples.

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Volume 156 Issue 7 | April 03, 2012

Summary of the April 3, 2012 issue including articles on health care-associated HCV infection, an intervention to increase organ donation, mammography screening, rapid influenza diagnostic tests and antiviral therapy for influenza, guideline development methods, and use of Medicare data to assess physician performance.

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Volume 156 Issue 6 | March 20, 2012

Summary of the March 20, 2012 issue including articles about diabetes treatment, vitamin D supplementation, cardiac risk assessment, antiplatelet therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease, and H1N1 influenza research.

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Volume 156 Issue 5 | March 06, 2012

Summary of the March 6, 2012 issue including articles on rheumatoid arthritis treatment, physician understanding of evidence on screening tests, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and inflammatory bowel disease, surrogate decision-making, comparative effectiveness research on colorectal cancer screening, and urinary tract infection. Also highlights early release articles on avian influenza research, chronic kidney disease, influenza diagnosis and treatment, and HIV guidelines.

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Volume 156 Issue 4 | February 21, 2012

Summary of the February 21 2012 issue including articles on family history in cardiovascular risk assessment, vial hepatitis, fructose and body weight, Continuing Medical Education, and HIV prevention.

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Volume 156 Issue 3 | February 07, 2012

Summary of the February 7, 2012 issue featuring information on influenza transmission, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, ovarian cancer screening, palliative care, immunization, and drug therapy for type 2 diabetes.

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Volume 156 Issue 2 | January 17, 2012

Summary of the January 17, 2012 issue featuring information on HIV prevention, vitamin D supplementation, sleep apnea, autopsy, physical disability, and high value care.

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Volume 156 Issue 1_Part_1 | January 03, 2012

Summary of the January 3, 2012 issue featuring information on neck pain, biosurveillance, hospital mortality measures, type 2 diabetes guidelines, dementia, and plantar fasciitis. An issue supplement contains the 6th edition of the ACP Ethics Manual.

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Volume 155 Issue 12 | December 20, 2011

Summary of the December 20, 2011 issue featuring information on assessment of patient complexity, sharing electronic health records with patients, vitamin D deficiency, treatment of Clostridium difficile infection, and availability of controlled substances from illegitimate internet pharmacies.

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Volume 155 Issue 11 | December 06, 2011

Summary of the December 6, 2011 issue featuring information on knee pain, lipid levels and cardiovascular disease, influenza vaccination during pregnancy, osteoporosis screening, prostate cancer screening, depression therapy, and hip fracture.

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Volume 155 Issue 10 | November 15, 2011

Summary of the November 15, 2011 issue featuring information on screening for hepatitis C virus infection, anticoagulation, whole body vibration therapy, screening for cervical cancer, and stem cell research.

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Volume 155 Issue 9 | November 01, 2011

Summary of the November 1, 2011 issue featuring research on yoga and back pain, dual antiplatelet therapy, implanted cardiac devices and airport security screening, and oncologists' communication skills; reviews on stress loaded MRI, a clinical practice guideline on VTE prophylaxis, and a discussion of the ethics of retainer practices in medicine.

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Volume 155 Issue 8 | October 18, 2011

Summary of articles in the October 18, 2011 issue and early release articles related to the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on screening for prostate cancer and cervical cancer.

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Volume 155 Issue 7 | October 04, 2011

Original research reports address pericarditis, safety of MRI in patients with implanted cardiac devices, and Takayatsu arteritis. The issue also includes reviews of obesity treatments and pulmonary embolism diagnosis, commentaries on medical education funding in the US and care commissioning in the United Kingdom, two On Being a Doctor essays, and an In the Clinic review of management of new HIV infection.

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Volume 155 Issue 6 | September 20, 2011

Among the topics covered in this issue are pharyngitis, myocardial infarction, health effects of BP, electrocardiography, and residency training. An early release guideline of transient loss of consciousness is also discussed.

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Volume 155 Issue 5 | September 06, 2011

Original research reports address transfusion safety, bariatric surgery, type 2 diabetes, and cognitive impairment. The issue also includes a review on quality of care during housestaff changeover, an exploration of informed consent, two Ideas and Opinions commentary, two On Being a Doctor essays, and an In the Clinic review of sickle cell anemia.

