Current Issue: Vol. 302, No. 2, July 8, 2009
This Week in JAMA Free Full Text
Original Contributions
- Tubular Diskectomy vs Conventional Microdiskectomy for Sciatica: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Free Full Text | Patient Page | Video - Effect of Reduced-Dose Schedules With 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Carriage in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract | Full Text - Genetic Variants Associated With Cardiac Structure and Function: A Meta-analysis and Replication of Genome-wide Association Data
Abstract | Full Text | ESUPPLEMENT
Clinician's Corner: Clinical Reviews
- Adiponectin Levels and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Abstract | Full Text | CME Course | JAMA Report Video
Commentaries
- FDA Performance Goals for Approving Drugs and Biologics
Extract | Full Text - The Need for Improved Access to FDA Reviews
Extract | Full Text - Possible Outcomes of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Extract | Full Text - Beyond Information: Exploring Patients' Preferences
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Editorial
- Resolving Unreported Conflicts of Interest
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A Piece of My Mind
Medical News & Perspectives
- NIH Program to Boost Pipeline for Drugs to Treat Rare and Neglected Diseases
Extract | Full Text - New Study Supports Lifesaving Benefits of Implantable Defibrillation Devices
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Complete Table of Contents
Most Viewed Articles
- Body Mass Index and Risk, Age of Onset, and Survival in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer
- Long-term Outcomes in Individuals With Prolonged PR Interval or First-Degree Atrioventricular Block
- Predictive Value of Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin G20210A in Adults With Venous Thromboembolism and in Family Members of Those With a Mutation
- Migraine Headache in Middle Age and Late-Life Brain Infarcts
- Determination of Nicotine, pH, and Moisture Content of Six US Commercial Moist Snuff Products—Florida, January-February 1999
- Evolving Health Effects of Pneumocystis
- High Body Mass Index for Age Among US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2006
- A Health Care Cooperative Extension Service
- Evolutionary Speculation About Tuberculosis and the Metabolic and Inflammatory Processes of Obesity
- Overweight, Obesity, and Pancreatic Cancer
Most Sent Articles
- Efficacy Still Uncertain for Widely Used Supplements for Arthritis
- A Health Care Cooperative Extension Service
- Evaluation of an Anti-Infective Combination
- Acid-Suppressive Medication Use and the Risk for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
- Association of Nipple Piercing With Abnormal Milk Production and Breastfeeding
- Ectopic Pregnancies in Upstate New York
- Economic Conditions and Obesity
- Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity
- Brief Report: Azithromycin Treatment Failures in Syphilis Infections—San Francisco, California, 2002-2003
- Risk of Adverse Outcomes Associated With Concomitant Use of Clopidogrel and Proton Pump Inhibitors Following Acute Coronary Syndrome
Readers Respond
A 62-Year-Old Woman With Skin Cancer Who Experienced Wrong-Site Surgery
Read the case and respond by August 9, 2009; your response may be posted online. You also may read and respond to previous responses.
Author in the Room®
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Singly and Combined With Medication, for Persistent Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Tubular Diskectomy vs Conventional Microdiskectomy
Videos of 2 surgical techniques for treatment of sciatica. Read the article by Mark P Arts, MD, and coauthors.
View this and other interactive features on the multimedia index page.
Patient Page
Past JAMA Patient Pages are also freely available in English, Spanish, and French. Advice for Patients is freely available from Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
ICMJE Member Journal Search
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is seeking 2 new member journals.