36Intracranial Aneurysms: Perspectives on theDisease and Endovascular <strong>The</strong>rapy 388Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease:Epidemiology, Imaging andTreatment 412Intranasal Mucosal Malignant Melanoma[IM] 372Introduction: Beyond Our Doors: EmergencyPhysicians and Public Health 196Introduction: HIV 228Introduction: Hyperuricemia and Gout 352Introduction: Inflammatory BowelDiseases (Part II) 120Introduction: Obesity 44Introduction: Spotlight on Quality in<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> 264Introduction: <strong>The</strong> Role of MinimallyInvasive Urology in the NewMillenium 324Introduction: What is InterventionalRadiology? 388Judicial Diagnosis [JD] 287Knowledge and Behaviors Related toColorectal Cancer Prevention amongNon-Hispanic Black Women in<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> [PHB] 219Knee Lichenification in Parkin’s Disease:“Parkinson Knees” [IM] 415Letter to the Editor 154Lexicographer Burdened with Life 163Maintenance of Long-Term Weight Loss 53<strong>Medical</strong> Implications of Hyperuricemia 353<strong>Medical</strong> Student Education in RefugeeHealth and the Concept of a<strong>Medical</strong> Home 297<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>The</strong>rapy of IBD in 2009 78<strong>Medical</strong> Words in Extremis [PL] 37Medication and Non-Adherence in theOlder Adult [GPP] 418Medication Trials in an Imperfect World:Gout and Parkinson’s Disease 350Military Physicians Join Reach Out andRead at Naval Health Clinic NewEngland [POV] 157Minimally Invasive Approaches to PelvicReconstructive Surgery 12Minimally Invasive Stone Surgery:Percutaneous Ureteroscopic andExtracorporeal Approaches to Renaland Ureteral Calculi 339Motorcycle Injuries in <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong>[HBN] 185Multifocal Tumors of the Testis [CC] 212My Reality and Yours [POV] 222Neurology Requirements at Brown 290No Man is an <strong>Island</strong> 263Non-motor Movements Disorders:Internal Tremor 262Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 131OSCCAR: Ocean State Crohn’s andColitis Area Registry 82Onward and Upward with Prefixes [PL] 67Optimal Hip Fracture Management inHigh-Risk Frail Older Adults [GPP] 250Overweight and Obesity in <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong>:Developing Programs to Combat theObesity Epidemic 45MEDICINE & HEALTH/RHODE ISLANDPain and Prejudice: <strong>The</strong> Use of ChronicNarcotic <strong>The</strong>rapy in <strong>Medical</strong>Practice [PHB] 111Palliative Care – Evolution of a Vision[PHB] 34Patterns of Obesity among Men andWomen in <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> in 2007[HBN] 420Pause for Reflection and Acknowledgement[GPP] 343Pediatric Trauma Surgery: UnderstandingWhen NOT to Operate 170Pelvic Organ Prolapse 5Penile Rehabilitation after RadicalProstatectomy 331Performance Improvement in InternalMedicine Residency Education:Memorial Hospital of <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong>Curriculum 279Peripheral Arterial Disease: Update ofOverview and Treatment 398Physical <strong>The</strong>rapy for Pelvic FloorDysfunction 10Physician Intervention for IntimatePartner Violence 307Physician’s Lexicon [PL] 37, 67, 115,159, 184, 216, 259,289, 317, 347, 379, 417Point of View 113, 157, 190,222, 288, 382, 422Political Correctness is Unethical 226Prevention of Relapsing Mediocrity:How to Maintain PerformanceImprovement in Hospitals [POV] 382Practicing Physicians’ Guide to PressureUlcers in 2008 [GPP] 29Prostate Cancer Screening Practice andKnowledge in <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> [PHB] 65Public Health Briefing [PHB] 34, 65, 111,155, 219, 256, 285Quality Health Care and the ProfessionalNurse – A Physician’s Perspective[POV] 190Redesigning the Clinical Curriculum atthe Warren Alpert <strong>Medical</strong> School ofBrown University 300Reimbursement for Experience-BasedMedicine 2Reproductive Issues in InflammatoryBowel Disease 148Resettlement of Refugees from Africa andIraq in <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Impact ofViolence and Burden of Disease[HBN] 318<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> Board of Licensure andDiscipline: 2008 in Review ]PHB] 155<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> HEALTH Web Data QuerySystem: Death Certificate Module[HBN] 32<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> ICU Collaborative: <strong>The</strong>First Statewide Collaborative FourYears Later 273Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic UrologicSurgery 327Role of Health Information Technology inImproving Quality and Safety in RI:Can New Money Solve Old Problems? 268Role of Urogynecology in Women’s PelvicFloor Disorders 4Screening Colonoscopy in the UnderservedPopulation [PHB] 285Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Coverageamong Pregnant Women in <strong>Rhode</strong><strong>Island</strong> [HBN] 345Serious Mechanical Complication afterSubclavian Vein Catheterization[IM] 211Self-Report of Sugar-Sweetened Beverageand Fast Food Consumption byAnnual Household Income [HBN] 63Special Care Issues of Women Livingwith HIV/AIDS 229Steps to Managing Difficult Behavior inPeople with Dementia [GPP] 182Tar Wars 2009 <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> StatewidePoster Contest 286Tempered View of Bacteria 387<strong>The</strong>rmal Ablation: Clinical Applications,Safety and Efficacy 407Those Viable Words [PL] 216Through Caverns Measureless to Man 43Time for a Real “Change” in PrimaryCare [POV] 113Trauma Care of the Elderly Patient 181Traumatic Brain Injury in <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong>[HBN] 109Treating Depression in the Older Adult[GPP] 214Treatment Failure Gout 369Treatment of Pediatric Obesity 48Update on Minimally Invasive <strong>The</strong>rapiesfor Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia 336Update on Myelodysplastic Syndrome[GPP] 315Upper and (old) Lower Facial VII NervePalsies on Opposite Sides [IM] 314Ureteroscopic Management of RenalCalculi in a Pelvic Kidney [IM] 342Urinary Incontinence 16Use of Angiotensin-Converting EnzymeInhibitors/Angiotensin ReceptorBlockers and Lipid-lowering <strong>The</strong>rapiesamong <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong>ers with DiabetesEnrolled in Medicare Part D Plans in2006 and 2007 AP] 373“Value” Equation: Costs and Quality of <strong>Rhode</strong><strong>Island</strong>’s Health Plans (2007) [HBN] 217Vital Statistics 37, 67, 115, 159Wanderings of the Vagus Nerve [PL] 379Warren Alpert <strong>Medical</strong> School of BrownUniversity: Class of 2009 292Way Things Were, or, In the Days of the“Giants” 162What’s New in Surgical Treatment forCrohn’s Disease 103Why People in RI Won’t Drive Far:A Scientific Explanation 118Words Foretelling the Future [PL] 347X Marks the Spot: Cosmetic SurgeryGone Awry [CC] 416
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