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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 5/2009

Content (25 Articles)

Original Article

Should We Test for CYP2C9 Before Initiating Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation?

Mark H. Eckman, Steven M. Greenberg, Jonathan Rosand

Open Access Original Article

Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Doctor-Patient Communication in the Heart and Soul Study

Yael Schenker, Anita Stewart, Beeya Na, Mary A. Whooley

Original Article

Tea Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

Yali Jing, Guanjun Han, Yun Hu, Yan Bi, Lirong Li, Dalong Zhu

Open Access Original Article

Mood, Side-effects and Smoking Outcomes Among Persons With and Without Probable Lifetime Depression Taking Varenicline

Jennifer B. McClure, Gary E. Swan, Lisa Jack, Sheryl L. Catz, Susan M. Zbikowski, Tim A. McAfee, Mona Deprey, Julie Richards, Harold Javitz

Original Article

Can Improved Prescription Medication Labeling Influence Adherence to Chronic Medications? An Evaluation of the Target Pharmacy Label

William H. Shrank, Patrick P. Gleason, Claire Canning, Carol Walters, Alan H. Heaton, Saira Jan, Amanda Patrick, M. Alan Brookhart, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Daniel H. Solomon, Jerry Avorn, Niteesh K. Choudhry

Original Article

African Americans’ Perceptions of Physician Attempts to Address Obesity in the Primary Care Setting

Stephanie H. Ward, Anastasia M. Gray, Anuradha Paranjape

Open Access Original Article

Factors Associated with Osteoporosis Screening and Recommendations for Osteoporosis Screening in Older Adults

Smita Nayak, Mark S. Roberts, Susan L. Greenspan

Original Article

Symptom Burden, Depression, and Spiritual Well-Being: A Comparison of Heart Failure and Advanced Cancer Patients

David B. Bekelman, John S. Rumsfeld, Edward P. Havranek, Traci E. Yamashita, Evelyn Hutt, Sheldon H. Gottlieb, Sydney M. Dy, Jean S. Kutner

Original Article

A Prospective Controlled Trial of the Influence of a Geriatrics Home Visit Program on Medical Student Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Towards Care of the Elderly

Gerald D. Denton, Rechell Rodriguez, Paul A. Hemmer, Justin Harder, Patricia Short, Janice L. Hanson

Open Access Original Article

Training Residents to Employ Self-efficacy-enhancing Interviewing Techniques: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Standardized Patient Intervention

Anthony Jerant, Richard L. Kravitz, Rahman Azari, Lynda White, Jorge A. García, Heather Vierra, Maria Catrina Virata, Peter Franks

Open Access Original Article

Not Perfect, but Better: Primary Care Providers’ Experiences with Electronic Referrals in a Safety Net Health System

Yeuen Kim, Alice Hm Chen, Ellen Keith, Hal F. Yee Jr, Margot B. Kushel

Original Article

Early Identification of Co-Occurring Pain, Depression and Anxiety

Cathy D. Sherbourne, Steven M. Asch, Lisa R. Shugarman, Joy R. Goebel, Andy B. Lanto, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Li Wen, Lisa Zubkoff, Karl A. Lorenz

Original Article

Medication Discrepancies upon Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility Transitions

Jennifer Tjia, Alice Bonner, Becky A. Briesacher, Sarah McGee, Eileen Terrill, Kathleen Miller

Open Access Perspectives

Challenges and Opportunities in Academic Hospital Medicine: Report from the Academic Hospital Medicine Summit

Scott A. Flanders, Bob Centor, Valerie Weber, Thomas McGinn, Karen DeSalvo, Andrew Auerbach

Open Access Teaching Tips

Tips for Teachers of Evidence-based Medicine: Making Sense of Decision Analysis Using a Decision Tree

Anna Lee, Gavin M. Joynt, Anthony M. H. Ho, Sheri Keitz, Thomas McGinn, Peter C. Wyer

Health Policy

Who Gets Disease Management?

Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Arvind K. Jain, Soeren Mattke, Nicole Lurie

Open Access Clinical Review

Genetic Testing Before Anticoagulation? A Systematic Review of Pharmacogenetic Dosing of Warfarin

Kirsten Neudoerffer Kangelaris, Stephen Bent, Robert L. Nussbaum, David A. Garcia, Jeffrey A. Tice

Open Access Clinical Review

Obesity and Mammography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Nisa M. Maruthur, Shari Bolen, Frederick L. Brancati, Jeanne M. Clark

Open Access Perspectives

Do New Drugs Increase Life Expectancy? A Critique of a Manhattan Institute Paper

Dean Baker, Adriane Fugh-Berman

Case Reports/Clinical Vignettes

Visual Hallucinations in a Patient with Adult Onset Acid Maltase Deficiency Disorder

Ritesh Patil, Jack L. DePriest

Reflection

Daughter’s Bedside Vigil

Vanessa Starr

Reflection

Stuck

Katherine Chang Chretien

Open Access Editorial

Fact or Fiction: The Need for Independent Pharmaceutical Policy Research

Salomeh Keyhani, Alex Federman

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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.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

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.