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Perspective
Medicare Drug Benefit: A Prescription for a Modern Medicare Program
P. B. Bach and M. B. McClellan
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Medicare Drug Benefit: Promise and Perils for Patients and Physicians
R. L. Kravitz and S. Chang
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Medicare Drug Benefit: Benefits and Consequences for the Poor and the Disabled
R. A. Elliott, S. R. Majumdar, M. R. Gillick, and S. B. Soumerai
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Medicare Drug Benefit: A Beneficial Side Effect of the Medicare Drug Benefit
R. Platt and A. Ommaya
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Focus on Research: Preventing Stroke in Sickle Cell Anemia
O. S. Platt
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Original Articles
A Comparison of Letrozole and Tamoxifen in Postmenopausal Women with Early Breast Cancer
The Breast International Group (BIG) 1-98 Collaborative Group
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Rescue Angioplasty after Failed Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction
A. H. Gershlick and Others
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Discontinuing Prophylactic Transfusions Used to Prevent Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease
The Optimizing Primary Stroke Prevention in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP 2) Trial Investigators
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Special Articles
Trial Registration at ClinicalTrials.gov between May and October 2005
D. A. Zarin, T. Tse, and N. C. Ide
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Clinical Practice
Acute Pulmonary Edema
L. B. Ware and M. A. Matthay
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  Images in Clinical Medicine
Acanthosis Nigricans
M. C. Fargnoli and P. Frascione
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Buckshot Ingestion
W. M. Cox and G. R. Pesola
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Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Case 40-2005 — An 18-Year-Old Man with a One-Month History of Nontender Left Mandibular Swelling
M. August, P. A. Caruso, and W. C. Faquin
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Editorial
Aromatase Inhibitors — A Triumph of Translational Oncology
S. M. Swain
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Trial Registration Report Card
J. M. Drazen and A. J.J. Wood
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Registries and Registration of Clinical Trials
C. Haug, P. C. Gøtzsche, and T. V. Schroeder
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Expression of Concern: Bombardier et al., "Comparison of Upper Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Rofecoxib and Naproxen in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis," N Engl J Med 2000;343:1520-8.
G. D. Curfman, S. Morrissey, and J. M. Drazen
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Correspondence
Autoantibodies in Prostate Cancer
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Prophylactic Thyroidectomy in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A
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Passive Immunization against Cytomegalovirus during Pregnancy
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Staphylococcal Sepsis in Children
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Chaperones and Disease
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Asymptomatic Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia after Gastric Banding
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Book Reviews
Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS
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Global Health Leadership and Management
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Perspectives on Health and Human Rights
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Corrections
Peritoneal Dialysis and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition of Mesothelial Cells
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Case 25-2005: A 40-Year-Old Man with Prolonged Fever and Weight Loss
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Chronic Insomnia
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Psoriasis
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Direct Thrombin Inhibitors
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