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Volume 155 Issue 4 | August 16, 2011

Original research reports address HIV therapy in Africa, herbal therapy for influenza, and hip fracture outcomes. The issue also includes a comparative effectiveness review on pain management after hip fracture, a commentary on the need to inform patients about hospital performance when referring them for care, a clinical guideline on bladder cancer screening and another on heart failure, two On Being a Doctor essays, and ACP Journal Club.

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Volume 155 Issue 3 | August 02, 2011

Original research reports address transthoracic needle biopsy, syphilis, hospitalist care, and omega 3 fatty acids. The issue also includes a comparative effectiveness review of radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer, a clinical guideline on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, two On Being a Doctor essays, and an In the Clinic review on psoriasis.

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Volume 155 Issue 2 | July 19, 2011

Summary of this issue's articles; including a systematic review on the "July Effect", identifying families with Lynch syndrome and colorectal cancer, the effect of location on COPD mortality, a study of how the presentation of drug therapy risks and benefits affects lay people's comprehension, a systematic review of how low-health literacy affects health outcomes, a review of after-hours primary care in the Netherlands, a review discussing reprogramming cells to enter an embryonic, stem-cell like state, and the potential advantages for regenerative and reproductive medicine, including an exploration of associated medical, moral, and political hurdles, an ideas and opinions article addressing compassionate release and overcrowded prisons, twelve new article reviews in the Journal Club section, and this issue's On Being a Doctor.

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Volume 155 Issue 1 | July 05, 2011

Summary of this issue's articles; including studies on low back pain, timing of breast cancer screening, long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in hematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients, pocket-sized portable echocardiogram devices, sources of bias in comparative effectiveness research, an update on women's health, and this month's In The Clinic on osteoporosis.

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Volume 154 Issue 12 | June 21, 2011

General summary of this issue's articles; plus an interview with Terrence Holt, MD, PhD, of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

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Volume 154 Issue 11 | June 07, 2011

General summary of this issue's articles; plus an interview with Rupa Marya, MD, of the University of California in San Francisco and world music ensemble Rupa and the April Fishes.

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Volume 154 Issue 10 | May 17, 2011

Summary of this issue's articles; including studies on the obesity and physical function, selenium and lipids, and health information technology.

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Volume 154 Issue 9 | May 03, 2011

Summary of this issue's articles; plus comments by Peter Orszag from a recent conference about medical innovation.

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Volume 154 Issue 8 | April 19, 2011

Summary of this issue's articles; plus a discussion with Arash Mostaghimi, MD, MPA, and Bradley H. Crotty, MD, both of Harvard Medical School, about optimizing one's professional behavior and reputation on-line.

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Volume 154 Issue 7 | April 05, 2011

Update in anticoagulation; interview with Mark Crowther, MD, of McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare in Ontario, Canada; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 154 Issue 6 | March 15, 2011

Summary of this issue's articles; plus "Music Lessons," by Frank Davidoff, MD.

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Volume 154 Issue 5 | March 01, 2011

Summary of this issue's articles; plus excerpts from the stage performance Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deavere Smith.

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Volume 154 Issue 4 | February 15, 2011

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; interview with Mariell Jessup, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 154 Issue 3 | February 01, 2011

2011 adult immunization guidelines; interview with Gregory Poland, MD, of the Mayo Clinic; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.

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Volume 154 Issue 2 | January 18, 2011

General summary of this issue's articles, including studies on storytelling to improve blood pressure, surveillance for liver cancer in HCV patients, and missing data in clinical trials. Annals editor Christine Laine, MD, MPH, guest hosts.

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Volume 154 Issue 1 | January 04, 2011

Primary care-medical speciality interactions; interview with Hal F. Yee, MD, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 153 Issue 12 | December 21, 2010

Radiographic imaging: evaluating its benefits and consequences; excerpts from presentations by William Black, MD, of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and Peter Bach, MD, MAPP, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, from a recent conference on Methodological Challenges in Comparative Effectiveness Research; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.

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Volume 153 Issue 11 | December 07, 2010

Contemporary management of atrial fibrillation; interview with Tristram Bahnson, MD, of Duke University Medical Center; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 153 Issue 10 | November 16, 2010

The role of Regional Extension Centers in facilitating physicians' meaningful use of electronic health records; interview with Dr. Sachin Jain, MD, MBA, of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; "Memoirs of an Obese Physician" by Joseph Majdan, MD; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 153 Issue 9 | November 02, 2010

A review of electronic cigarettes; interview with Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 153 Issue 8 | October 19, 2010

Summary of this issue's articles, plus a sampling of reader responses to "The Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine: The Opportunities and Challenges," by Kocher, Emanuel, and DeParle.

