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Nonmyeloablative HLA-Matched Sibling Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe Sickle Cell Phenotype

Interview with John F. Tisdale, MD, author of Nonmyeloablative HLA-Matched Sibling Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe Sickle Cell Phenotype




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of Effect of Erythropoietin and Transfusion Threshold on Neurological Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Claudia S. Robertson, MD, author of Effect of Erythropoietin and Transfusion Threshold on Neurological Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial




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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Failed Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves

Interview with Danny Dvir, MD, author of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Failed Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves




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Telecare Collaborative Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care

Interview with Kurt Kroenke, MD, author of Telecare Collaborative Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care




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Time Elapsed After Ischemic Stroke and Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Following Elective Noncardiac Surgery

Interview with Mads E. Jørgensen, MB, author of Time Elapsed After Ischemic Stroke and Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Following Elective Noncardiac Surgery




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Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Hepatitis C in Patients With HIV Coinfection

Interview with Mark S. Sulkowski, MD, author of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Hepatitis C in Patients With HIV Coinfection




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Screening and Brief Intervention for Drug Use in Primary Care

Interview with Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, author of Screening and Brief Intervention for Drug Use in Primary Care




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Does This Man With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Have Bladder Outlet Obstruction? The Rational Clinical Examination: A Systematic Review

Interview with Karen A. D'Silva, MD, MS, author of Does This Man With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Have Bladder Outlet Obstruction? The Rational Clinical Examination: A Systematic Review




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Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and the Long-term Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Interview with Hooman Kamel, MD, author of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and the Long-term Risk of Ischemic Stroke




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Sustained Care Intervention and Postdischarge Smoking Cessation Among Hospitalized Adults

Interview with Nancy A. Rigotti, MD, author of Sustained Care Intervention and Postdischarge Smoking Cessation Among Hospitalized Adults




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Effect of Providing Conditional Economic Compensation on Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Kenya: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD, author of Effect of Providing Conditional Economic Compensation on Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Kenya: A Randomized Clinical Trial




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Collaborative Care for Adolescents With Depression in Primary Care

Interview with Laura P. Richardson, MD, MPH, author of Collaborative Care for Adolescents With Depression in Primary Care




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Use of and Mortality After Bilateral Mastectomy Compared With Other Surgical Treatments for Breast Cancer in California, 1998-2011

Interview with Allison W. Kurian, MD, MSc, author of Use of and Mortality After Bilateral Mastectomy Compared With Other Surgical Treatments for Breast Cancer in California, 1998-2011




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Comparison of Weight Loss Among Named Diet Programs in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Meta-analysis

Interview with Bradley C. Johnston, PhD, author of Comparison of Weight Loss Among Named Diet Programs in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Meta-analysis




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Management of Sickle Cell Disease

Interview with George R. Buchanan, MD, author of Management of Sickle Cell Disease




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Combination Long-Acting β-Agonists and Inhaled Corticosteroids Compared With Long-Acting β-Agonists Alone in Older Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interview with Andrea S. Gershon, MD, MSc, author of Combination Long-Acting β-Agonists and Inhaled Corticosteroids Compared With Long-Acting β-Agonists Alone in Older Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease




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Clinical and Safety Outcomes Associated With Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Interview with Marc Carrier, MD, MSc, author of Clinical and Safety Outcomes Associated With Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis




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Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing

Interview with Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH, author of Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing




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Effect of a Postdischarge Virtual Ward on Readmission or Death for High-Risk Patients

Interview with Irfan A. Dhalla, MD, MSc, author of Effect of a Postdischarge Virtual Ward on Readmission or Death for High-Risk Patients




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Acupuncture for Chronic Knee Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Kim L. Bennell, PhD, author of Acupuncture for Chronic Knee Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial




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Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in US Acute Care Hospitals, May-September 2011

Interview with Shelley S. Magill, MD, PhD, author of Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in US Acute Care Hospitals, May-September 2011




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Obstetric Quality Indicators and Morbidity

Interview with Elizabeth A Howell, MD, MPP, author of Durability of Benefits of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention After Discontinuation of Audit and Feedback




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Climate Change and Global Health Challenges

Interview with Jonathan A. Patz, MD, MPH, author of Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Health




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For-Profit Status and Clinical and Economic Outcomes

Interview with Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, author of Association Between Hospital Conversions to For-Profit Status and Clinical and Economic Outcomes




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Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease and MI

Interview with Thomas M. Maddox, MD, MSc, author of Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Risk of Myocardial Infarction




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Frozen Fecal Microbiota for C difficile Infection

