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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry May 2008 Table of Contents.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins has signed a five-year agreement to continue as publisher for the American Academy of Neurology. LWW will publish four journals including the prestigious research journal, Neurology, and Neurology Now, a popular magazine for patients and their families.

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The American Heart Association is pleased to announce the premier publication of Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. The new title is the first of a planned extension of the weekly flagship journal, Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, consisting of six new journals dedicated to presenting the most important papers in key subspecialty areas of cardiology.

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Table of Contents for the May 2008 issue of Pediatric Research.

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness has been selected for indexing by MEDLINE, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database. The first comprehensive and authoritative journal emphasizing public health preparedness and disaster response will now have a much wider distribution.

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This special issue of JOEM, the official publication of ACOEM, presents an update on workplace depression, highlighting the need for an integrated, evidence-based approach to managing this common, chronic, and often recurrent disorder.

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For patients with low back pain, sleeping on softer types of beds that confirm to the body may lead to improvements in pain and sleep, reports a study in the April 1 issue of Spine.

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About six percent of U.S. adults have been diagnosed with genital warts, reports a study in the April issue of the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

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Through hard experience, U.S. military doctors and civilian surgeons in Iraq have made meaningful strides in managing devastating injuries suffered by soldiers and Iraqi victims. The gains are highlighted in special articles in the March issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.

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Table of Contents for the April 2008 issue of Pediatric Research.

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Tired of bad news about rising gas prices? Higher prices at the fuel pumps may lead to significant reductions in deaths related to vehicle crashes and air pollution, suggests a study in the March Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

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In motor vehicle crashes resulting in airbag deployment, drivers and passengers who are not wearing seatbelts are at higher risk of cervical spine (neck) fractures and other spinal cord injuries, according to a study in the March 15 issue of Spine.

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For New York City office workers affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks, a negative organizational culture at work is linked to more lasting effects on health and productivity, reports a study in the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

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Table of Contents, March issue of Pediatric Research.

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Society has signed ten year contract with LWW to continue publishing the journal of the ASOPRS.

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Adolescents who watch professional wrestling on television are more likely to be involved in violence, sex without birth control, and other risky behaviors, reports a study in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association.

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A practical, stepwise approach to diagnosing genetic causes of autism and related disorders is proposed in the January issue of Genetics in Medicine, official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Ongoing progress in the care of children with a type of skull deformity called craniosynostosis is highlighted in the special January issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.

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Table of Contents of the February 2008 issue of Pediatric Research.

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Table of Contents of the February 2008 issue of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.

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A report by the Bone and Joint Decade 2000"“2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders underscores the need for a systematic, evidence-based approach to the problem of neck pain. The report will appear in print as a supplement to the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Spine.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, in partnership with The Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET), is pleased to announce the launch of The Transplantation Library, an online database of research evidence in organ transplantation. The database incorporates clinical trial references from MEDLINE/Pub Med, the Cochrane Library (with permission), conference proceedings and other electronic sources.

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Employees who are moderately to extremely obese have reduced productivity on the job, even compared to overweight or mildly obese workers, reports a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

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December 2007 Table of Contents for Neurosurgery, a publication of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

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January 2008 Table of Contents for The Laryngoscope, an official publication of the Triological Society.

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New perspectives on lung cancer screening, complications of sleep apnea, cystic fibrosis, and other key topics in pulmonary and critical care medicine are presented in the special January issue of The American Journal of Medical Sciences, published by the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

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Table of contents for the December 2007 issue of The Laryngoscope, an official publication of the Triological Society.

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Cytochrome P450 (CYP450) gene testing is currently not recommended to guide treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drugs for patients with depression, concludes an expert panel report in the December issue of Genetics in Medicine.

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Obesity and morbid obesity are associated with increased rates of work absenteeism, with estimated costs of $4.3 billion per year in the United States, reports a study in the December Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

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Table of contents for the November/December 2007 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine (www.psychosomaticmedicine.org), a journal of the the American Psychosomatic Medicine Society.

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Table of contents and select abstracts for the December 2007 issue of The Laryngoscope (www.laryngoscope.com), an official publication of the Triological Society.