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Volume 153 Issue 7 | October 05, 2010

Summary of this issue's articles, plus excerpts describing new research about the costs of malpractice and malpractice reform from a conference about Medical Liability and Emergency Care.

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Volume 153 Issue 6 | September 21, 2010

Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque as a risk factor for coronary events; interview with Alawai Alsheikh-Ali, MD, MS, and Stanley Ip, MD, of Tufts University School of Medicine; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 153 Issue 5 | September 07, 2010

Low-carbohydrate diets and mortality; interview with Martijn Katan, PhD, of VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 153 Issue 4 | August 17, 2010

General summary of this issue's articles, including studies on medical error disclosure, quality of care of HCV infected patients, and treatment of rotator cuff tears. Annals editor Christine Laine, MD, MPH, guest hosts.

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Volume 153 Issue 3 | August 03, 2010

Mild cognitive impairment and dementia; interview with Michael Rafii, MD, PhD, of the University of California San Diego; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 153 Issue 2 | July 20, 2010

Opening progress notes to patients; interview with Jan Walker, RN, MBA, and Thomas Delbanco, MD, of Harvard Medical School; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.

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Volume 153 Issue 1 | July 06, 2010

The Israeli field hospital experience in Haiti; interview with Ofer Merin, MD, Commander in Chief of the Israel Defense Forces Reserve Field Hospital, Deputy Director General of Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, Lecturer at Hebrew University in Jerusalem; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 12 | June 15, 2010

HbA1c as a diagnostic test and measure of diabetes control; interview with William H. Herman, MD, MPH, of the University of Michigan, and Robert M. Cohen, MD, of the University of Cincinnati; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 11 | June 01, 2010

Managing opioid misuse with treatment agreements and urine drug testing; interview with Barbara Turner, MD, MSED, of the University of Pennsylvania; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 10 | May 18, 2010

Preventing osteoporosis in men with prostate cancer; excerpts from a conference on Reinventing Primary Care; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 152 Issue 9 | May 04, 2010

Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in patients with anemia of chronic kidney disease; interview with Daniel Weiner, MD, MS, of Tufts Medical School. Plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 152 Issue 8 | April 20, 2010

The history of the mammography screening controversy and the experience of breast cancer in America; interview with Robert Aronowitz, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania. Plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

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Volume 152 Issue 7 | April 06, 2010

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; interview with Robert Doherty of the American College of Physicians; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 6 | March 16, 2010

Concierge medicine, by Michael Stillman, MD; Through a Glass Darkly by Tumi Johnson, MD; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 5 | March 02, 2010

Screening young athletes for heart disease; interview with Barry Maron, MD, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 4 | February 16, 2010

Cigar and pipe smoking and lung function; interview with Stanton Glantz, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 3 | February 02, 2010

Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome; interview with Dr. Robert J. Schwartzman of Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 2 | January 19, 2010

Opioids and overdose; interview with A. Thomas McLellan, PhD, Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 152 Issue 1 | January 05, 2010

2010 adult immunization guidelines; interview with Gregory Poland, MD, of the Mayo Clinic; "Why Geriatrics?" by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, of the University of California San Francisco; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 12 | December 15, 2009

Emerging antiplatelet therapies; interview with Eric Bates, MD, of the University of Michigan; advance in perioperative medicine; interview with Vineet Chopra, MD, of the University of Michigan; "Three Degrees of Separation" by Howard Beckman, MD; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 11 | December 01, 2009

Pharyngitis in adolescents and young adults; interview with Robert M. Centor, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 10 | November 17, 2009

Preventive screening and treatments for breast cancer; interview with Karla Kerlikowske, MD, of the University of California San Francisco; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 9 | November 03, 2009

Family history in primary care settings: what's the evidence?; interview with Alfred Berg, MD, of the University of Washington in Seattle; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 8 | October 20, 2009

Inhaled corticosteroids for COPD; "Lovenox Hurts," by Samantha Jaglowski, MD, of Ohio State University in Columbus; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 7 | October 06, 2009

