August 9, 2006, Vol 296, No. 6, Pages 625-724

This Week in JAMA

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A Piece of My Mind

In Only an Instant

Steven H. Rose, MD; Beth A. Elliott, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):631-632. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.631

Original Contribution

Recalls and Safety Alerts Affecting Automated External Defibrillators

Jignesh S. Shah, MD; William H. Maisel, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):655-660. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.655

Editorial
Automated External Defibrillators—Device Reliability and Clinical Benefits
N. A. Mark Estes, MD

Collaborative Analysis of α-Synuclein Gene Promoter Variability and Parkinson Disease

Demetrius M. Maraganore, MD; Mariza de Andrade, PhD; Alexis Elbaz, MD, PhD; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):661-670. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.661

Effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae Type b Conjugate Vaccine Introduction Into Routine Childhood Immunization in Kenya

Karen D. Cowgill, PhD; Moses Ndiritu, BM, BCh; Joyce Nyiro, BSc; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):671-678. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.671

Editorial

Automated External Defibrillators—Device Reliability and Clinical Benefits

N. A. Mark Estes, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):700-702. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.700

Review

Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa and North America: A Meta-analysis

Edward J. Mills, PhD, MSc; Jean B. Nachega, MD, MPH; Iain Buchan, MD, FFPH; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):679-690. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.679

Grand Rounds

Clinician's Corner

Refusal of Care: Patients' Well-being and Physicians' Ethical Obligations: “But Doctor, I Want to Go Home”

Joseph A. Carrese, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):691-695. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.691

Medical News & Perspectives

Guidelines Seek to Standardize Care for Diseased Heart Valves

Mike Mitka

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):637-638. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.637

Researchers Examine Long-term Risks of Exposure to Medical Radiation

Tracy Hampton, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):638-640. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.638

CDC Panel Backs Routine HPV Vaccination

Bridget M. Kuehn

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Groups Call Truce Over Metabolic Syndrome

Mike Mitka

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):641. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.641

Gender a Factor to Consider in Weighing Timing of Heart Transplant

Mike Mitka

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):642-643. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.642

Studies Suggest Dog Walking a Good Strategy for Fostering Fitness

Rebecca Voelker

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):643. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.643

News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Eastern Equine Encephalitis—New Hampshire and Massachusetts, August-September 2005

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):645-646. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.645

Notice to Readers: International Standards for Tuberculosis Care and The Patients' Charter for Tuberculosis Care

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):646. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.646

Capitol Health Call

Litigation Reform Proposed

Mike Mitka

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):644. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.644-a

Funding Basic Science

Mike Mitka

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Paying for Nonhospital Training

Mike Mitka

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Medicaid Waste, Fraud Alleged

Mike Mitka

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Letters

Prognostic Index for 4-Year Mortality in Older Adults

Steven Taylor, PhD

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Prognostic Index for 4-Year Mortality in Older Adults

Anton J. M. de Craen, PhD; Rudi G. J. Westendorp, MD, PhD

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Prognostic Index for 4-Year Mortality in Older Adults—Reply

Sei J. Lee, MD; Kenneth E. Covinsky, MD, MPH

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Effect of Rimonabant on Weight and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

Kishore M. Gadde, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):649-651. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.649

Effect of Rimonabant on Weight and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors—Reply

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD

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Aromatase Inhibitors and Breast Cancer Treatment

Rowan T. Chlebowski, MD, PhD

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Aromatase Inhibitors and Breast Cancer Treatment—Reply

Steven E. Come, MD

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International Volunteer Medicine

Melissa San Julian Mark, BA; J. Tyler Roseman, BS; Robin L. Caperton, BA; et al.

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):652-653. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.652-a

International Volunteer Medicine—Reply

Maya Roberts, BA

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Comparison of Meeting Abstracts and Subsequent Articles

Chi-Tai Fang, MD, PhD; Loreen Y. L. Huang, MD

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Unreported Financial Disclosures in a Study of Migraine and Cardiovascular Disease

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

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Unreported Financial Disclosures in a Study of Migraine and Cardiovascular Disease—Reply

Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):653-654. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.654-a

The Cover

Vegetable Garden, Overcast Morning, Eragny

M. Therese Southgate, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):628. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.628

Poetry and Medicine

Newborn

Jody Bolz

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):630. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.630

JAMA Patient Page

Automated External Defibrillators

Janet M. Torpy, MD; Cassio Lynm, MA; Richard M. Glass, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):724. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.724

Correction

Migraine and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—Correction

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):654. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.654

Commentary

Tracking Progress in Patient Safety: An Elusive Target

Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD; Marlene R. Miller, MD, MSc; Robert M. Wachter, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):696-699. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.696

JAMA 100 Years Ago

CANCER—CAN IT BE CURED?

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):712. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.712-a

OVER-EATING BY THE POOR.

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Book and Media Reviews

History of Surgery

Lazar J. Greenfield, MD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):704-709. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.704

Caregiving

Delese Wear, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):704-709. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.705

History, Culture

William C. Summers, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):704-709. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.706-a

Medical Marvels

Sanjit Bagchi, MBBS(Hons); Prasun Chaudhuri, BSc

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):704-709. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.706-b

Forensic Pathology

Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD

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JAMA. 2006;296(6):704-709. doi:10.1001/jama.296.6.707

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