James Fries

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Name: James F. Fries, MD

Elected ACMI Fellow: 1984

Birthdate: 1938

Degrees: MD, Johns Hopkins, 1964

Current Position: Chairman, Healthtrac Foundation

Current email:

Professional Affiliations:

Professional Activities: Editorial Board, Journal of Rheumatology; Editorial Board, Am J Health Promotion; Editorial Board, J. Clinical Rheumatology; Executive Committee, C. Everett Koop National Health Award

Honors and Awards: Clinical Scholar, Carnegie Foundation, 1969-1971; Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Scholar, Arthritis Foundation 1971-1978; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University 1978-79, 2000-2001; Fellow, American College of Rheumatology; Fellow, American College of Physicians

Other Works:

Other Information:

Curriculum Vitae: UC San Francisco CV (2005)

Selected Publications:

How to ascertain drug safety in the context of benefit. Controversies and concerns. (2009)
Simon, Lee S. Strand, Vibeke C. Boers, Maarten Brooks, Peter M. Tugwell, Peter S. Bombardier, Cl
aire Fries, James F. Henry, David Goldkind, Larry...
There is great concern about clearly defining benefit and risk in the context of both drug devel
opment and clinical practice. In view of this...

Associations of Changes in Exercise Level With Subsequent Disability Among Seniors: A 16-Year...
 (2006)
Berk, David R. Hubert, Helen B. Fries, James F.
Background. The effect of changes in physical exercise on progression of musculoskeletal disabil
ity in seniors has rarely been studied....

Formaldehyde (HCHO) columns measured from space provide constraints on emissions of volatile org
anic compounds (VOCs). Quantitative..(2006)
Dylan B. Millet Daniel J. Jacob Solène Turquety Rynda C. Hudman Shiliang Wu Alan Fried James Wal
ega Brian G. Heikes Donald R. Blake Hanwant B. Singh...

Commentary (2004)
Fries, James F.

Chakravarty EF, Hubert HB, Krishnan E, Bruce BB, Lingala VB, Fries JF.
Lifestyle risk factors predict disability and death in healthy aging adults. Am 
J
Med. 2012 Feb;125(2):190-7.

Krishnan E, Lingala B, Bruce B, Fries JF. Disability in rheumatoid arthritis
in the era of biological treatments. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Feb;71(2):213-8. Epub
2011 Sep 27.

Lavonas EJ, Fries JF, Furst DE, Rothman KJ, Stergachis A, Vaida AJ, Zelterman 
D, Reynolds KM, Green JL, Dart RC. Comparative risks of non-prescription
analgesics: a structured topic review and research priorities. Expert Opin Drug
Saf. 2012 Jan;11(1):33-44. Epub 2011 Oct 20.

Fries JF, Krishnan E, Rose M, Lingala B, Bruce B. Improved responsiveness and 
reduced sample size requirements of PROMIS physical function scales with item
response theory. Arthritis Res Ther. 2011 Sep 14;13(5):R147.

Kirwan JR, Fries JF, Hewlett S, Osborne RH. Patient perspective: choosing or
developing instruments. J Rheumatol. 2011 Aug;38(8):1716-9.

Kirwan JR, Fries JF, Hewlett SE, Osborne RH, Newman S, Ciciriello S, van de
Laar MA, Dures E, Minnock P, Heiberg T, Sanderson TC, Flurey CA, Leong AL, Montie
P, Richards P. Patient perspective workshop: moving towards OMERACT guidelines
for choosing or developing instruments to measure patient-reported outcomes. J
Rheumatol. 2011 Aug;38(8):1711-5.

Fries JF, Bruce B, Chakravarty E. Compression of morbidity 1980-2011: a
focused review of paradigms and progress. J Aging Res. 2011;2011:261702. Epub
2011 Aug 23.

Cella D, Riley W, Stone A, Rothrock N, Reeve B, Yount S, Amtmann D, Bode R,
Buysse D, Choi S, Cook K, Devellis R, DeWalt D, Fries JF, Gershon R, Hahn EA, La
i
JS, Pilkonis P, Revicki D, Rose M, Weinfurt K, Hays R; PROMIS Cooperative Group.
 
