JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION VOL. 99, NO. 5, MAY 2007
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
480
Elective and Isolated Carotid Endarterectomy:Health Disparities in Utilization and Outcomes, but Not Readmission
Byron S. Kennedy, MD, PhD, MPH; Stephen P. Fortmann, MD;
Marilyn A. Winkleby, PhD, MPH; and Randall S. Stafford, MD, PhD
489
Relationships and Communication in Minority Participation in Research: Multidimensional and Multidirectional
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSCR; Ishan Canty Williams, PhD; Connie Blumenthal, MPH;
Jessica Dorrance; Sue E. Estroff, PhD; and Gail Henderson, PhD
500
Increasing Incidence of Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea in African-American and Hispanic Patients: Association with the Use of Proton
Pump Inhibitor Therapy
Abbasi J. Akhtar, MD, MRCP (UK) and Magda Shaheen, MD, PhD
509
Association between Past Urinary Tract Infections and Current Symptoms Suggestive of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Nicholas A. Daniels, MD, MPH; Carol L. Link, PhD; and Michael J. Barry, MD; and John B. McKinlay, PhD
517
Dynamic Association between Parental Monitoring and Communication and Adolescent Risk Involvement among African-American Adolescents
Hongmei Yang, PhD; Bonita Stanton, MD; Xiaoming Li, PhD;
Lesley Cottrel, PhD; Jennifer Galbraith, PhD; and Linda Kaljee, PhD
525
Colon Cancer Screening Consultations May Identify Racial Disparity in Hypertension Diagnosis and Management
Mark Friedman, MD and Marie L. Borum, MD, EdD, MPH
532
When Race Matters: Disagreement in Pain Perception between Patients and their Physicians in Primary Care
Lisa J. Staton, MD; Mukta Panda, MD; Ian Chen, MD, MPH;
Inginia Genao, MD; James Kurz, MD; Mark Pasanen, MD; Alex J. Mechaber, MD;
Madhusudan Menon, MD; Jane O’Rorke, MD; JoAnn Wood, MD, MS;
Eric Rosenberg, MD, MSPH; Charles Faeslis, MD;
Tim Carey, MD, MPH; Diane Calleson, PhD; and Sam Cykert, MD
542
Cancer Screening Participation: Comparative Willingness of San Juan Puerto Ricans versus New York City Puerto Ricans
Cristina Claudio, PhD; Ralph V. Katz, DMD, MPH, PhD; B. Lee Green, PhD;
Nancy R. Kressin, PhD; Min Qi Wang, PhD; and Stefanie L. Russell, DDS, MPH, PhD
550
Understanding “Masculinity” and the Challenges of Managing Type-2 Diabetes among African-American Men
Leandris C. Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA; Apophia Namageyo-Funa, MPH; and Leonard Jack Jr., PhD, MS
559
Inherited, Familial and Sporadic Primary Open- Angle Glaucoma
Gordon Gong, MD, MS; Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD; Gleb Haynatzki, PhD;
Henry T. Lynch, MD; Jane A. Lynch, BSN; and M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS
564
Ethnicity, Alcohol Drinking and Changes in Transaminase Activity among Heavy Drinkers
Scott H. Stewart, MD, MS and Gerard J. Connors, PhD
570
Surgical Pathology of Schistosomiasis
Aminu Z. Mohammed, MBBS, FMCPATH; Steven T. Edino, MBBS, FWACS, FMCS;
and Adamu A. Samaila, MBBS, FWACP
CASE REPORT
575
Micronodular Radiographic Pulmonary Pattern in Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Kamyar Afshar, DO; Raed Alalawi, MD; and C. Thomas Boylen, MD
CHARITY HOSPITAL
578
Charity Hospital: From the Beginning to Either a New Beginning or the End
Eddie L. Hoover, MD
579
The Future of New Orleans’ Charity Hospital
Bernard M. Jaffe, MD
581
Charity Hospital: A Former Tulane Dean’s Perspective
Ian L. Taylor, MD, PhD
582
What Is the Difference between a Charity Hospital System and a University Hospital System?
Joia Crear, MD, FACOG
584
The Charity Hospital Dilemma
Kevin U. Stephens, Sr., MD, JD
585
If Not Charity Hospital, then an Equivalent Facility Is Imperative
J. Patrick O’Leary, MD
588
Rebuild Charity Hospital as a New Entity Edward G. Helm, MD, MHA, FACS
EDITORIAL
590
Salvaging a Geriatric Medicine Academic Program in Disaster Mode—The LSU Training Program Post- Katrina
Charles A. Cefalu, MD and Robert S. Schwartz, MD
INFOPOEMS
597
Prompt Tympanostomy Tube Insertion Doesn’t Improve Nine-Year Outcomes
Montelukast + Salmeterol Inferior to Steroids + Salmeterol in Moderate Asthma
Fetal Pulse Oximetry Not Beneficial Alendronate Therapy Unnecessary for Most Women after Five Years
DEPARTMENTS
474
Masthead
478
About the Cover
Gary Frier
479
Directory
524, 558, 569, 574, 599
Career Opportunities
600
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