December 13, 2006, Vol 296, No. 22, Pages 2651-2758

This Week in JAMA

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Audio Editors' Summary: JAMA: 2006-12-13, Vol. 296, No. 22, This Week's Audio Commentary

A Piece of My Mind

Taking My Poison

Suzanne Bethard

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2657-2658. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2657

Original Contribution

Survival Associated With Treatment vs Observation of Localized Prostate Cancer in Elderly Men

Yu-Ning Wong, MD; Nandita Mitra, PhD; Gary Hudes, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2683-2693. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2683

Editorial
Treating Older Men With Prostate Cancer: Survival (or Selection) of the Fittest?
Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH; David C. Miller, MD, MPH

Relationship Between Medicare’s Hospital Compare Performance Measures and Mortality Rates

Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD; Eric T. Bradlow, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2694-2702. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2694

Association of Polymorphisms in the CRP Gene With Circulating C-Reactive Protein Levels and Cardiovascular Events

Leslie A. Lange, PhD; Christopher S. Carlson, PhD; Lucia A. Hindorff, PhD; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2703-2711. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2703

Changes in Financial Burdens for Health Care: National Estimates for the Population Younger Than 65 Years, 1996 to 2003

Jessica S. Banthin, PhD; Didem M. Bernard, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2712-2719. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2712

Editorial

Treating Older Men With Prostate Cancer: Survival (or Selection) of the Fittest?

Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH; David C. Miller, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2733-2734. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2733

Review

Clinician's Corner

Effect of Folic Acid Supplementation on Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Lydia A. Bazzano, MD, PhD; Kristi Reynolds, PhD; Kevin N. Holder, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2720-2726. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2720

Medical News & Perspectives

Study Downgrades Amniocentesis Risk

Bridget M. Kuehn

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2663-2664. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2663

European Researchers Team Up to Probe Genetic, Environmental Links in Dyslexia

Xavier Bosch, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2664. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2664

Artificial Spinal Disk Superior to Fusion for Treating Degenerative Disk Disease

John L. Zeller, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2665-2667. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2665

Biosensors Improve Diagnostic Abilities for Heart, Orthopedic Care

Mike Mitka

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2667-2669. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2667

News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Prevalence of Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation—United States, 2003-2005

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2671-2672. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2671

Sports-Related Injuries Among High School Athletes—United States, 2005-06 School Year

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2673-2674. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2673

Capitol Health Call

Leadership Switch in Congress

Mike Mitka

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2670. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2670-a

Election Affects Markets

Mike Mitka

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Physicians in Congress

Mike Mitka

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Health Initiatives

Mike Mitka

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Letters

Association Between Migraine and Cardiovascular Disease in Women

William B. Young, MD; James W. Shaw, PhD, PharmD, MPH

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2677-2678. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2677-a

Association Between Migraine and Cardiovascular Disease in Women—Reply

Tobias Kurth, MD, ScD; J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH; Nancy Cook, ScD; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2677-2678. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2677-b

Deployment to the Iraq War and Neuropsychological Sequelae

Patricia Boiko, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2678-2680. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2678-a

Deployment to the Iraq War and Neuropsychological Sequelae

Charles W. Hoge, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2678-2680. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2678-b

Deployment to the Iraq War and Neuropsychological Sequelae—Reply

Jennifer J. Vasterling, PhD; Susan P. Proctor, DSc; Paul Amoroso, MD, MPH; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2678-2680. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2679

Quality Improvement Strategies for Type 2 Diabetes

Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN; Sandeep Vijan, MD, MS; Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, CDE; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2680-2681. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2680-a

Quality Improvement Strategies for Type 2 Diabetes

Michael Pignone, MD, MPH; Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2680-2681. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2680-b

Quality Improvement Strategies for Type 2 Diabetes—Reply

Kaveh G. Shojania, MD; Sumant R. Ranji, MD; Kathryn M. McDonald, MM; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2680-2681. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2681-a

Cost-effectiveness of Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Screen

Pavel Crystal, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2681-2682. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2681-b

Cost-effectiveness of Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Screen

Sylvia K. Plevritis, PhD; Debra M. Ikeda, MD; Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2681-2682. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2682

The Cover

Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii

M. Therese Southgate, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2655. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2655

Poetry and Medicine

Spasmodic Torticollis

Judith Skillman

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2656. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2656

JAMA Patient Page

Folic Acid

John L. Zeller, MD, PhD; Alison E. Burke, MA; Richard M. Glass, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2758. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2758

Correction

Incorrect Affiliation and Corresponding Author in: Psychopathology in Young People With Intellectual Disability

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2682. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2682-a

Commentary

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Cancer Syndromes: A New Challenge for Preventive Medicine

Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH; Michal Sagi, PhD; Karen Hurley, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2727-2730. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2727

Performance Measures and Clinical Outcomes

Susan D. Horn, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2731-2732. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2731

JAMA 100 Years Ago

TAINTED MONEY.

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DIAGNOSIS AT SIGHT.

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CONTRACT PRACTICE.

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Book and Media Reviews

Nuclear Medicine Memoir

H. William Strauss, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2737-2742. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2737

Flight Medicine

William W. Hurd, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2737-2742. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2738

Neonatal Lessons

Jon F. Watchko, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2737-2742. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2739

Global Health

Abbas Bhuiya, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2737-2742. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2740

Immunology, History

Richard Kroczek, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(22):2737-2742. doi:10.1001/jama.296.22.2741

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