This is a selection of articles from the October 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Internal Medicine headlines.
Analysis of Gene Expression Using Gene Sets Discriminates Cancer Patients with and without Late Radiation Toxicity
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Research Ethics Boards: Error and Misconception
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Time to Renal Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease in PROFILE: A Multiethnic Lupus Cohort
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Responding to AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Research Ethics Boards: The Protection of Human Subjects
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Time to Regenerate: Ecosystems and Health Promotion
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8+ T Cell Response against HIV-1
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
HIV-1 Viral Load Assays for Resource-Limited Settings
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
“Anecdotal Evidence”: Why Narratives Matter to Medical Practice
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Profiling of CSF: Author's Reply
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Reinterpreting Ethnic Patterns among White and African American Men Who Inject Heroin: A Social Science of Medicine Approach
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Correction: Frequency of Adverse Events after Vaccination with Different Vaccinia Strains
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
A Population-Based Study on Alcohol and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors in Botswana
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Indigenous Health and Socioeconomic Status in India
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Ethnic Disparities in Health: The Public's Role in Working for Equality
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
The Migrainous Brain: What You See Is Not All You Get?
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Five Myths about the HIV Epidemic in Asia
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
A Comparative Analysis of Influenza Vaccination Programs
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome Associated with a Hybrid Complement Gene
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Why Should Medical Students Care about Health Policy?
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Industry-Sponsored Research: Author's Reply
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Health Is Still Social: Contemporary Examples in the Age of the Genome
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Anatomical Alterations of the Visual Motion Processing Network in Migraine with and without Aura
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Dysfunctional KEAP1–NRF2 Interaction in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Profiling of CSF: Small Subgroups
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Tuberculosis Recurrence and Mortality after Successful Treatment: Impact of Drug Resistance
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Source: PLoS Medicine - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Modeling the Effects of Spirituality/Religion on Patients' Perceptions of Living with HIV/AIDS
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Source: Journal of General Internal Med - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
An Increase in Religiousness/Spirituality Occurs After HIV Diagnosis and Predicts Slower Disease Progression over 4 Years in People with HIV
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Source: Journal of General Internal Med - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
High affinity germinal center B cells are actively selected into the plasma cell compartment
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Phan, T. G., Paus, D., Chan, T. D., Turner, M. L., Nutt, S. L., Basten, A., Brink, R. Source Type: info
Protein tyrosine phosphatase TbPTP1: a molecular switch controlling life cycle differentiation in trypanosomes
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Szoor, B., Wilson, J., McElhinney, H., Tabernero, L., Matthews, K. R. Source Type: info
Interleukin-23 drives innate and T cell-mediated intestinal inflammation
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Hue, S., Ahern, P., Buonocore, S., Kullberg, M. C., Cua, D. J., McKenzie, B. S., Powrie, F., Maloy, K. J. Source Type: info
Keeping NF-{kappa}B in check
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Williams, R. Source Type: info
Killing controversy
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Williams, R. Source Type: info
The price of the CD27-CD70 costimulatory axis: you can't have it all
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Nolte, M. A., van Lier, R. A.W. Source Type: info
Heart attack or cancer?
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Williams, R. Source Type: info
T cell receptor for antigen induces linker for activation of T cell-dependent activation of a negative signaling complex involving Dok-2, SHIP-1, and Grb-2
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Dong, S., Corre, B., Foulon, E., Dufour, E., Veillette, A., Acuto, O., Michel, F. Source Type: info
BAFF controls B cell metabolic fitness through a PKC{beta}- and Akt-dependent mechanism
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Patke, A., Mecklenbrauker, I., Erdjument-Bromage, H., Tempst, P., Tarakhovsky, A. Source Type: info
Curtailing infection
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Williams, R. Source Type: info
Signal-dependent splicing of tissue factor pre-mRNA modulates the thrombogenecity of human platelets
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Schwertz, H., Tolley, N. D., Foulks, J. M., Denis, M. M., Risenmay, B. W., Buerke, M., Tilley, R. E., Rondina, M. T., Harris, E. M., Kraiss, L. W., Mackman, N., Zimmerman, G. A., Weyrich, A. S. Source Type: info
Giving blood: a new role for CD40 in tumorigenesis
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - October 30, 2006 Authors: Bergmann, S., Pandolfi, P. P. Source Type: info
CME: Case 33-2006: A 43-Year-Old Man with Diabetes, Hypogonadism, Cirrhosis, Arthralgias, and Fatigue
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
CME: D-dimer Testing to Determine the Duration of Anticoagulation Therapy
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
EDITORIAL: A Pause, Progress, and Reassessment in Lung Cancer Screening
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Unger, M. Source Type: info
