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This week, it’s not a new journal but a name change that’s making waves on MD Consult: the Journal of the American Dietetic Association has transformed into the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The new title is a reflection of the American Dietetic Association becoming the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a name that better describes the society’s members. Here are further details from the press release:

“The new name, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, was chosen because it promotes the strong science background and academic expertise of our members, primarily registered dietitians. Nutrition science underpins wellness, prevention, and treatment,” said registered dietitian and Academy President Sylvia Escott-Stump, MA, RD, LDN.

The journal, the world’s premier source of scholarly, peer-reviewed information relating to the practice and science of food, nutrition, and dietetics, serves the Academy membership as well as the global community of nutrition experts. It directly supports the Academy’s continuing goals of advancing professional knowledge across the range of research and practice issues such as: nutritional science, medical nutrition therapy, public health nutrition, food science and biotechnology, food service systems, leadership and management, and dietetics education. READ MORE >>

It has been a busy week for News on MD Consult, with stories on everything from complementary medicine to drug shortage updates. On the former subject, an article reported that herbs are not a viable osteoarthritis treatment (though non-herbal alternative therapies were not part of the review). And on the subject of nationwide drug shortages, the DEA and drug makers were questioned about the ongoing lack of supply of generic ADHD medications. In more encouraging news, there is growing evidence that the DASH diet not only improves general health, but that it can have a specifically beneficial effect on arteries and hypertension, especially in older people. The oft-namedchecked Mediterranean diet also garnered praise in the same article (though some makers of ED drugs may be less than pleased with its benefits in that department).

The first American Family Physician of 2012 went up this week, and as usual, it looks at a wide range of topics. Subjects include outpatient care of burns, osteoarthritis, and a case study of a patient with a puzzling persistent cough. This issue’s Graham Center Policy One-Pager highlights the gap in care for older adults, and recommends that geriatricians might share their skills with their primary care counterparts. Also new this week in Journals is The American Journal of Medicine; this is a supplemental issue focusing on invasive fungal infections. Diagnosis and management of these troubling infections are covered, as is the issue of antifungal drug resistance. READ MORE >>

Last week, we looked at a new MD Consult feature, articles in press, and mentioned a new journal in passing. This week, we’ll officially welcome all four new journals to the site: Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Journal of Critical Care, Paediatric Respiratory Reviews and Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Here is an introduction to each one:

Mayo Clinic Proceedings
As most readers are already aware, Mayo Clinic Proceedings covers clinical medicine (and has done so since 1926); each monthly issue has fifteen articles and features, including some that offer free Mayo Clinic CME credit. The January issue, which should be online very shortly indeed, will include a new feature, My Treatment Approach, which will detail diagnosis and treatment guidelines for a variety of conditions.

Journal of Critical Care
Joining MD Consult from the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and the Society on Complexity in Acute Illness is the Journal of Critical Care. Focused on issues such as the team approach in the OR and ICU, technology in medicine, systems-based practice and residency education, the journal aims to improve patient care by furthering understanding of health systems research and its integration into clinical practice. As with our other new journals, more back issues will be making their way to the site over the next week or so. READ MORE >>

Happy 2012!

MD Consult is back at full strength, and with some exciting additions for the new year. Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed this feature appearing on a number of journals before the holidays, but it’s now available on many more titles: articles in press are finally online! These pre-print articles have already been accepted and gone through peer review, and are just waiting to be assigned their spot in a journal issue. Although most of what is online at present are corrected proofs, here are the status messages you may come across when perusing this new feature:

• Accepted manuscripts: these are articles that have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by the Editorial Board. The articles have not yet been copy edited and/or formatted in the journal house style.
• Uncorrected proofs: these are copy edited and formatted articles that are not yet finalized and that will be corrected by the authors. Therefore the text could change before final publication.
• Corrected proofs: these are articles containing the authors’ corrections and may, or may not yet have specific issue and page numbers assigned.

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