This is a selection of articles from the January 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Internal Medicine headlines.
CORRECTIONS: Release from Prison -- A High Risk of Death for Former Inmates
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Source Type: journals
BOOK REVIEW: Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation, Volume I: Neural Repair and Plasticity; Volume II: Medical Neurorehabilitation
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Miller, R. H. Source Type: journals
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BASIC RESEARCH: Huntington's Disease -- Making Connections
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Greenamyre, J. T. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Miller, K. A., Siscovick, D. S., Sheppard, L., Shepherd, K., Sullivan, J. H., Anderson, G. L., Kaufman, J. D. Source Type: journals
EDITORIAL: Cardiovascular Risks from Fine Particulate Air Pollution
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Dockery, D. W., Stone, P. H. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Brief Report: Prepubertal Gynecomastia Linked to Lavender and Tea Tree Oils
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Henley, D. V., Lipson, N., Korach, K. S., Bloch, C. A. Source Type: journals
CORRESPONDENCE: Intoxication of a Hospitalized Patient with an Isopropanol-Based Hand Sanitizer
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Emadi, A., Coberly, L. Source Type: journals
Oxidative stress, chronic disease, and muscle wasting
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Source: Muscle - January 31, 2007 Authors: Jennifer S. Moylan, Michael B. Reid Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: JAK2 Exon 12 Mutations in Polycythemia Vera and Idiopathic Erythrocytosis
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Scott, L. M., Tong, W., Levine, R. L., Scott, M. A., Beer, P. A., Stratton, M. R., Futreal, P. A., Erber, W. N., McMullin, M. F., Harrison, C. N., Warren, A. J., Gilliland, D. G., Lodish, H. F., Green, A. R. Source Type: journals
CORRESPONDENCE: Effect of Ramipril on the Incidence of Diabetes
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Bangalore, S., Messerli, F. H., Potter, B. J., LeLorier, J., Epstein, B. J., Cooper-DeHoff, R. M., Bosch, J., Yusuf, S., Gerstein, H. Source Type: journals
IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE: A Medical Mystery: Dilated Bowel
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Handwerker, J., Raptopoulos, V. D. Source Type: journals
CORRESPONDENCE: Rituximab for Pemphigus Vulgaris
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Joly, P., D'Incan, M., Musette, P., Posner, M. R., Spigelman, Z., Ahmed, A. R. Source Type: journals
CORRESPONDENCE: Prevention of Meningococcal Disease
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Booy, R., Iskander, M., Viner, R., Senanayake, S. N., Gardner, P. Source Type: journals
BOOK REVIEW: The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke: Cognitive, Behavioral, and Emotional Disorders Following Vascular Brain Injury
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 31, 2007 Authors: Arciniegas, D. B. Source Type: journals
Irbesartan reduces common carotid artery intima-media thickness in hypertensive patients when compared with atenolol: the Swedish Irbesartan Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Investigation versus Atenolol (SILVHIA) study
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Source: Journal of Internal Medicine - January 30, 2007 Source Type: journals
[EBM notebook] Jottings . . .
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: The Editors, Source Type: journals
[Therapeutics] Budesonide-formoterol for maintenance and as needed reliever treatment reduced asthma exacerbations
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Kohn, M. L Source Type: journals
[Therapeutics] Naltrexone increased abstinence and reduced heavy drinking during treatment
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Bradley, K. Source Type: journals
[Diagnosis] Review: history and physical examination can accurately identify migraine and the need for neuroimaging in patients with headache
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Chessman, A. W, Detar, D T. Source Type: journals
[Therapeutics] Nurse-led cognitive behaviour therapy improved insight and reduced negative symptoms and readmissions in schizophrenia
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Smith, B. Source Type: journals
[Therapeutics] Review: medical therapy with calcium channel blockers or {alpha} blockers helps patients to pass urinary stones
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Curhan, G. C Source Type: journals
[Therapeutics] Review: long acting {beta} agonists increase severe asthma exacerbations and asthma related deaths in children and adults
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Smith, B. J, Roy, A. Source Type: journals
[Quality improvement] Review: 3 of 4 RCTs on the treatment of adolescent depression in primary care have positive results
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Cheung, A. Source Type: journals
[Therapeutics] Review: long acting {beta}2 adrenoceptor agonists are effective in poorly reversible chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Shafazand, S. Source Type: journals
[EBM notebook] The evolving science of translating research evidence into clinical practice
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Scott, I. Source Type: journals
[Economics] B type natriuretic peptide testing was more cost effective than conventional diagnosis in patients with acute dyspnoea
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Shetty, K., Garber, A. Source Type: journals
[Other articles noted] Other articles noted
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Source Type: journals
[Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club] ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABSTRACTED IN ACP JOURNAL CLUB
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Source Type: journals
[EBM notebook] Evidently. . .
