1. Cost-effectiveness of Chlorthalidone, Amlodipine, and Lisinopril as First-step Treatment for Patients with Hypertension: An Analysis of the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)

   • Paul A. Heidenreich
   • Barry R. Davis
   • Lee Goldman

   Original Article 29 January 2008 Pages: 509 - 516

   

2. Patient Safety and Telephone Medicine

   • Harvey P. Katz
   • Dawn Kaltsounis
   • Maureen Mondor

   Original Article 29 January 2008 Pages: 517 - 522

3. Caring and Dominance Affect Participants’ Perceptions and Behaviors During a Virtual Medical Visit

   • Marianne Schmid Mast
   • Judith A. Hall
   • Debra L. Roter

   Original Article 08 February 2008 Pages: 523 - 527

   

4. Random Plasma Glucose in Serendipitous Screening for Glucose Intolerance: Screening for Impaired Glucose Tolerance Study 2

   • David C. Ziemer
   • Paul Kolm
   • Lawrence S. Phillips

   Original Article 12 March 2008 Pages: 528 - 535

   

5. A Pilot Test of the Effect of Guided Care on the Quality of Primary Care Experiences for Multimorbid Older Adults

   • Cynthia M. Boyd
   • Efrat Shadmi
   • Chad Boult

   Original Article 12 February 2008 Pages: 536 - 542

   

6. Failure to Intensify Antihypertensive Treatment by Primary Care Providers: A Cohort Study in Adults with Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension

   • Shari Danielle Bolen
   • T. Alafia Samuels
   • Frederick L. Brancati

   Original Article 25 January 2008 Pages: 543 - 550

   

7. Primary Versus Specialty Care Outcomes for Depressed Outpatients Managed with Measurement-Based Care: Results from STAR*D

   • Bradley N. Gaynes
   • A. John Rush
   • Maurizio Fava

   Original Article 05 February 2008 Pages: 551 - 560

   

8. Validation of Screening Questions for Limited Health Literacy in a Large VA Outpatient Population

   • Lisa D. Chew
   • Joan M. Griffin
   • Michelle VanRyn

   Original Article 12 March 2008 Pages: 561 - 566

9. Depressive Symptoms, Bone Loss, and Fractures in Postmenopausal Women

   • Leslie Spangler
   • Delia Scholes
   • Andrea Z. LaCroix

   Original Article 20 February 2008 Pages: 567 - 574

10. Variations in Practice Guideline Adherence for Abnormal Cervical Cytology in a County Healthcare System

    • Rita Singhal
    • Lisa V. Rubenstein
    • Christine H. Holschneider

    Original Article 20 February 2008 Pages: 575 - 580

11. Discussing Weight with Obese Primary Care Patients: Physician and Patient Perceptions

    • K. Allen Greiner
    • Wendi Born
    • Jasjit S. Ahluwalia

    Original Article 06 March 2008 Pages: 581 - 587

12. Why Don’t Diabetes Patients Achieve Recommended Risk Factor Targets? Poor Adherence versus Lack of Treatment Intensification

    • Julie A. Schmittdiel
    • Connie S. Uratsu
    • Joe V. Selby

    Original Article 04 March 2008 Pages: 588 - 594

    

13. Sexual Intercourse and Risk of Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection in Post-Menopausal Women

    • Elya E. Moore
    • Stephen E. Hawes
    • Stephan D. Fihn

    Original Article 12 February 2008 Pages: 595 - 599

14. Patient–Physician Communication in the Primary Care Visits of African Americans and Whites with Depression

    • Bri K. Ghods
    • Debra L. Roter
    • Lisa A. Cooper

    Original Article 09 February 2008 Pages: 600 - 606

15. Patients Do not Know the Level of Training of Their Doctors Because Doctors Do not Tell Them

    • Sally A. Santen
    • Tricia S. Rotter
    • Robin R. Hemphill

    Original Article 21 December 2007 Pages: 607 - 610

    