Interview with Ilan Youngster, MD, MMSc, author of Oral, Capsulized, Frozen Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Relapsing Clostridium difficile Infection




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Medicare Hospice Benefit and Poor-Prognosis Cancer

Interview with Ziad Obermeyer, MD, MPhil, author of Association Between the Medicare Hospice Benefit and Health Care Utilization and Costs for Patients With Poor-Prognosis Cancer




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Inpatient STEMI and Treatment and Clinical Outcomes

Interview with George A. Stouffer, MD, author of Association of Inpatient vs Outpatient Onset of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Treatment and Clinical Outcomes




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Vascular Closure Devices vs Manual Compression

Interview with Stefanie Schulz-Schüpke, MD, author of Comparison of Vascular Closure Devices vs Manual Compression After Femoral Artery Puncture: The ISAR-CLOSURE Randomized Clinical Trial




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Preschool Full or Half Days and School Readiness

Interview with Arthur J. Reynolds, PhD, author of Association of a Full-Day vs Part-Day Preschool Intervention With School Readiness, Attendance, and Parent Involvement




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Medical Liability and Reform

Interview with Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil, author of The Medical Liability Climate and Prospects for Reform




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CAD Screening in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

Interview with Joseph B. Muhlestein, MD, author of Effect of Screening for Coronary Artery Disease Using CT Angiography on Mortality and Cardiac Events in High-Risk Patients With Diabetes




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Resident Duty Hour Reforms and Patient Outcomes

Interview with Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, author of Association of the 2011 ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reforms With Mortality and Readmissions Among Hospitalized Medicare Patients




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Imposition of a MOC Requirement and Outcomes of Care

Interview with Bradley M. Gray, PhD, author of Association Between Imposition of a Maintenance of Certification Requirement and Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Hospitalizations and Health Care Costs




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Glycemic Index, Cardiovascular Disease, and Insulin Sensitivity

Interview with Frank M. Sacks, MD, author of Effects of High vs Low Glycemic Index of Dietary Carbohydrate on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Insulin Sensitivity




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Interview with Dr Aiah A. Gbakima

Dr Aiah A. Gbakima, editor in chief of the Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research, talks about confronting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone (originally posted on 10-2-2014).




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High-Risk Children With Chronic Illness

Interview with Ricardo A. Mosquera, MD, author of Effect of an Enhanced Medical Home on Serious Illness and Cost of Care Among High-Risk Children With Chronic Illness




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Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Neonates With HIE

Interview with Seetha Shankaran, MD, author of Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Deaths in the NICU Among Neonates With Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial




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Treatment of Diabetes and Long-term Mortality

Interview with David M. Nathan, MD, author of Association Between 7 Years of Intensive Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes and Long-term Mortality




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Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival

Interview with David E. Arterburn, MD, MPH and Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD, authors of Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival




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Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Survival

Interview with Steven A. Narod, MD, FRCPC, author of Differences in Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Cancer-Specific Survival by Race and Ethnicity in the United States




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Trends and Outcomes of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

Interview with Sheree L. Boulet, DrPH, MPH, author of Trends in Use of and Reproductive Outcomes Associated With Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection




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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Sclerosis

Interview with Richard K. Burt, MD, author of Association of Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation With Neurological Disability in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis




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MR/Ultrasound Fusion Biopsy for Prostate Cancer

Interview with Peter A. Pinto, MD, author of Comparison of MR/Ultrasound Fusion-Guided Biopsy With Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer




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Reasons Associated With Readmission After Surgery

Interview with Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS, author of Underlying Reasons Associated With Hospital Readmission Following Surgery in the United States




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Measuring Surgical Outcomes

Interview with Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, author of Measuring Surgical Outcomes for Improvement: Was Codman Wrong?




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Oral Iron Supplementation After Blood Donation

Interview with Joseph E. Kiss, MD, author of Oral Iron Supplementation After Blood Donation




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Varenicline for Smoking Cessation Through Smoking Reduction

Interview with Jon O. Ebbert, MD, MSc, author of Effect of Varenicline on Smoking Cessation Through Smoking Reduction




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Corticosteroids for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Interview with Antoni Torres, MD, PhD, author of Effect of Corticosteroids on Treatment Failure Among Hospitalized Patients With Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia and High Inflammatory Response: A Randomized Clinical Trial




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Genetic Variant and Vincristine Peripheral Neuropathy in ALL

Interview with William E. Evans, PharmD, author of Association of an Inherited Genetic Variant With Vincristine-Related Peripheral Neuropathy in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia