He Mana‘o, Thoughts from the Editor: ‘Akahi – #1
S. Kalani Brady MD, MPH, FACP
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Editor Emeritus: A Great Decade & Nails and Numbers
Norman Goldstein MD, FACP
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Special Contribution: Cell phones don't cause tumors. From the United Kingdom Institute of Cancer Research
Frank Tabrah MD
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Special Contribution: The medicinal leech
Maxwell Urata MD
9
Commentary: Fred Holschuh MD, appointed to the National Association of Counties (NACo) Methamphetamine Action Group
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Commentary: North Hawai'i Community Hospital receives American Heart Association performance achievement award
10
Fatal pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection in a patient using etanercept
John E. Thomas MD, Christy R. Taoka MD, Barnett T. Gibbs MD, and Susan L. Fraser MD
12
Severe Vitamin D deficiency in Hawai'i: A case report
Michael Bornemann MD, FACP, FACE
16
An unusual abdominal tumor - Leiomyosarcoma of the mesentery: A case report
Catherine J. Simonovich MS4, John M. Hardman MD, James J. Navin MD, Jennifer Jacobs MD and Neil Fergusson MD
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Residents' Case Series: Case report: A 17-year-old female with headache and fever
John Misailidis MD, Anna Dodd MD, Douglas Kwock MD and Dominic C. Chow MD
21
Medical School Hotline: Department of Pediatrics at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) 2004-2005 update
Raul C. Rudoy MD
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Cancer Research Center Hotline: Risk factors for pancreatic cancer in the Hawaii - Los Angeles Multiethnic Cohort Study
Ute Nöthlings DrPH and Laurence N. Kolonel MD, PhD
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Classified Notices
29
Weathervane
Russell T. Stodd MD
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