JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION VOL. 100, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 2008
NMA FACES IN NEW PLACES
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Vice Admiral Adam Robinson Jr., MD
From: National Naval Hospital Center, Bethesda, MD
To: Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
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The Preferred Learning Style among Residents and Faculty Members of an Internal Medicine Residency Program
Bamidele A. Adesunloye, MD; Oluranti Aladesanmi, MD, MPH; Marshaleen Henriques-Forsythe, MD; and Chinedu Ivonye, MD
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The Project IMPACT Experience to Date: Increasing Minority Participation and Awareness of Clinical Trials
James H. Powell, MD; Yolanda Fleming, BA; Cheryl Lynn Walker-McGill, MD, MBA; and Michael Lenoir, MD
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Understanding the Role of Reactions to Race-Based Treatment in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
Natalie D. Crawford, MPH; Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, PhD; and Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH
200
Sex- and Race-Related Differences among Smokers Using a National Helpline Are Not Explained by Socioeconomic Status
Jennifer Andoh, BA; Steven Verhulst, PhD; Mathany Ganesh, BS; Patricia Hopkins-Price, PhD; Billie Edson, BS;
and Akshay Sood, MD, MPH
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A Pilot Community-Based Intensive Smoking Cessation Intervention in African Americans: Feasibility, Acceptability and Early Outcome Indicators
Andrea King, PhD; Lisa Sánchez-Johnsen, PhD; Sarah Van Orman, MD; Dingcai Cao, PhD; and Alicia Matthews, PhD
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Use of Vascular Ultrasound in Clinical Trials to Evaluate New Cardiovascular Therapies
David T. Nash, MD
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy: Perceptions of African-American Smokers Seeking to Quit
Valerie B. Yerger, ND; Marcia Wertz, RN, MS; Carol McGruder, BA; Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, RN, PhD,
FAAN; and Ruth E. Malone, RN, PhD, FAAN
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Racial Differences in the Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation among Males
Ann M. Borzecki, MD, MPH; D. Keith Bridgers, MD, MSc; Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH; Boris Kader, PhD; Lewis E.
Kazis, ScD; and Dan R. Berlowitz, MD, MPH
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Race Differences in Adherence to Headache Treatment Appointments in Persons with Headache Disorders
Bernadette Davantes Heckman, PhD; Kenneth A. Holroyd, PhD; Francis J. O’Donnell, DO;
Gretchen Tietjen, MD; Christine Utley, MSN, CNP, RCIS; Mark Stillman, MD; and Gary Ellis, BA
CASE REPORT
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A 46XX Disorder of Sex Development with a Prostate Gland and Increased Level of Prostate-Specific Antigen
Ediz Yeşilkaya, MD; Peyami Cinaz, MD; Aysun Bideci, MD; Orhun Çamurdan, MD; and Mehmet Boyraz, MD
ENDOWED CHAIR SERIES
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L.D. Britt, MD, MPH
Henry Ford and Brickhouse Professor and Chairman,
Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School
GUEST EDITORIAL
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What Makes a Good Surgeon?
Lindberg Simpson, BSc (Hons), MBBS, DM (Surg)
INFOPOEMS
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Thiazolidinediones Increase Events of Congestive Heart Failure in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus or with Prediabetes
HPV Screening More Accurate than Pap (CCCaST)
Guidelines for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (ACP)
7 Days of Treatment Good for Helicobacter pylori
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David Wilson
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