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) developed
and tested its first wave of adult self-reported health outcome item banks:
2005-2008. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;63(11):1179-94. Epub 2010 Aug 4. 

Boers M, Brooks P, Fries JF, Simon LS, Strand V, Tugwell P. A first step to
assess harm and benefit in clinical trials in one scale. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010
Jun;63(6):627-32. Epub 2009 Oct 1. Review.

Simon LS, Strand CV, Boers M, Brooks PM, Tugwell PS, Bombardier C, Fries JF, 
Henry D, Goldkind L, Guyatt G, Laupacis A, Lynd L, Macdonald T, Mamdani M, Moore
 
A, Saag KG, Silman AJ, Stevens R, Tyndall A. How to ascertain drug safety in the
 
context of benefit. Controversies and concerns. J Rheumatol. 2009
Sep;36(9):2114-21. Erratum in: J Rheumatol. 2010 Mar;37(3):681. Saag, Ken S
[corrected to Saag, Kenneth G].

Fries JF, Cella D, Rose M, Krishnan E, Bruce B. Progress in assessing
physical function in arthritis: PROMIS short forms and computerized adaptive
testing. J Rheumatol. 2009 Sep;36(9):2061-6.

Fries JF, Krishnan E. What constitutes progress in assessing patient
outcomes? J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;62(8):779-80. Epub 2009 Mar 17.

Fries JF, Krishnan E, Bruce B. Items, Instruments, Crosswalks, and PROMIS. J 
Rheumatol. 2009 Jun;36(6):1093-5.

Bruce B, Fries JF. Rheumatologist perceptions of sources of health care
disparities in minority rheumatoid arthritis patients. J Clin Rheumatol. 2009
Apr;15(3):145-7.

Bruce B, Fries JF, Ambrosini D, Lingala B, Gandek B, Rose M, Ware JE Jr.
Better assessment of physical function: item improvement is neglected but
essential. Arthritis Res Ther. 2009;11(6):R191. Epub 2009 Dec 16.

Chakravarty EF, Hubert HB, Lingala VB, Fries JF. Reduced disability and
mortality among aging runners: a 21-year longitudinal study. Arch Intern Med.
2008 Aug 11;168(15):1638-46. Erratum in: Arch Intern Med. 2008 Dec
8;168(22):2496.

Chakravarty EF, Hubert HB, Lingala VB, Zatarain E, Fries JF. Long distance
running and knee osteoarthritis. A prospective study. Am J Prev Med. 2008
Aug;35(2):133-8. Epub 2008 Jun 12.

Bruce B, Fries JF, Hubert H. Regular vigorous physical activity and
disability development in healthy overweight and normal-weight seniors: a 13-yea
r
study. Am J Public Health. 2008 Jul;98(7):1294-9. Epub 2008 May 29.

Loftus EF, Fries JF. The potential perils of informed consent. Mcgill J Med. 
2008 Jul;11(2):217-8.

Fries JF, Bruce B, Rose M. Comparison of the health assessment questionnaire 
disability index and the short form 36 physical functioning subscale using Rasch
 
analysis: comment on the article by Taylor and McPherson. Arthritis Rheum. 2008
Apr 15;59(4):598-9; author reply 599.

Krishnan E, Fries JF, Kwoh CK. Primary knee and hip arthroplasty among
nonagenarians and centenarians in the United States. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Aug
15;57(6):1038-42. Erratum in: Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Aug;63(8):1202.

Wasko MC, Hubert HB, Lingala VB, Elliott JR, Luggen ME, Fries JF, Ward MM.
Hydroxychloroquine and risk of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
JAMA. 2007 Jul 11;298(2):187-93. 

Bruce B, Fries JF, Murtagh KN. Health status disparities in ethnic minority
patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study. J Rheumatol. 2007
Jul;34(7):1475-9. Epub 2007 Jun 1.