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Lehman, R. Source Type: journals
[Therapeutics] Diuretics were superior to calcium channel blockers and short term ACE inhibitors for reducing heart failure in hypertension
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Rudd, P. Source Type: journals
[Therapeutics] Periodic telephone counselling for polypharmacy improved compliance and reduced mortality
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Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 30, 2007 Authors: Tsuyuki, R. T Source Type: journals
Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism: Recommendations from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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Source: Ann Intern Med - January 29, 2007 Source Type: journals
Management of Venous Thromboembolism: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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Source: Ann Intern Med - January 29, 2007 Authors: Snow V, Qaseem A, Barry P, Hornbake ER, Rodnick JE, Tobolic T, Ireland B, Segal JB, Bass EB, Weiss KB, Green L, Owens DK Source Type: journals
Rosiglitazone and carotid IMT progression rate in a mixed cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes and the insulin resistance syndrome: main results from the Rosiglitazone Atherosclerosis Study
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Source: Journal of Internal Medicine - January 25, 2007 Source Type: journals
Patients with vascular calcifications are at increased risk of cardiovascular events: implications for risk factor management and further research
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Source: Journal of Internal Medicine - January 25, 2007 Source Type: journals
Impact of inflammation on epigenetic DNA methylation – a novel risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
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Source: Journal of Internal Medicine - January 25, 2007 Source Type: journals
CLINICAL PRACTICE: In Vitro Fertilization
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 24, 2007 Authors: Van Voorhis, B. J. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Posaconazole or Fluconazole for Prophylaxis in Severe Graft-versus-Host Disease
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 24, 2007 Authors: Ullmann, A. J., Lipton, J. H., Vesole, D. H., Chandrasekar, P., Langston, A., Tarantolo, S. R., Greinix, H., Morais de Azevedo, W., Reddy, V., Boparai, N., Pedicone, L., Patino, H., Durrant, S. Source Type: journals
CASE RECORDS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: Case 3-2007 -- A 3-Year-Old Boy with Recurrent Episodes of Respiratory Insufficiency
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 24, 2007 Authors: Boyer, D., Westra, S. J., Kinane, T. B., Stone, J. R. Source Type: journals
PERSPECTIVE: Guidance for Guidelines
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 24, 2007 Authors: Steinbrook, R. Source Type: journals
CME: Uterine-Artery Embolization versus Surgery for Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 24, 2007 Source Type: journals
EDITORIAL: Treatment of Uterine Fibroids -- Is Surgery Obsolete?
