New Issue of Journal of the American Medical Association Now Available

June 4, 2009

JAMA (Volume 301, Number 21, June 3, 2009) is now available by subscription only.

Articles Include:

• “Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and the Childhood Roots of Health Disparities: Building a New Framework for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention” by Jack P. Shonkoff, W. Thomas Boyce, and Bruce S. McEwen, 2252-2259.
• “Creating a Healthier Future Through Early Interventions for Children” by James A. Mercy and Janet Saul, 2262-2264.
• “Media and Children: What Needs to Happen Now?” by Victor C. Strasburger, 2265-2266.
• “Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Children: It’s Never Too Early” by Jody W. Zylke and Catherine D. DeAngelis, 2270-2271.
• “Comparison of Trends for Adolescent Smoking and Smoking in Movies, 1990-2007” by James D. Sargent and Todd F. Heatherton, 2211-2213.
• “Firearm Use in G- and PG-Rated Movies, 2003-2007” by Jon Eric Tongren, Anne Sites, Katharyn Zwicker, and Andrew Pelletier, 2213-2214.
• “Climate Change Puts Children in Jeopardy” by Rebecca Voelker, 2197-2199.
• “Genes and Intellectual Disability” by Mike Mitka, 2202.
• “PCBs and Brain Cells” by Mike Mitka, 2202.
• “Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Birth Prevalence of Spina Bifida—United States, 1995-2005” from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2203-2204.
• “Assisted Reproductive Technology and Trends in Low Birthweight—Massachusetts, 1997-2004” from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2205-2206.

Media and Book Reviews Include:

• “The Soul of Medicine: Tales from the Bedside” by Tony Miksanek, 2278.