16. Impact of Fixed-Dose Combination Drugs on Adherence to Prescription Medications

    • Feng Pan
    • Michael E. Chernew
    • A. Mark Fendrick

    Brief Report 21 February 2008 Pages: 611 - 614

    

17. Expectation to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors Control in Participants to a Health Promotion Program

    • Arnaud Chiolero
    • John Prior
    • Roger Darioli

    Brief Report 31 January 2008 Pages: 615 - 618

    

18. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Menopause: A Qualitative Analysis of Women’s Decision Making

    • Laura E. Hill-Sakurai
    • Jessica Muller
    • David H. Thom

    Brief Report 26 February 2008 Pages: 619 - 622

19. How Do Hospitalized Patients Feel About Resident Work Hours, Fatigue, and Discontinuity of Care?

    • Kathlyn E. Fletcher
    • Francine C. Wiest
    • Marilyn Schapira

    Hospital Medicine 09 February 2008 Pages: 623 - 628

20. Patients with Depression are at Increased Risk for Secondary Cardiovascular Events after Lower Extremity Revascularization

    • Gregory S. Cherr
    • Pamela M. Zimmerman
    • Hasan H. Dosluoglu

    Populations at Risk 26 February 2008 Pages: 629 - 634

    

21. Tips for Teachers of Evidence-Based Medicine: Understanding Odds Ratios and Their Relationship to Risk Ratios

    • Kameshwar Prasad
    • Roman Jaeschke
    • Evidence-Based Medicine Teaching Tips Working Group

    Teaching Tips Open access 05 January 2008 Pages: 635 - 640

    

22. Desiderata or Dogma: What the Evidence Reveals About Physician Attire

    • Matt T. Bianchi

    Perspective 20 February 2008 Pages: 641 - 643

23. Renal Artery Embolism

    • Sheru Kansal
    • Myra Feldman
    • Susanj Patel

    Case Report/Clinical Vignette 26 January 2008 Pages: 644 - 647

    

24. Live, Attenuated Varicella Zoster Vaccination of an Immunocompromised Patient

    • Kelly K. Curtis
    • Megan K. Connolly
    • Donald W. Northfelt

    Case Report/Clinical Vignettes 20 February 2008 Pages: 648 - 649

    

25. Mermaid During War

    • Dagan Coppock

    Reflection 31 October 2007 Pages: 650 - 650

26. Vet

    • Matthew Love

    Reflection 21 November 2007 Pages: 651 - 651

27. Challenging the Hidden Curriculum

    • Stephen Wear

    Editorial 26 February 2008 Pages: 652 - 653

28. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the VA Health Care System: A Systematic Review

    • Somnath Saha
    • Michele Freeman
    • Said Ibrahim

    Clinical Review 27 February 2008 Pages: 654 - 671

    

29. Reducing Disparities Downstream: Prospects and Challenges

    • Peter Franks
    • Kevin Fiscella

    Health Policy 24 January 2008 Pages: 672 - 677

30. Primary-care Clinician Perceptions of Racial Disparities in Diabetes Care

    • Thomas D. Sequist
    • John Z. Ayanian
    • Dana Gelb Safran

    Original Article 24 January 2008 Pages: 678 - 684

    

31. Transforming Clinical Practice to Eliminate Racial–Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare

    • Donna L. Washington
    • Jacqueline Bowles
    • Writing group for the Society of General Internal Medicine, Disparities in Health Task Force

    Perspectives 15 January 2008 Pages: 685 - 691

32. Racial Differences in Blood Pressure Control: Potential Explanatory Factors

    • Hayden B. Bosworth
    • Benjamin Powers
    • Eugene Z. Oddone

    Populations at Risk 21 February 2008 Pages: 692 - 698

33. Racial Segregation and Disparities in Cancer Stage for Seniors

    • Jennifer S. Haas
    • Craig C. Earle
    • David R. Williams

    Populations at Risk 13 March 2008 Pages: 699 - 705

    

34. The Future of Health Disparities Research: 2008 and Beyond

    • Leonard E. Egede
    • Hayden Bosworth

    Editorial 05 April 2008 Pages: 706 - 708