C-reactive protein and other emerging coronary risk factors; interview with Paul Ridker, MD, of Harvard University; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 6 | September 15, 2009

Requests for "everything" and palliative sedation; interview with Timothy Quill, MD, of the University of Rochester; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 5 | September 01, 2009

Retail clinics: where, who, what, and how much; interview with Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, of the University of Pittsburgh and RAND; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 4 | August 18, 2009

Mozart's death: An epidemiologic analysis of Mozart's cause of death; interview with Richard Zegers, MD, PhD, of the University of Amsterdam; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 3 | August 04, 2009

Summer rerun: The Obama administration's options for health care cost control; interview with Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

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Volume 151 Issue 2 | July 21, 2009

Interview with new Annals editor Christine Laine, MD, MPH; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 151 Issue 1 | July 07, 2009

Pandemic H1N1 influenza; interview with Richard Stein, MD, PhD, of Princeton University; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 12 | June 16, 2009

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection; interview with Jennifer Meddings, MD, of the University of Michigan; "Fault" by Gordon Rubenfeld, MD, of the University of Toronto; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 11 | June 02, 2009

Beta-blockers and heart failure mortality; interview with Finlay McAlister, MD, of the University of Alberta; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 10 | May 19, 2009

ACEIs and ARBs in chronic kidney disease; The Demise of Primary Care by David Norenberg, MD; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 9 | May 05, 2009

Risk prediction in prostate cancer; interview with Edward P. Gelmann, MD, of Columbia University; plus a summary of all the articles in this issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 8 | April 21, 2009

Intensive glycemic control for type 2 diabetes; interview with Victor Montori, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 7 | April 07, 2009

New approaches to smoking cessation; interview with Nancy Rigotti, MD, of Harvard Medical School; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 6 | March 17, 2009

Aspirin for primary prevention of heart disease; interview with Michael Lauer, MD, of the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 5 | March 03, 2009

The Obama administration's options for health care cost control; interview with Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; plus a summary of all the articles in this issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 4 | February 17, 2009

Coordinating care: it takes a village (of physicians); the Joy of Cooking too much; interview with Brian Wansink, PhD, of Cornell University; plus a summary of all the articles in this issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 3 | February 03, 2009

Transplantation list time and outcomes for patients with alcoholic cirrhosis; results of a Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of the public's priorities for health care reform, with comments from Robert Blendon, Sc.D., of Harvard University; plus a summary of all the articles in this issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 2 | January 20, 2009

Genetic testing in clinical practice; interview with John Ioannidis, MD, of the University of Ioannina, Greece, and Tufts University; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 150 Issue 1 | January 06, 2009

CDC immunization recommendations for 2009; interview with Dr. Gregory Poland, MD, of the Mayo Clinic; plus a summary of all the articles in this issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 12 | December 16, 2008

Into thin air: high-altitude train travel on the Qinghai-Lhasa railway; interview with Dr. John West, MD, PhD, of the University of California San Diego; death from right-sided colon cancer after colonoscopy; plus a summary of the all the articles in the issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 11 | December 02, 2008

Death and taxes in 2010; more on new diagnostic tests for tuberculosis; comments about health care reform in 2009 by Michael Porter, MBA, PhD, and Don Berwick, MD, MPP from a recent Brookings Institution forum; plus a summary of all the article in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 10 | November 18, 2008

Risk stratification tables for evaluating risk predictions; interview with Michael Griswold, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University; "Death and Hope in the ICU" by David Seder, MD; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 9 | November 04, 2008

New colorectal cancer screening guidelines; interview with Dr. Michael LeFevre of the US Preventive Services Task Force and the University of Missouri at Columbia; plus a summary of other articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 8 | October 21, 2008

Comparative effectiveness of newer insulins; sildenafil as add-on therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension; comments by Susan Dentzer of the journal Health Affairs on the health care reform debate; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 7 | October 07, 2008

Colorectal cancer screening with stool DNA testing; interview with David Ahlquist of the Mayo Clinic; plus a summary of all the articles in the October 7 issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 6 | September 16, 2008

Massage therapy for end-of-life pain; ipratropium and cardiovascular mortality; risk for community-acquired pneumonia with PPIs; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 5 | September 02, 2008