Hueber W, Tomooka BH, Zhao X, Kidd BA, Drijfhout JW, Fries JF, van Venrooij
WJ, Metzger AL, Genovese MC, Robinson WH. Proteomic analysis of secreted protein
s
in early rheumatoid arthritis: anti-citrulline autoreactivity is associated with
up regulation of proinflammatory cytokines. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Jun;66(6):712-9.
Epub 2006 Aug 10.


Chakravarty EF, Bjorner JB, Fries JF. Improving patient reported outcomes
using item response theory and computerized adaptive testing. J Rheumatol. 2007
Jun;34(6):1426-31.

Cella D, Yount S, Rothrock N, Gershon R, Cook K, Reeve B, Ader D, Fries JF,
Bruce B, Rose M; PROMIS Cooperative Group. The Patient-Reported Outcomes
Measurement Information System (PROMIS): progress of an NIH Roadmap cooperative
group during its first two years. Med Care. 2007 May;45(5 Suppl 1):S3-S11.

Fries JF. The irreversible component of the disability index of the health
assessment questionnaire: comment on the article by Aletaha et al. Arthritis
Rheum. 2007 Apr;56(4):1368-9; author reply 1369-70.

Ortendahl M, Fries JF. A low tension between individual and societal time
aspects in health improved outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol. 2006 Nov;59(11):1222-7.
Epub 2006 Aug 24.

Chakravarty EF, Fries JF. Science as experiment; science as observation. Nat 
Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2006 Jun;2(6):286-7.

Ortendahl M, Fries JF. Discounting and risk characteristics in clinical
decision-making. Med Sci Monit. 2006 Mar;12(3):RA41-5. Epub 2006 Feb 23. Review.

Yan LL, Daviglus ML, Liu K, Stamler J, Wang R, Pirzada A, Garside DB, Dyer
AR, Van Horn L, Liao Y, Fries JF, Greenland P. Midlife body mass index and
hospitalization and mortality in older age. JAMA. 2006 Jan 11;295(2):190-8.

Berk DR, Hubert HB, Fries JF. Associations of changes in exercise level with 
subsequent disability among seniors: a 16-year longitudinal study. J Gerontol A
Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006 Jan;61(1):97-102.

Fries JF. Frailty, heart disease, and stroke: the Compression of Morbidity
paradigm. Am J Prev Med. 2005 Dec;29(5 Suppl 1):164-8.

Lassere MN, Johnson KR, Boers M, Carlton K, Day RO, de Wit M, Edwards IR,
Fries JF, Furst DE, Kirwan JR, Tugwell PS, Woodworth TG, Brooks PM. Standardized
 
assessment of adverse events in rheumatology clinical trials: summary of the
OMERACT 7 drug safety module update. J Rheumatol. 2005 Oct;32(10):2037-41.

Lassere MN, Johnson KR, Woodworth TG, Furst DE, Fries JF, Kirwan JR, Tugwell 
PS, Day RO, Brooks PM. Challenges and progress in adverse event ascertainment an
d
reporting in clinical trials. J Rheumatol. 2005 Oct;32(10):2030-2. Review.

Hueber W, Kidd BA, Tomooka BH, Lee BJ, Bruce B, Fries JF, Sønderstrup G,
Monach P, Drijfhout JW, van Venrooij WJ, Utz PJ, Genovese MC, Robinson WH.
Antigen microarray profiling of autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthriti
s
Rheum. 2005 Sep;52(9):2645-55.

Ortendahl M, Fries JF. Framing health messages based on anomalies in time
preference. Med Sci Monit. 2005 Aug;11(8):RA253-6. Epub 2005 Jul 25.

Daviglus ML, Liu K, Pirzada A, Yan LL, Garside DB, Greenland P, Manheim LM,
Dyer AR, Wang R, Lubitz J, Manning WG, Fries JF, Stamler J. Cardiovascular risk
profile earlier in life and Medicare costs in the last year of life. Arch Intern
 
Med. 2005 May 9;165(9):1028-34.

