ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

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Nicotine Decreases the Cytotoxicity of Doxorubicin towards MCF-7 and KB-3.1 Human Cancer Cells in Culture
Yanfei Zhou, PhD; Xinbin Gu, MD, PhD; EbrahimAshayeri, MD;
Renshu Zhang, MD; and Rajagopalan Sridhar, PhD

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Smoking, Fibrinogen and Cancer Mortality
Charles J. Everett, PhD; Brian J. Wells, MD, MS; Ivar L. Frithsen, MD; and Richelle J. Koopman, MD, MS

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Attitudes and Beliefs about Smoking among African-American College Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Barbara D. Powe, PhD, RN; Louie Ross, PhD;
and Dexter L. Cooper, MPH

349
Urban Poverty and Infant Mortality Rate Disparities
Mario Sims, PhD; Tammy L. Sims, MD, MS; and Marino A. Bruce, PhD

357
New Therapeutic Options for Treating Type-2 Diabetes: A Review of Insulin Analogs and Premixed Insulin Analogs
Charles Choe, MD and Steve Edelman, MD

368
NEEMA: A School-Based Diabetes Risk Prevention Program Designed for African-American Children
Mary Shaw-Perry, PhD, CHES; Charlotte Horner, MPH, CHES; Roberto P. Treviño, MD;
Erica T. Sosa, MS; Irene Hernandez; and Abhishek Bhardwaj, MPH

377
Facilitating Quality Improvement in Physician Management of Comorbid Chronic Disease in an Urban Minority Practice
Linda S. Kahn, PhD; Chester H. Fox, MD; Adefunke Olawaiye, MD;
Timothy J. Servoss, MA; and Elizabeth McLean-Plunkett, MA

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Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis-B Virus Infection in an Urban Hospital
David Widjaja, MD; Suresh Yarlagadda, MD; Bheema S. Singu, MD;
Raghu S. Loganathan, MD; Steve Blum, PhD; Alan Bloom, MD; and Prospere Remy, MD

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Hepatitis-C Prevalence in an Urban Native- American Clinic: A Prospective Screening Study
Amy S. Neumeister, MD; LaVada E. Pilcher; Judi M. Erickson, RN, BSN, CDE;
Lora L. Langley RN, BSN; Mary M. Murphy, APRN; Nicole M. Haukaas, RN, BSN;
Mark E. Mailliard, MD; and Jennifer L. Larsen, MD

398
Mobile Mammography: Assessment of Self-Referral in Reaching Medically Underserved Women
Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH and Jini Han, MD, MSc

404
Healthcare Practices among Blacks and Whites with Urinary Tract Symptoms
Daniel L. Howard, PhD; Bennett G. Edwards, PhD; Kimberly Whitehead, PhD;
M. Ahinee Amamoo, MS; and Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD, MPP

412
History of Fractures as Predictor of Subsequent Hip and Nonhip Fractures among Older Mexican Americans
Folasade Ojo, MD; Soham Al Snih, MD, PhD; Laura A. Ray, MPA;
Mukaila A. Raji, MD, MSc; and Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD

419
The Associations of Gender, Sexual Identity and Competing Needs with Healthcare Utilization among People with HIV/AIDS
Typhanye V. Penniman, MPH; Stephanie L. Taylor, PhD, MPH; Chloe E. Bird, PhD;
Robin Beckman, MPH; Rebecca L. Collins, PhD; and William Cunningham, MD, MPH

428
Prime Time Sister Circles™: Evaluating a Gender-Specific, Culturally Relevant Health Intervention to Decrease Major Risk Factors in Mid-Life African-American Women
Marilyn Hughes Gaston, MD; Gayle K. Porter, PsyD; and Veronica G. Thomas, PhD

440
Implementing a Diabetes Prevention Program in a Rural African-American Church
Y. Monique Davis-Smith, MD; MD; John Mark Boltri, MD; J. Paul Seale, MD; Sylvia Shellenberger, PhD;
Travis Blalock; and Brian Tobin, PhD

GUEST EDITORIAL

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Is Food Love?
Joshua Bernard Grossman, MD, FACP

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

447
Public Health Preparedness for Diverse Populations and Communities
Myra A. Kleinpeter, MD, MPH

INFOPOEMS

449
Misoprostol = PGE2 for Induction of Labor at Term with Unfavorable Cervix Mifepristone Effective tx for Bleeding due to Fibroids Hypnotherapy Effective for Noncardiac, Non-GERD Chest Pain Annual Mammography Starting at 40 Doesn’t Lower Breast CA Mortality

ART IN MEDICINE

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Fetal Malformation
Ribhi Hazin, MD

BOOK REVIEWS

454
A Woman’s Guide to Saving Her Own Life Melanie True Hills
Reviewed by Joshua B. Grossman, MD, FACP

Science Has No Sex—The Life of Maria Zakrzewska, MD (1829–1902)
Arleen Marcia Tuchman, PhD
Reviewed by Joshua B. Grossman, MD, FACP

455
The Female Brain
Louann Brizendine, MD
Reviewed by Ribhi Hazin, MD

DEPARTMENTS

314
Masthead

317
About the Cover
Melanie Kozol

344, 356, 375, 376, 392, 395, 446
Career Opportunities

397
Membership Application

452
Calendar

472
Directory
VOL. 99, NO. 4, APRIL 2007