Print Issue: 19 August 2008

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ARTICLES

Appropriateness Criteria for Coronary Angiography in Angina: Reliability and Validity

Hemingway, Chen, Junghans, Timmis, Eldridge, Black, Shekelle, and Feder

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Prognosis after West Nile Virus Infection

Loeb, Hanna, Nicolle, Eyles, Elliott, Rathbone, Drebot, and others

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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Risk for Hip Fractures

Cauley, LaCroix, Wu, Horwitz, Danielson, Bauer, Lee, and others

The ADVANTAGE Seeding Trial: A Review of Internal Documents

Hill, Ross, Egilman, and Krumholz

ACADEMIA AND CLINIC

Navigating Language Barriers under Difficult Circumstances

Schenker, Lo, Ettinger, and Fernandez

REVIEW

Narrative Review: Furosemide for Hypercalcemia: An Unproven yet Common Practice

LeGrand, Leskuski, and Zama

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PERSPECTIVE

Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Time for Targeted Screening

Phatak, Bonkovsky, and Kowdley

HISTORY OF MEDICINE

The Nomogram Epidemic: Resurgence of a Medical Relic

Grimes

EDITORIALS

Assessing Appropriateness of Coronary Angiography: Another Step in Improving Quality

Faxon

Seeding Trials: Just Say "No"

Sox and Rennie

ON BEING A DOCTOR

The Death of a Clinician-Educator

Manning

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EXCERPT

Seeding Trials

The documents do tell us that deception is the key to a successful seeding trial. Seeding trials can occur only because the company does not disclose their purpose to anyone who could say "no."
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Papers

Annals invites submissions of papers reporting on studies that will be presented at the December 2008 American Society of Hematology meeting.
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Personae Photography Prize

Annals is offering a $500 prize for the best photograph submitted to Annals in 2008.
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