Bruce B, Fries JF, Lubeck DP. Aerobic exercise and its impact on
musculoskeletal pain in older adults: a 14 year prospective, longitudinal study.
 
Arthritis Res Ther. 2005;7(6):R1263-70. Epub 2005 Sep 19.

Krishnan E, Fries JF. Rheumatoid arthritis: radiographic progression is
getting milder. J Rheumatol. 2005 Jan;32(1):195; author reply 195.


Fries JF. The compression of morbidity. 1983. Milbank Q. 2005;83(4):801-23.

Fries JF. New instruments for assessing disability: not quite ready for prime
time. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Oct;50(10):3064-7.

Fries JF, Murtagh KN, Bennett M, Zatarain E, Lingala B, Bruce B. The rise and
decline of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug-associated gastropathy in
rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Aug;50(8):2433-40. 

Krishnan E, Murtagh K, Bruce B, Cline D, Singh G, Fries JF. Attrition bias in
rheumatoid arthritis databanks: a case study of 6346 patients in 11 databanks and
65,649 administrations of the Health Assessment Questionnaire. J Rheumatol. 2004
Jul;31(7):1320-6.

Fries JF. Robine and Michel's "Looking forward to a general theory on
population aging": commentary. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2004
Jun;59(6):M603-5; author reply M616-20.

Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Fries JF. Long-term randomized controlled
trials of tailored-print and small-group arthritis self-management interventions
Med Care. 2004 Apr;42(4):346-54.

Krishnan E, Tugwell P, Fries JF. Percentile benchmarks in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis: Health Assessment Questionnaire as a quality indicator
(QI). Arthritis Res Ther. 2004;6(6):R505-13. Epub 2004 Sep 14.

Fries JF, Krishnan E. Equipoise, design bias, and randomized controlled
trials: the elusive ethics of new drug development. Arthritis Res Ther.
2004;6(3):R250-5. Epub 2004 Mar 18.

Krishnan E, Fries JF. Measuring effectiveness of drugs in observational
databanks: promises and perils. Arthritis Res Ther. 2004;6(2):41-4. Epub 2004 Feb 5.

Krishnan E, Fries JF. Reduction in long-term functional disability in
rheumatoid arthritis from 1977 to 1998:a longitudinal study of 3035 patients. Am
J Med. 2003 Oct 1;115(5):371-6.

Fries JF, Bruce B. Rates of serious gastrointestinal events from low dose use
of acetylsalicylic acid, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen in patients with
osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2003 Oct;30(10):2226-33.

Fries JF. Measuring and monitoring success in compressing morbidity. Ann
Intern Med. 2003 Sep 2;139(5 Pt 2):455-9. Review.

Wolfe F, Fries JF. Rate of death due to leukemia/lymphoma in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Sep;48(9):2694-5.

Bruce B, Fries JF. The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire: dimensions
and practical applications. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2003 Jun 9;1:20. Review.

Fries JF, Lorig K, Holman HR. Patient self-management in arthritis? Yes! J
Rheumatol. 2003 Jun;30(6):1130-2. Review.

Bruce B, Fries JF. The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire: a review of 
its history, issues, progress, and documentation. J Rheumatol. 2003
Jan;30(1):167-78.

Fries JF. Reducing disability in older age. JAMA. 2002 Dec 25;288(24):3164-6.

Wang BW, Ramey DR, Schettler JD, Hubert HB, Fries JF. Postponed development
of disability in elderly runners: a 13-year longitudinal study. Arch Intern Med.
 2002 Nov 11;162(20):2285-94.

Ortendahl M, Holmes T, Schettler JD, Fries JF. The methotrexate therapeutic
response in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2002 Oct;29(10):2084-91.

Fries JF, Wolfe F, Apple R, Erlich H, Bugawan T, Holmes T, Bruce B. HLA-DRB1 
genotype associations in 793 white patients from a rheumatoid arthritis inceptio
n
cohort: frequency, severity, and treatment bias. Arthritis Rheum. 2002
Sep;46(9):2320-9.

Ortendahl M, Fries JF. Time-related issues with application to health gains
and losses. J Clin Epidemiol. 2002 Sep;55(9):843-8.

