TABLE OF CONTENTS 15 January 1998 Volume 128 Issue 2	Previous Issue  |  Next Issue

Body Weight, Weight Change, and Risk for Hypertension in Women

Zhiping Huang, Walter C. Willett, JoAnn E. Manson, Bernard Rosner, Meir J. Stampfer, Frank E. Speizer, and Graham A. Colditz

Effect of HMGcoA Reductase Inhibitors on Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials

Heiner C. Bucher, Lauren E. Griffith, and Gordon H. Guyatt

Difficulty and Dependence: Two Components of the Disability Continuum among Community-Living Older Persons

Thomas M. Gill, Julie T. Robison, and Mary E. Tinetti

Effectiveness of Computer-Generated Reminders for Increasing Discussions about Advance Directives and Completion of Advance Directive Forms: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Paul R. Dexter, Fredric D. Wolinsky, Gregory P. Gramelspacher, Xiao-Hua Zhou, George J. Eckert, Marina Waisburd, and William M. Tierney

The Pathophysiologic Roles of Interleukin-6 in Human Disease

Dimitris A. Papanicolaou, Ronald L. Wilder, Stavros C. Manolagas, and George P. Chrousos

Serious Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in the United States

Ira R. Willner, Mark D. Uhl, Scott C. Howard, Ernest Q. Williams, Caroline A. Riely, and Bradford Waters

Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer and Increased Risk for Esophageal Carcinoma

Habibul Ahsan and Alfred I. Neugut

The Effectiveness of Intensive Training for Residents in Interviewing: A Randomized, Controlled Study

Robert C. Smith, Judith S. Lyles, Jennifer Mettler, Bertram E. Stoffelmayr, Lawrence F. Van Egeren, Alicia A. Marshall, Joseph C. Gardiner, Karen M. Maduschke, Jennifer M. Stanley, Gerald G. Osborn, Valerie Shebroe, and Ruth B. Greenbaum

The Physician Workforce and Financing of Graduate Medical Education

Warning Signs along the Road to Functional Dependency

David B. Reuben

Dialogue: The Core Clinical Skill

F. Daniel Duffy

The Time of the Three Dynasties: Reflections on Imbalance in the Practice of Medicine

Lawrence J. Hergott

When Doctors Get Sick

Howard M. Spiro and Harvey N. Mandell

Diagnosing Syncope

G. Truett Jarrard, Jr.

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Paul I. Roda

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Diagnosing Syncope: Reply

Mark Linzer, N.A. Mark Estes III, and Wishwa Kapoor—RESPONSE

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Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: A Localized or Systemic Disease?

F. Javier Laso, M. Dolores Tabernero, and M. Carmen Iglesias-Osma

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Vitamin E for Chronic Hepatitis B

Pietro Andreone, Annagiulia Gramonzi, and Mauro Bernardi

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Hyperadrenocorticism in a Patient with Esophageal Squamous-Cell Carcinoma

Stephen Migueles, Susan Thompson, and Sean McGrade

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Tensions in the Racial Integration of Health Care, Then and Now

Neil J. Nusbaum

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Samir K. Ballas and Roy N. Gay

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Tensions in the Racial Integration of Health Care, Then and Now: Reply

P. Preston Reynolds—RESPONSE

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Medical Writings 

Community-Based Teaching: A Guide to Developing Education Programs for Medical Students and Residents in the Practitioner's Office

Rick Kellerman

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A Clinician's Guide to Menopause

Kelly E. Arduino

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Quick Consult Manual of Evidence-Based Medicine

Kristi S. Dickson

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Currents 

Pulmonary Artery Catheters on Trial

Paul Kefalides

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Hypertension Guidelines Promote Aggressive Therapy

Cori Vanchieri

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News Notes

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Ad Libitum 

The Fall

George Young

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