Looking for cancer in patients with venous thromboembolism; interview with Deborah Ornstein, MD, of Yale University; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 4 | August 19, 2008

Appropriateness ratings and underuse of coronary angiography in patients with chest pain; "Death of a Clinician-Educator" by Dr. Kimberly Manning of Emory University; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 3 | August 05, 2008

Rapid HIV testing in emergency departments; the United States Congress and Medicare Reform; interview with Richard Trachtman and Jonni McCrann of the American College of Physicians. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 2 | July 15, 2008

Preventing venous thromboembolism after knee arthroscopy; the first clinical use of penicillin in the US; interview with Charles Grossman, MD; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 149 Issue 1 | July 01, 2008

The safety of combination LABA and inhaled corticosteroid treatment for asthma; interview with Kevin Weiss, MD, of the American Board of Medical Specialties; perspectives on improving surrogate decision making; interview with Jeffrey Berger, MD, of SUNY-Stonybrook; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 12 | June 17, 2008

Sequential therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection; comments from NIH Chemical Genomics Center Director Christopher Austin, MD, on the state of genomics in clinical medicine; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 11 | June 03, 2008

Subclinical thyroid disease and coronary heart disease; an interview with Paul Ladenson, MD, of Johns Hopkins University; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 10 | May 20, 2008

A description of Annals' new ACP Journal Club section; interview with section editor R. Brian Haynes, MD, MSc, PhD, of McMaster University; comments from NIH Director Elias Zerhouni about the future of medical research. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 9 | May 06, 2008

Lipid monitoring in patients on statins; an interview with Paul Glasziou, MBBS, PhD, of the University of Oxford; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 8 | April 15, 2008

Testosterone for Treatment of Decreased Sexual Satisfaction in Women; comments from Rosemary Basson, MD, of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 7 | April 01, 2008

Treating tobacco dependence as a chronic disease; an interview with Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at UMDNJ in New Brunswick, NJ; and excerpts from a recent Institute of Medicine panel discussion, with comments from CBO Director Peter Orszag, PhD and AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy, MD on the future of comparative effectiveness studies. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 6 | March 18, 2008

An overview of Massachusetts' health care reform effort; interview with Jon Kingsdale, PhD, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority; universal inpatient surveillance screening for MRSA with comments from Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE, of the University of Pennsylvania; plus a summary of the all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 5 | March 04, 2008

New tests for diagnosing tuberculosis; an interview with Dr. Dick Menzies, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics at McGill University in Montreal; and excerpts from an Institute of Medicine panel discussion, with comments from Dr. Mark McClellan on the future of comparative effectiveness studies. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 4 | February 19, 2008

Drugs used to prevent contrast nephropathy; an interview with Dr. Aine Kelly, Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology at the VAMC and University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; more on multidrug resistant-MRSA; and "I Can't Be Bothered," by Dr. Faith Fitzgerald. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 3 | February 05, 2008

The effects of Medicare Part D on older adults' expenses and prescription utilization; an interview with Dr. John Ayanian of Harvard Medical School on transitioning into Medicare coverage; and the comparative effectiveness of drugs to treat osteoporosis. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 2 | January 15, 2008

Multidrug resistant MRSA infection in men who have sex with men; an interview with study coauthors Binh Diep, PhD and Henry Chambers, MD, of the University of California San Francisco; and a systematic review of evidence for improving end-of-life care. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 148 Issue 1 | January 01, 2008

What the U.S. can learn from the health care systems of other countries, with comments by Dr. Fred Ralston, Chair of the Health and Public Policy Committee of the ACP. Plus a summary of articles on the cost-effectiveness of digital mammography and the effect of drug concentration expressions on dosing errors.

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Volume 147 Issue 12 | December 18, 2007

A new ETT-based risk prediction score; screening for carotid stenosis; and an Institute of Medicine interview with NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, with comments on pandemic and seasonal influenza; the status of HIV vaccine development; NIH-industry partnerships for drug development; and biodefense research. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 147 Issue 11 | December 04, 2007

Conversations about medical professionalism and ethical pay-for-performance systems. An in-depth summary of a national survey on physician attitudes and behaviors about professionalism, with an interview with Drs. Eric Campbell and David Blumenthal of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners Health System in Boston; and principles for maintaining patient-centered pay-for-performance systems, with an interview with Ms. Lois Snyder and Dr. Richard Neubauer of the American College of Physicians. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue.