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 24, 2007 Authors: Tulandi, T. Source Type: journals
EDITORIAL: Assessing Doctors at Work -- Progress and Challenges
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 24, 2007 Authors: Klass, D. Source Type: journals
BOOK REVIEW: Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: A New Brand of Multitarget Drugs
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 24, 2007 Authors: Jordan, V. C. Source Type: journals
Hot Topic: How Much Is Too Much? Moderate Alcohol Consumption Is Not A Risk Factor for Heart Failure
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Source: AccessMedicine Updates - January 23, 2007 Source Type: journals
Wael Haddara, MD, FRCPC - Microalbuminuria as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor
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Source: PeerView Press CME Audio Podcast - Internal Medicine - January 23, 2007 Authors: PeerView Press Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: journals
CME Information - Microalbuminuria as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor
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Source: PeerView Press CME Audio Podcast - Internal Medicine - January 23, 2007 Authors: PeerView Press Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: journals
Effects of rotating shift work on biomarkers of metabolic syndrome and inflammation
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Source: Journal of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Source Type: journals
Prevention of serious vascular events by aspirin amongst patients with peripheral arterial disease: randomized, double-blind trial
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Source: Journal of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Source Type: journals
Targeting AID
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Williams, R. Source Type: journals
REVIEW ARTICLE: Combined Aspirin-Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Compared With Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Alone Among Patients at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Dentali, F., Douketis, J. D., Lim, W., Crowther, M. Source Type: journals
Mechanism of thioamide drug action against tuberculosis and leprosy
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Wang, F., Langley, R., Gulten, G., Dover, L. G., Besra, G. S., Jacobs, W. R., Sacchettini, J. C. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Renal Function and Risk of Hip and Vertebral Fractures in Older Women
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Ensrud, K. E., Lui, L.-Y., Taylor, B. C., Ishani, A., Shlipak, M. G., Stone, K. L., Cauley, J. A., Jamal, S. A., Antoniucci, D. M., Cummings, S. R., for the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group Source Type: journals
CORRECTION
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: DeVoss, J., Hou, Y., Johannes, K., Lu, W., Liou, G. I., Rinn, J., Chang, H., Caspi, R. R., Fong, L., Anderson, M. S. Source Type: journals
EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE: The Potential Benefit of Coffee Consumption
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Cheng, H. Y. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Outpatient Hypertension Treatment, Treatment Intensification, and Control in Western Europe and the United States
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Wang, Y. R., Alexander, G. C., Stafford, R. S. Source Type: journals
Selective depletion of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells induces a scurfy-like disease
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Lahl, K., Loddenkemper, C., Drouin, C., Freyer, J., Arnason, J., Eberl, G., Hamann, A., Wagner, H., Huehn, J., Sparwasser, T. Source Type: journals
Cell replacement therapy--are MAPCs the answer?
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Williams, R. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Psychosocial Factors and Inflammation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Ranjit, N., Diez-Roux, A. V., Shea, S., Cushman, M., Seeman, T., Jackson, S. A., Ni, H. Source Type: journals
The secret autoreactivity of B cells
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Williams, R. Source Type: journals
EDITORIAL: Renal Function and Risk of Hip and Vertebral Fractures in Older Women: Is It Always Osteoporosis?
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Sprague, S. M. Source Type: journals
EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE: The Potential Benefit of Coffee Consumption--Reply
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Pereira, M. A., Parker, E. D., Folsom, A. R. Source Type: journals
Activating autoimmunity
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Williams, R. Source Type: journals
ABOUT THIS JOURNAL: About This Journal
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Evaluating the Value of Repeat Bone Mineral Density Measurement and Prediction of Fractures in Older Women: The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Hillier, T. A., Stone, K. L., Bauer, D. C., Rizzo, J. H., Pedula, K. L., Cauley, J. A., Ensrud, K. E., Hochberg, M. C., Cummings, S. R. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Injection Drug Users in the United States, 1979-2002: An Aging Population
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Armstrong, G. L. Source Type: journals
Somatic hypermutation: activation-induced deaminase for C/G followed by polymerase {eta} for A/T
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Neuberger, M. S., Rada, C. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Impact of Rapid Diagnosis on Management of Adults Hospitalized With Influenza
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Falsey, A. R., Murata, Y., Walsh, E. E. Source Type: journals
Hematopoietic reconstitution by multipotent adult progenitor cells: precursors to long-term hematopoietic stem cells
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Serafini, M., Dylla, S. J., Oki, M., Heremans, Y., Tolar, J., Jiang, Y., Buckley, S. M., Pelacho, B., Burns, T. C., Frommer, S., Rossi, D. J., Bryder, D., Panoskaltsis-Mortari, A., O'Shaughnessy, M. J., Nelson-Holte, M., Fine, G. C., Weissman, I. L., Blaz Source Type: journals
IFN{gamma}: Issuing macrophages a license to kill
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Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Bashyam, H. Source Type: journals
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION: Suppression of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Viral Load With Selenium Supplementation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Source: Archives of Internal Medicine - January 22, 2007 Authors: Hurwitz, B. E., Klaus, J. R., Llabre, M. M., Gonzalez, A., Lawrence,