Table of Contents

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.

Diagnosing Syncope

• Paul I. Roda

Diagnosing Syncope: Reply

• Mark Linzer,
• N.A. Mark Estes III,
• and Wishwa Kapoor

Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: A Localized or Systemic Disease?

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

Vitamin E for Chronic Hepatitis B

• Pietro Andreone,
• Annagiulia Gramonzi,
• and Mauro Bernardi

Hyperadrenocorticism in a Patient with Esophageal Squamous-Cell Carcinoma

• Stephen Migueles,
• Susan Thompson,
• and Sean McGrade

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

• Neil J. Nusbaum

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

• Samir K. Ballas and
• Roy N. Gay

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

• P. Preston Reynolds

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

• Rick Kellerman

A Clinician's Guide to Menopause

• Kelly E. Arduino

Quick Consult Manual of Evidence-Based Medicine

• Kristi S. Dickson

Pulmonary Artery Catheters on Trial

• Paul Kefalides

Hypertension Guidelines Promote Aggressive Therapy

• Cori Vanchieri

News Notes

The Fall

• George Young