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Volume 147 Issue 10 | November 20, 2007

Clinical outcomes by virologic response in hepatitis C patients, comparative effectiveness of CABG and PCI, and the CDC adult immunization schedule; and interviews with Drs. Gary Davis of Baylor University, Stephan Fihn of the VA Puget Sound, and Dr. Greg Poland of the Mayo Clinic.

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Volume 147 Issue 9 | November 06, 2007

ACE inhibitors, ARBs, or both for hypertension and proteinuria; an interview with Dr. Patrick Parfrey of Memorial University in Newfoundland Canada on the risks of combining ACE inhibitors and ARBs; risperidone for major depression; a new ACP practice guideline on the diagnosis and management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and other highlights of this week's issue.

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Volume 147 Issue 8 | October 16, 2007

Aspirin and venous thromboembolism, triple therapy for H. pylori, and the safety of rosiglitazone, including an interview with Dr. Sanjay Kaul and George Diamond about the statistical pitfalls of interpreting randomized trials of the drug.

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Volume 147 Issue 7 | October 02, 2007

Predicting BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations; clinical practice guidelines for low back pain; and an interview with Dr. Giovanni Parmigiani of Johns Hopkins University and Dr. David Euhus of University of Texas-Southwestern about the use of genetic risk prediction for breast cancer gene mutations in clinical practice.

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Volume 147 Issue 6 | September 18, 2007

Differences in type 2 diabetes glycemic control by exercise type; systematic review of comparative effectiveness of oral diabetic agents; and an interview with Dr. Amir Qaseem about this week's American College of Physicians guidance statement on optimal HbA1c target levels.

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Volume 147 Issue 5 | September 04, 2007

Nitrofurazone-impregnated urinary catheters and bacteriuria, left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure, and hyperkyphosis in the elderly. Also, a discussion with Dr. Ellen Foster, Assistant Professor of English on the Venango campus of Clarion University, about the play Wit and its lessons for physicians.

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Volume 147 Issue 4 | August 21, 2007

Selenium and diabetes, a systematic review of ICDs, hospital outbreaks of group A strep infection, nephropathic cystinosis, and an interview with Dr. Dean Winslow of Stanford University, a flight surgeon with the Air National Guard, about his experiences treating wounded U.S. soldiers and Iraqi insurgent detainees in Baghdad in 2006.

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Volume 147 Issue 3 | August 07, 2007

Trends in mortality among women and men with diabetes plus an interview with Nanette Wenger, M.D. of Emory University about why risk for death among diabetic women remains high; geriatric conditions and disability; and a review of changes in recommendations for basic and advanced cardiac life support in the 2005 AHA guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Volume 147 Issue 2 | July 17, 2007

A summary of the July 17, 2007 issue. Includes in-depth summaries of articles on changes in hospital mortality associated with implementation of residency work hour regulations, national trends in antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrheae isolates, and the recent update of the US Preventives Services Task Force clinical guidelines on screening for chlamydia.

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Volume 147 Issue 1 | July 03, 2007

Includes in-depth summaries of articles on intensive statin therapy in older adults, beta-blockers and progression of atherosclerosis, cystatin C as a risk factor for adverse events in patients with chronic kidney disease, and the effects of dietary counseling on weight loss. Also, comments from Dr. Edward Huth, former editor-in-chief of Annals, on the occasion of the journal's 80th anniversary.

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On Being a Doctor May 15, 2012

A Certain Gift, and a Question of Ethics

Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Lost Words," by Luming Li, BA; "Conundrum," by Peter Glusker, MD; and "The Banyan Tree," by Kalyan Banda, MBBS

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Ad Libitum May 15, 2012

The banyan tree

Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Lost Words," by Luming Li, BA; "Conundrum," by Peter Glusker, MD; and "The Banyan Tree," by Kalyan Banda, MBBS.

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Ad Libitum May 15, 2012

Conundrum

Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Lost Words," by Luming Li, BA; "Conundrum," by Peter Glusker, MD; and "The Banyan Tree," by Kalyan Banda, MBBS.

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Ad Libitum May 15, 2012

Lost Words

Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Lost Words," by Luming Li, BA; "Conundrum," by Peter Glusker, MD; and "The Banyan Tree," by Kalyan Banda, MBBS.