Fries JF. Successful aging--an emerging paradigm of gerontology. Clin Geriatr
Med. 2002 Aug;18(3):371-82.

Hurst S, Kallan MJ, Wolfe FJ, Fries JF, Albert DA. Methotrexate,
hydroxychloroquine, and intramuscular gold in rheumatoid arthritis: relative area
under the curve effectiveness and sequence effects. J Rheumatol. 2002
Aug;29(8):1639-45.

Hubert HB, Bloch DA, Oehlert JW, Fries JF. Lifestyle habits and compression
of morbidity. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2002 Jun;57(6):M347-51.

Leigh JP, Fries JF. Frailty and education in the Hispanic Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2002
Feb;13(1):112-27.

Fries JF. Aging, natural death, and the compression of morbidity. 1980. Bull 
World Health Organ. 2002;80(3):245-50.

Fries JF. Exercise and the Health of the Elderly. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 1997 
May;6(3):24-32.

Williams CA, Bloch DA, Sibley J, Haga M, Wolfe F, Raynauld JP, Singh G,
Hickey AR, Fries JF. Lymphoma and Luekemia in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Are They
Associated with Azathioprine, Cyclophosphamide, or Methotrexate? J Clin
Rheumatol. 1996 Apr;2(2):64-72.

Books

Main title:        Cómo convivir con su artritis : una guía para una vida
                      activa y saludable / [edited by] Virginia Gonzalez,
                      Virginia Nacif de Brey, Kate Lorig, James F. Fries.
Edition:           segunda ed.
Published/Created: Boulder, Colo. : Bull Pub., c2006.
Related names:     Gonzalez, Virginia.
                   Nacif de Brey, Virginia.
                   Lorig, Kate.
                   Fries, James F.
Description:       xxiii, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              9780923521998 (pbk.)
                   0923521992 (pbk.)

Main title:        Prognosis : contemporary outcomes of disease / James F.
                      Fries and George E. Ehrlich, editors.
Published/Created: Bowie, MD. : Charles Press, c1981.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Ehrlich, George E., 1928- 
Description:       xxxii, 565 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0893030058

Personal name:     Calin, Andrei.
Main title:        Ankylosing spondylitis : discussions in patient management
                      / by Andrei Calin and James F. Fries.
Published/Created: Garden City, N.J. : Medical Examination Pub. Co., 1978.
Related names:     Fries, James F., joint author.
Description:       117 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:              0874888875

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Aging well : a guide for successful seniors / James F.
                      Fries.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1989.
Description:       xvi, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0201518139 : $14.95
                   0201517515 : $15.95

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Arthritis : a comprehensive guide / James F. Fries.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1979.
Description:       xiii, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201027259 : $11.95
                   0201027267 (pbk.)

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Arthritis : a comprehensive guide to understanding your
                      arthritis / James F. Fries.
Edition:           3rd ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1990.
Description:       xii, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201524023 : $10.95 USA ($13.95 Canada)

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Arthritis : a comprehensive guide to understanding your
                      arthritis / James F. Fries.
Edition:           Rev. ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1986.
Description:       x, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201054086 (pbk.) : $9.95

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Arthritis : a take care of yourself health guide for
                      understanding your arthritis / James F. Fries.
Edition:           5th ed.
Published/Created: Reading, MA : Perseus Books, 1999.
Description:       xvii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0738202258 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Arthritis : a take care of yourself health guide for
                      understanding your arthritis / James F. Fries.
Edition:           4th ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1995.
Description:       xvi, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201409178 : $14.00 US/$17.95 Can.

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Living well : taking care of your health in the middle and
                      later years / James F. Fries.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. c1994.
Related names:     Fries, James F. Aging well.
Description:       xvi, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201626152 : $17.95 ($22.95 Can.)

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Living well : taking care of yourself in the middle and
                      later years / James F. Fries.
Edition:           4th ed.; completely rev. and updated
Published/Created: Cambridge, MA : DaCapo Lifelong, c2004.
Description:       xvii, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0738209554 (pbk.)

