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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 10/2011

Content (30 Articles)

Editorials

Primary Care Equals Secondary Prevention in Ischemic Heart Disease

Gbenga Ogedegbe, Stephen K. Williams

Editorials

Vitamin D as a Mediator of Racial Differences in Blood Pressure

R. Neal Axon, Jeffrey A. Tice, Leonard E. Egede

Letters

Post-test Probability According to Prevalence

Thomas Agoritsas, Delphine S. Courvoisier, Christophe Combescure, Marie Deom, Thomas V. Perneger

Original Research

Regular Primary Care Plays a Significant Role in Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease in a Western Australian Cohort

Kristjana Einarsdóttir, David B. Preen, Jon D. Emery, C. D’Arcy J. Holman

Original Research

Discussions About Prostate Cancer Screening Between U.S. Primary Care Physicians and Their Patients

Ingrid J. Hall, Yhenneko J. Taylor, Louie E. Ross, Lisa C. Richardson, Thomas B. Richards, Sun Hee Rim

Original Research

Racial Disparity in Blood Pressure: is Vitamin D a Factor?

Kevin Fiscella, Paul Winters, Dan Tancredi, Peter Franks

Original Research

Disparities in Enrollment and Use of an Electronic Patient Portal

Mita Sanghavi Goel, Tiffany L. Brown, Adam Williams, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Jason A. Thompson, David W. Baker

Original Research

Use of an Electronic Patient Portal Among Disadvantaged Populations

Jessica S. Ancker, Yolanda Barrón, Maxine L. Rockoff, Diane Hauser, Michelle Pichardo, Adam Szerencsy, Neil Calman

Original Research

Adherence to Physician Recommendation to Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy Among Hispanics

Ghalib Jibara, Lina Jandorf, Monica B. Fodera, Katherine N. DuHamel

Original Research

“Guardarse Las Cosas Adentro” (Keeping Things Inside): Latina Violence Survivors’ Perceptions of Depression

Christina Nicolaidis, Marlen Perez, Angie Mejia, Anabertha Alvarado, Rosemary Celaya-Alston, Hilary Galian, Anandam Hilde

Original Research

Patient-Reported Racial/Ethnic Healthcare Provider Discrimination and Medication Intensification in the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

Courtney R. Lyles, Andrew J. Karter, Bessie A. Young, Clarence Spigner, David Grembowski, Dean Schillinger, Nancy Adler

Original Research

Change in Comorbidity Prevalence with Advancing Age Among Persons with Heart Failure

Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia, Cary P. Gross, Sarwat I. Chaudhry, Linda Leo-Summers, Peter H. Van Ness, Terri R. Fried

Original Research

Age and Receipt of Guideline-Recommended Medications for Heart Failure: A Nationwide Study of Veterans

Michael A. Steinman, John B. Harlow, Barry M. Massie, Peter J. Kaboli, Kathy Z. Fung, Paul A. Heidenreich

Original Research

Reducing Barriers to Mental Health and Social Services for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans: Outcomes of an Integrated Primary Care Clinic

Karen H. Seal, Greg Cohen, Daniel Bertenthal, Beth E. Cohen, Shira Maguen, Aaron Daley

Original Research

The Patient–Doctor Relationship and Online Social Networks: Results of a National Survey

Gabriel T. Bosslet, Alexia M. Torke, Susan E. Hickman, Colin L. Terry, Paul R. Helft

Reviews

Depression and Medication Adherence in the Treatment of Chronic Diseases in the United States: A Meta-Analysis

Jerry L. Grenard, Brett A. Munjas, John L. Adams, Marika Suttorp, Margaret Maglione, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Walid F. Gellad

Reviews

Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Clinical and Economic Evidence

Raj Padwal, Scott Klarenbach, Natasha Wiebe, Maureen Hazel, Daniel Birch, Shahzeer Karmali, Arya M. Sharma, Braden Manns, Marcello Tonelli

Original Research

Drug Benefit Changes Under Medicare Advantage Part D: Heterogeneous Effects on Pharmaceutical Use and Expenditures

Susan L. Ettner, W. Neil Steers, Norman Turk, Elaine S. Quiter, Carol M. Mangione

Perspectives

How the Affordable Care Act Will Strengthen the Nation's Primary Care Foundation

Karen Davis, Melinda Abrams, Kristof Stremikis

Clinical Practice: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Effusive Reasoning

Brandon Erickson, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Mark C. Henderson, Ezra Amsterdam, Joseph Rencic

Clinical Vignettes

Staphylococcus Lugdunensis Native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: a Case Report and Review of Literature

Ritesh Patil, Trupti Patil, K. M. Anwar Hussain

Clinical Practice: Clinical Images

Mysterious Abdominal Pain

Raluca Sterpu, Isabelle Mahe, Samy Boussoukaya

Clinical Practice: Clinical Images

Radiation Pneumonitis

Von Ta, Paul Aronowitz

Healing Arts: Materia Medica

The Seventy Percent Solution

Terry L. Wahls

Erratum

Erratum to: Effusive Reasoning

Brandon Erickson, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Mark C. Henderson, Ezra Amsterdam, Joseph Rencic

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.