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VOL. 98, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2006

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JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION VOL. 98, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2006 1725
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

1895
Challenges in Making Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes among Hypercholesterolemic African-American Patients and Their Physicians
Rhonda Dailey, MD; Kendra L. Schwartz, MD, MSPH;
Juliann Binienda, PhD; Jessica Moorman, BA; and Anne
Victoria Neale, PhD, MPH

1906
Toward Eliminating Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: The Importance of the Minority Investigator in Addressing Scientific Gaps in Black and Latino Communities
Lisa K. Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH; Madeline Sutton, MD, MPH;
and Alan E. Greenberg, MD, MPH

1912
Acceptance of HIV Testing among African-American College Students at a Historically Black University in the South
Nanetta S. Payne, MA; Curt G. Beckwith, MD; Melvin
Davis, PhD; Timothy Flanigan, MD; Emma M. Simmons,
MD; Kathy Crockett, PhD; Tanya M. Ratcliff, MA; Larry K.
Brown, MD; and Kaye F. Sly, PhD

1917
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Attitude towards Voluntary Counseling and Testing among Adults
Zubairu Iliyasu, MBBS, MPH, FWACP; Isa S. Abubakar,
MBBS, FWACP; Mohammed Kabir, MBBS, MSc, FWACP;
and Muktar H. Aliyu, MD, DrPH

1924
Sexual History-Taking among Primary Care Physicians
Yolanda H. Wimberly, MD, MSc; Matthew Hogben, PhD;
Jada Moore-Ruffin, MD; Sandra E. Moore, MD; and
Yvonne Fry-Johnson, MD

1930
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cancers of the Uterine Corpus
O.W. Stephanie Yap, MD and Roland P. Matthews, MD

1934
Racial Disparity in Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Tumor Stage at Presentation, Surgical Treatment and Survival
Dana Sloane, MD; Hegang Chen, PhD; and Charles
Howell, MD

1940
Epidemiology of Trauma Deaths in an Urban Level-1 Trauma Center Predominantly among African Americans—Implications for Prevention
Jerome Lyn-Sue, MD, MRCS; Suryanarayana Siram, MD,FACS; Daniel Williams, MD; and
Haile Mezghebe, MD, FACS

1945
Experience with Surgical Internal Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocyst
Steven T. Edino MBBS, FMCS, FWACS, FICS and Ahmed A.
Yakubu MBBS, FWACS

1953
Antibody Level after Hepatitis-B Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients: Impact of Dialysis Adequacy, Chronic Inflammation, Local Endemicity and Nutritional Status
Salwa Ibrahim, MD, MRCP; Sharaf El Din, UAA, MD; and
Ibrahim Bazzal, MBBCH

1958
Review of Data of the Patients Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition at the Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital
Nimet Ovayolu, RN, PhD; Seda Torun, RN, BSN; Ozlem
Ucan, RN, BSN; Perihan Ozdemir, RN, BSN; Hakan
Buyukhatipoglu, MD; Yavuz Pehlivan, MD; and Ramazan
Geyik, MD

1963
Route of Nutrition Has No Effect on the Development of Infectious Complications
Haldun Selcuk, MD; Mehmet Kanbay, MD; Murat
Korkmaz, MD; Pinar Gulsener; Gurden Gur; Ugur Yilmaz,
Prof.; and Sedat Boyacioglu, Prof.

1967
The Epidemiology of Pulmonary Embolism: Racial Contrasts in Incidence and In-Hospital Case Fatality
Dona Schneider, PhD, MPH; David E. Lilienfeld, MD, MPH;
and Wansoo Im, PhD

1973
Assessment of Cardiac Function and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children with Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy
Ender Odemis, MD; Ferhat Catal, MD; Ahmet Karadag,
MD; Hanifi Kurtaran, MD; Nebil Ark, MD; and Emin Mete, MD

1977
Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome: Change in Pattern and Response to Steroids
Ifeoma Anochie, MBBS, FWACP; Felicia Eke, MBBS,
FWACP; and Augustina Okpere, MBBS

1985
Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine: A Primer
Bailus Walker Jr, PhD, MPH and Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS

CASE REPORTS

1989
Two Unusual Cases with Wilson’s Disease: Hepatoma and Fulminant Hepatitis Treated with Plasma Exchange
Musa Aydinli, MD; Ozgur Harmanci, MD; Osman Ersoy,
MD; Arzu T. Iskit, MD; Osman Ozcebe, MD; Osman
Abbasoglu, MD; and Yusuf Bayraktar, MD

1992
A Malignant Itch
Kam-lun Ellis Hon, FAAP; Man-chin Adrian Lam, BSc, MPhil;
Ting-fan Leung, FRCPCH, MD; Ki-wai Chik, MRCP; and
Alexander K.C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP (UK&Irel),
FRCPCH, FAAP

1995
A Unique Case of Pulmonary Artery Leiomyosarcoma
Kamran Akram, MD; Mark E. Silverman, MD; and Szilard
Voros, MD

1998
Occupational Arsine Gas Exposure
Shayla Pullen-James, MD and Scott E. Woods, MD, MPH,
MEd, FAAFP

2011
Penile and Oral Angioedema Associated with Peanut Ingestion
Alexander K.C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP (UK & Irel),
FRCPCH and William Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC, FRCP
(Glasg)

EDITORIAL

2019
The Futility of Universal Pre-Employment Chest Radiographs
Ghan-Shyam Lohiya, MD, MS; Lilia Tan-Figueroa, MD;
Piyush Lohiya, MD; and De Bui, MD

BOOK REVIEWS

2013
International Suicide Rates and Preventive Strategies
Diego De Leo and Russell Evans
Reviewed by Henry S. Aghanwa, MD

Maintaining the Target Intraocular Pressure— African-American Glaucoma Specialists
Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD, MSPH, MBA; Mildred M.G.
Olivier, MD, FACS; Edward Nathaniel Burney, MD, FACS
Reviewed by Anthony Trivino Hsu, MS3

2014
Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child. A Parent’s Guide to Better Eating and Exercise
Brian W. McCrindle, MD, and James G. Wengle, MSc
Reviewed by W. Victor R. Vieweg, MD, FACP, FACC,
DFAPA and Catherine L. Vieweg, RPh

2016
The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing
Mimi Guarneri, MD
Reviewed by Carla Newbern Thomas, MD, FAAFP

MOVIE REVIEW

2017
“Regarding Henry”
Reviewed by Heather Butts, JD, MPH, MA

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
2026
Anniversary Photo Thanks William Lynn Weaver, MD, FACS

INFOPOEMS

2027
Work Stress Has No Meaningful Effect on BP Women Prefer Self-Completed Approaches for Intimate Partner Violence Screening BMI Poor Predictor of Mortality in Patients with CAD Antibiotics Slightly Effective for Purulent Rhinitis

ANNUAL INDEXES
2030
2006 Reviewer Index

2041
2006 Authors Index

2081
2006 Subject Index

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Career Opportunities

2002
Calendar

2078
Membership Application

2107
NMA Awardees 1944–present

2111
NMA Presidents
2112
Directory

VOL. 98, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2006