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Two major initiatives designed to improve primary care treatment of type 2 diabetes have yielded significant benefits in largely minority, disadvantaged populations, according to a pair of studies in the December issue of Medical Care, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

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Table of contents for the November 2007 issue of The Laryngoscope (www.laryngoscope.com), an official publication of the Triological Society.

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Table of contents for the November 2007 issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, an official publication of the American Medical Association

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Table of contents for the November 2007 issue of Neurosurgery, Official Journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

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Despite arriving later and having less-intense exposure than first responders, New York State personnel who worked at the World Trade Center (WTC) site after the September 11 terrorist attacks have increased rates of physical and mental health symptoms, reports a study in the November Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

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According to a pair of recent studies Limited English Proficiency (LEP) is a key barrier to accessing primary health care services for U.S. Hispanics, while new data show a growing discrepancy in mental health services delivered to the Latino community. Both are presented in the November issue of Medical Care, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

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An exhaustive review"”the first in almost a decade, including the latest evidence on the health effects of silicone breast implants"”finds no increase in the risk of cancers, connective tissue diseases, or other serious chronic diseases. The new review appears in the November Annals of Plastic Surgery.

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The editors of Journal of Craniofacial Surgery are pleased to announce the latest in their series of continuing medical education (CME) articles, focusing on the analysis, prevention and treatment of complications of associated with orthognathic surgery. The new CME-accredited activity appears in the July 2007 issue of JCS.

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Antidepressants and Other Individual Treatments Are More Likely Employees with symptoms of burnout are actually less likely to participate in work-based interventions"”such as stress reduction or occupational training"”than workers without burnout, reports a study in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

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Bangladeshi women exposed to high levels of arsenic during pregnancy are at increased risk of having a low-birth-weight infant, reports a study in the October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

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In addition to neurological damage and disability, survivors of brain or spinal cord injury may face financial disaster, with increased rates of bankruptcy in the years after injury, reports a study in the August issue of Medical Care, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, provider of leading healthcare content, context and consulting.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is pleased to announce that Critical Pathways in Cardiology"”the foremost periodical resource for information on standardized, "evidence-based" protocols for the management of heart diseases and risk factors "”has been selected for indexing by Index Medicus/MEDLINE, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database.

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Not long ago, organ transplantation was not considered an option for HIV infected patients. However, in recent years, new clinical approaches have led to good outcomes in the growing number of HIV-positive patients who need kidney and liver transplants. Recent developments in organ transplantation for patients with HIV are summarized in the September 15, 2007, issue of Transplantation.

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Despite new implant technologies and surgical techniques leading to increased rates of spinal fusion surgery, the percentage of patients requiring further low-back surgery after spinal fusion has actually increased since the early 1990s, reports the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Spine.

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Just 1 in 7 Americans has even heard of direct-to-consumer (DTC) nutrigenomic testing"”genetic tests used to make individualized recommendations for disease prevention, according to survey data reported in the August issue of Genetics in Medicine. The journal is published by the American College of Medical Genetics and by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, provider of leading healthcare content, context and consulting.

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Two recent studies reveals findings from emergency physicians and rehabilitation personnel working in the Houston Astrodome after Hurricane Katrina, which have reshaped the gulf region's medical planning and procedures for natural disasters.

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The July issue of The American Journal of Medical Sciences presents a special symposium on the measurement and clinical implications of blood volume and its measurement. The Journal is published by the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, provider of leading healthcare content, context and consulting. With more convenient measurement techniques, testing of blood volume may play a more visible role in the management of medical conditions such as heart failure, syncope (fainting), and others.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, today announced that its periodical CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, continues to hold the highest impact factor of any medical journal in the industry, according to the 2006 ISI Journal Citation Reports. The company also announced strong gains in impact factors across its publishing program.

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The long-term risk of suicide is tripled for women who have undergone cosmetic breast implant surgery, concludes a study in the August Annals of Plastic Surgery, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. This long-term study further confirms the link between breast implants and a strikingly high risk of suicide and other related causes of death.