Current Issue: Vol. 300, No. 20, November 26, 2008
This Week in JAMA
Original Contributions
- Disparities in Liver Transplantation Before and After Introduction of the MELD Score
- Depressive Symptoms, Health Behaviors, and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
- Interaction Between Poor Glycemic Control and 9p21 Locus on Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
- Long-term Outcomes and Costs of Ventricular Assist Devices Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Clinician's Corner: Clinical Review
- Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- CME Course
Commentaries
- Benefits and Risks of Drug Treatments: How to Combine the Best Evidence on Benefits With the Best Data About Adverse Effects
- Testing for Fragile X Gene Mutations Throughout the Life Span
- Current and Future State of the US Nursing Workforce
Editorials
- Race and Sex Disparities in Liver Transplantation: Progress Toward Achieving Equal Access?
- 2009 Theme Issue on Violence and Human Rights—Call for Papers
Audio Commentary
- JAMA Audio Commentary. Dr DeAngelis, Editor in Chief of JAMA, summarizes and comments on this week's issue.
Complete Table of Contents
Most Viewed Articles
- Vitamins E and C in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Men
- Low-Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- Nonfasting Triglycerides and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in the General Population
- Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Diabetes
- Shifts in Thinking About Dementia
- Depression Screening and Patient Outcomes in Cardiovascular Care
- Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2007
- Effect of Combined Folic Acid, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12 on Cancer Risk in Women
- Translating New Medical Therapies Into Societal Benefit
- Affordable Health Care for All Americans
Most Sent Articles
- Associations Between End-of-Life Discussions, Patient Mental Health, Medical Care Near Death, and Caregiver Bereavement Adjustment
- Ectopic Pregnancies in Upstate New York
- Sexual Dysfunction in the United States
- Electromagnetic Interference From Radio Frequency Identification Inducing Potentially Hazardous Incidents in Critical Care Medical Equipment
- Sildenafil for Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Men With Diabetes
- Respiratory Symptoms, Pulmonary Function, and Markers of Inflammation Among Bar Workers Before and After a Legislative Ban on Smoking in Public Places
- On Call
- Low-Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- Vitamins E and C in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Men
- Translating New Medical Therapies Into Societal Benefit
Readers Respond
A 24-Year-Old Woman With Intractable Seizures
Read the case and respond by November 26, 2008; your response may be posted online. You also may read and respond to previous responses.
Author in the Room™
Depression Screening and Patient Outcomes in Cardiovascular Care
Join Brett Thombs, PhD, and Roy Ziegelstein, MD, December 17 from 2 to 3 PM ET to discuss depression screening for patients with cardiovascular disease. Sign up for the teleconference at the IHI Web site.
You can also subscribe to the Author in the Room podcast and listen to past teleconferences.
JAMA Health of the Nation Audio
Safety-Related Regulatory Actions for Biologicals
Phil Fontanarosa, MD, MBA, on behalf of the authors
Uninsured Children and Adolescents With Insured Parents
Jennifer E. DeVoe, MD, Dphil
Using Tax Reform to Drive Health Care Reform
Samuel Y. Sessions, MD, JD
A New Federal-State Partnership in Health Care
Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD
Listen to the presentations, view slides, and read the articles
Patient Page
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Past JAMA Patient Pages are also freely available in English, Spanish, and French.
CALLS FOR PAPERS:
Child and Adolescent Health
Because of the great potential of health promotion and disease prevention in children and adolescents to impact the health of children and adults and the costs of health care, JAMA will devote a special theme issue to this topic in June 2009. Submission deadline: February 2, 2009.
Violence and Human Rights
JAMA will publish its annual theme issue on violence and human rights on August 5, 2009. All topics related to violence and human rights are of interest, but this year we specifically invite manuscripts on the health effects of violence at home, defining "home" as one's home country or family home. Submission deadline: March 1, 2009.