VIDEOS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE: Basic Laceration Repair
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Thomsen, T. W., Barclay, D. A., Setnik, G. S. Source Type: info
CORRESPONDENCE: Pay-for-Performance Programs in the United Kingdom
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Sanderson, A. A.F., Tahrani, A. A., Varughese, G. I., Macleod, A. F., Epstein, A. M. Source Type: info
CASE RECORDS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: Case 33-2006 -- A 43-Year-Old Man with Diabetes, Hypogonadism, Cirrhosis, Arthralgias, and Fatigue
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Chung, R. T., Misdraji, J., Sahani, D. V. Source Type: info
EARLY RELEASE: Professionalism -- The Next Wave
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Hafferty, F. W. Source Type: info
CORRECTIONS: Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
CORRESPONDENCE: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Fiack, C. A., Farber, H. W., Arias, M. A., Alonso-Fernandez, A., Garcia-Rio, F., Kessler, K. M., Ahmed, A., Fleg, J. L., Gheorghiade, M., Owan, T. E., Redfield, M. M., Liu, P. P., Lee, D. S., Tu, J. V., Ph.D., M.D. Source Type: info
IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE: Intrathoracic Splenosis after Remote Trauma
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Backhus, L. M., Bremner, R. M. Source Type: info
PERSPECTIVE: Consumer-Directed Health Care
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Bloche, M. G. Source Type: info
BOOK REVIEW: The Diabetic Kidney
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Friedman, E. A. Source Type: info
CORRESPONDENCE: 2005 Measles Outbreak in Indiana
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Duffell, E. F., Parker, A. A., Staggs, W., Dayan, G. H. Source Type: info
CORRESPONDENCE: Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Focosi, D., Binder, H. J. Source Type: info
IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE: Cardiac Constriction Due to a Calcified Pericardium
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - October 26, 2006 Authors: Mobius-Winkler, S., Walther, C. Source Type: info
Sensory conduction study of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve
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Source: Muscle - October 26, 2006 Authors: F[idot]kret Bademk[idot]ran, Basra Obay, Ibrah[idot]m Aydogdu, Cumhur Ertek[idot]n Source Type: info
Granulomatous myositis: A clinical study of thirteen cases
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Source: Muscle - October 26, 2006 Authors: Karine Le Roux, Nathalie Streichenberger, Christophe Vial, Philippe Petiot, Leonard Feasson, Françoise Bouhour, Jacques Ninet, Florence Lachenal, Christiane Broussolle, Pascal Sève Source Type: info
Terminal latency index in neuropathy with antibodies against myelin-associated glycoproteins
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Source: Muscle - October 26, 2006 Authors: Vitalie D. Lupu, Carlos A. Mora, Jim Dambrosia, Jacob Meer, Marinos Dalakas, Mary Kay Floeter Source Type: info
Absence of upregulated genes associated with protein accumulations in desmin myopathy
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Source: Muscle - October 26, 2006 Authors: Raghavan Raju, Marinos C. Dalakas Source Type: info
Challenges in drug development for muscle disease: A stakeholders' meeting
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Source: Muscle - October 26, 2006 Authors: Jerry R. Mendell, Cristina Csimma, Craig M. McDonald, Diana M. Escolar, Scott Janis, John D. Porter, Sharon E. Hesterlee, R. Rodney Howell Source Type: info
Jellyfish responsible for Irukandji syndrome
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Source: QJM - October 26, 2006 Authors: Gershwin, L. Source Type: info
The treatment of coronary artery disease in patients with chronic kidney disease
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Source: QJM - October 26, 2006 Authors: Edwards, N.C., Steeds, R.P., Ferro, C.J., Townend, J.N. Source Type: info
Risk stratification for in-hospital mortality in spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage: A Classification and Regression Tree Analysis
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Source: QJM - October 26, 2006 Authors: Takahashi, O., Cook, E.F., Nakamura, T., Saito, J., Ikawa, F., Fukui, T. Source Type: info
Jellyfish responsible for Irukandji syndrome
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Source: QJM - October 26, 2006 Authors: Fenner, P.J. Source Type: info
The Simple Clinical Score predicts mortality for 30 days after admission to an acute medical unit
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Source: QJM - October 26, 2006 Authors: Kellett, J., Deane, B. Source Type: info
The MDRD formula and validation
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Source: QJM - October 26, 2006 Authors: Twomey, P.J., Reynolds, T.M. Source Type: info
Endarterectomy Appears Superior to Stenting in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis
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Source: AccessMedicine Updates - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE: Estrogen and Heart Disease: Alternatives to a Paradigm in Crisis--Reply
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - October 23, 2006 Authors: Hsia, J., Manson, J. E., Johnson, K. C., Hendrix, S. L., Heckbert, S. R., Crawford, S., Eaton, C. B., Kostis, J. B. Source Type: info
IN THIS ISSUE OF ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE: In This Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE: Prolonged Ventricular Repolarization in Hypertension: Is It Heart Rate?--Reply
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - October 23, 2006 Authors: Schillaci, G., Pirro, M., Ronti, T., Gemelli, F., Pucci, G., Innocente, S., Mannarino, E. Source Type: info
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Clinical Course of Mesenteric Artery Stenosis in Elderly Americans
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - October 23, 2006 Authors: Wilson, D. B., Mostafavi, K., Craven, T. E., Ayerdi, J., Edwards, M. S., Hansen, K. J. Source Type: info
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: High-Dose Vancomycin Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Efficacy and Toxicity
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - October 23, 2006 Authors: Hidayat, L. K., Hsu, D. I., Quist, R., Shriner, K. A., Wong-Beringer, A. Source Type: info
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Disability and Poor Quality of Life Associated With Comorbid Anxiety Disorders and Physical Conditions