Table of Contents

June 19, 2001; 134 (12)

Articles

  • Incidence of Malignant Disease in Biopsy-Proven Inflammatory Myopathy: A Population-Based Cohort Study

    • Rachelle Buchbinder,
    • Andrew Forbes,
    • Stephen Hall,
    • Xenia Dennett,
    • and Graham Giles
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1087-1095

    The risk for malignant disease is increased in biopsy-proven dermatomyositis and polymyositis and also appears to be increased in inclusion-body myositis.

  • Prognostic Disclosure to Patients with Cancer near the End of Life

    • Elizabeth B. Lamont and
    • Nicholas A. Christakis
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1096-1105

    In responding to a survey, physicians formulated survival estimates for patients with cancer and indicated the survival estimates that they would communicate to their patients if the patients insisted. Physicians reported that even if patients with cancer requested survival estimates, they would provide a frank estimate only 37% of the time and would provide no estimate, a conscious overestimate, or a conscious underestimate most of the time (63%).

  • The Effect of Fruit and Vegetable Intake on Risk for Coronary Heart Disease

    • Kaumudi J. Joshipura,
    • Frank B. Hu,
    • JoAnn E. Manson,
    • Meir J. Stampfer,
    • Eric B. Rimm,
    • Frank E. Speizer,
    • Graham Colditz,
    • Alberto Ascherio,
    • Bernard Rosner,
    • Donna Spiegelman,
    • and Walter C. Willett
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1106-1114

    Consumption of fruits and vegetables, particularly green leafy vegetables and vitamin C–rich fruits and vegetables, appears to have a protective effect against coronary heart disease.

Brief Communications

  • Mediterranean and Low-Fat Diets Improve Endothelial Function in Hypercholesterolemic Men

    • Francisco Fuentes,
    • José López-Miranda,
    • Elias Sánchez,
    • Francisco Sánchez,
    • José Paez,
    • Elier Paz-Rojas,
    • Carmen Marín,
    • Purificación Gómez,
    • José Jimenez-Perepérez,
    • José M. Ordovás,
    • and Francisco Pérez-Jiménez
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1115-1119

    In hypercholesterolemic men, diets low in fat (especially saturated fat) and diets rich in monounsaturated fats improve endothelial function.

  • Preliminary Evidence of Impaired Thinking in Sick Patients

    • Eric J. Cassell,
    • Andrew C. Leon,
    • and Stacey Graff Kaufman
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1120-1123

    In very sick hospitalized patients, performance on seven Piagetian tasks of judgment was similar to that among children younger than 10 years of age. This finding indicates the importance of further investigation of the reasoning of sick patients and their ability to make sound judgments about clinical decisions, informed consent, and the execution of legal documents.

Academia and Clinic

  • Methodologic Pitfalls in the Determination of Genetic Anticipation: The Case of Crohn Disease

    • Michael F. Picco,
    • Steven Goodman,
    • James Reed,
    • and Theodore M. Bayless
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1124-1129

    The term genetic anticipation is used when genetically transmitted disease manifests at increasingly younger ages with each succeeding generation: that is, if the offspring of patients develop the disease, they will tend to do so at an earlier age than their parents. According to this study among patients with Crohn disease, apparent genetic anticipation can be explained by observational biases without invoking any additional genetic influences.

Review

  • Evolving Indications for Permanent Pacemakers

    • Miguel Bryce,
    • Scott R. Spielman,
    • Allan M. Greenspan,
    • and Morris N. Kotler
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1130-1141

    The authors review the current clinical experience and future trends in cardiac pacing in four specific areas: 1) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 2) dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure, 3) neurocardiogenic syncope, and 4) the prevention of atrial fibrillation.

Editorials

  • Truth in the Most Optimistic Way

    • Peter A. Ubel
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1142-1143

    Lamont and Christakis's study on estimating survival for patients with cancer, reported in this issue, deserves widespread attention and discussion. The prognostic information we communicate to patients should be vague enough to include the truth—“usually weeks or months”—and specific enough to help people plan their lives and deaths.

  • Editor's World

    • Frank Davidoff
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1144-1146

    As I suspected when I started more than 6 years ago, editing Annals has been quite an adventure. It's taken me to the very heart of science and medicine. I wouldn't have missed a minute of it.

On Being a Doctor

  • Blue Light and Milk

    • David A. Morowitz
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1148-1149

    Feeling the warmth of my son's voice or his broad, reassuring man's hand on my shoulder, I travel by reflex back half my lifetime and nearly all of his, returning to a night when his eyes wouldn't leave my face, when the links of love and comfort were forged in the resolute watchfulness of a father by his infant son, a nocturne of blue light and milk, the mysterious beginnings of love.

Letters

  • The Efficacy of Spiritual Healing

    • Kimball C. Atwood
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1150

  • Blinding in Placebo-Controlled Trials

    • Ananda S. Prasad
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1150

  • Blinding in Placebo-Controlled Trials

    • George E. Ehrlich
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1150-1151

  • Blinding in Placebo-Controlled Trials

    • Norman A. Desbiens
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1151

  • Ethical Principles for Everyone

    • Joseph J. Mazza
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1151

  • Ethical Principles for Everyone

    • Alan R. Nelson
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1151

  • Ethical Principles for Everyone

    • Frédéric Pochard,
    • Marc Grassin,
    • and Elie Azoulay
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1152

  • Ethical Principles for Everyone

    • Nelson G. Goodman
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1152

  • Ethical Principles for Everyone

    • Frank Davidoff
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1152-1153

  • Treatment of Lipodystrophy with Troglitazone

    • Jose S. Cheng
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1153

  • Treatment of Lipodystrophy with Troglitazone

    • Elif Arioglu and
    • Simeon I. Taylor
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1153-1154

  • Tamoxifen-Induced Total Alopecia

    • Fabio Puglisi,
    • Giuseppe Aprile,
    • and Alberto Sobrero
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1154-1155

  • Immunologic Reactions and Hepatitis B Vaccine

    • Mark R. Geier and
    • David A. Geier
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1155

  • Long-Lasting Effectiveness of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in a Patient with Inclusion-Body Myositis

    • Beejadi N. Mukunda,
    • P. Dileep Kumar,
    • and Howard R. Smith
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1156

  • Rituximab for Bone Lymphoma

    • David G. Savage and
    • Ronald Staron
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1156-1157

Medical Writings: Book Notes

  • HIV

    • Renslow Sherer
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1158

  • Minority Health in America: Findings and Policy Implications from The Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey

    • Ben Hur P. Mobo, Jr.
    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:1158

Current Clinical Issues

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Summaries for Patients

  • Associations between Cancer and Inflammation of the Muscles

    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:S12

  • How Willing Are Doctors To Give Patients with Terminal Cancer Accurate Information about Their Chances of Survival?

    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:S13

  • Eating Fruits and Vegetables Helps Prevent Coronary Heart Disease

    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:S14

  • Two Types of Diets Improve Blood Vessel Function in Men with High Cholesterol

    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:S15

  • Impaired Thinking in Sick Patients

    Ann Intern Med June 19, 2001 134:S16
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