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Systemic lupus erythematosus : a clinical analysis / James
                      F. Fries, Halsted R. Holman.
Published/Created: Philadelphia : Saunders, 1975.
Related names:     Holman, Halsted R., joint author.
Description:       xiii, 199 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:              0721639178

Personal name:     Fries, James F.
Main title:        Vitality and aging : implications of the rectangular curve
                      / James F. Fries, Lawrence M. Crapo.
Published/Created: San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, c1981.
Related names:     Crapo, Lawrence M., 1938- 
Description:       xii, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              071671308X
                   0716713098 (pbk.)

Personal name:     Lorig, Kate.
Main title:        The arthritis helpbook : a tested self-management program
                      for coping with arthritis and fibromyalgia / Kate Lorig,
                      James F. Fries ; contributors, Maureen R. Gecht ... [et
                      al.].
Edition:           5th ed.
Published/Created: Cambridge, Mass. ; [Great Britain] : Perseus, c2000.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Gecht, Maureen R.
Description:       xiii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              073820224X

Personal name:     Lorig, Kate.
Main title:        The arthritis helpbook : a tested self-management program
                      for coping with arthritis and fibromyalgia / Kate Lorig,
                      James F. Fries; contributors, Maureen R. Gecht ... [et
                      al.].
Edition:           4th ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1995.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xiii, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201409631

Personal name:     Lorig, Kate.
Main title:        The arthritis helpbook : a tested self-management program
                      for coping with arthritis and fibromyalgia / Kate Lorig,
                      James F. Fries ; contributors, Maureen R. Gecht-Silver
                      ... [et al.]..
Edition:           6th ed.
Published/Created: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Lifelong, 2006.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Gecht-Silver, Maureen R.
Description:       xiii, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0738210382 (pbk.)

Personal name:     Lorig, Kate.
Main title:        The arthritis helpbook : a tested self-management program
                      for coping with your arthritis / Kate Lorig, James F.
                      Fries ; contributing authors, Maureen R. Gecht ... [et
                      al.].
Edition:           Rev. ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1986.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xvii, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              020105468X (pbk.) : $9.95

Personal name:     Lorig, Kate.
Main title:        The arthritis helpbook : a tested self-management program
                      for coping with your arthritis / Kate Lorig, James F.
                      Fries ; contributors, Maureen R. Gecht ... [et al.].
Edition:           3rd ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1990.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Related titles:    Arthritis help book.
Description:       xv, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201524031 : $10.95 ($13.95 Can.)

Personal name:     Lorig, Kate.
Main title:        The arthritis helpbook : what you can do for your arthritis
                      / Kate Lorig, James F. Fries ; contributing authors,
                      Deborah Stinchfield ... [et al.] ; graphics, Sharon
                      Leibolt.
Published/Created: Reading, Ma. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1980.
Related names:     Fries, James F., joint author.
Description:       xv, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201037963
                   0201037971 (pbk.)

Personal name:     Pantell, Robert H.
Main title:        Taking care of your child : a parent's guide to complete
                      medical care / Robert H. Pantell, James F. Fries, Donald
                      M. Vickery.
Edition:           6th ed.
Published/Created: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Lifelong Books, c2002.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Vickery, Donald M.
Description:       xxvi, 518 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0738206016

Personal name:     Pantell, Robert H., 1945- 
Main title:        Taking care of your child : a parent's guide to complete
                      medical care / Robert H. Pantell, James F. Fries, Donald
                      M. Vickery.
Edition:           4th ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1993.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Vickery, Donald M.
Description:       xxvi, 561 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201632934 : $17.95 ($22.95 Can.)

Personal name:     Pantell, Robert H., 1945- 
Main title:        Taking care of your child : a parent's guide to medical
                      care / Robert H. Pantell, James F. Fries, Donald M.
                      Vickery.
Edition:           3rd ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1990.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Vickery, Donald M.
Description:       xxiv, 525 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201518031 : $16.95

Personal name:     Pantell, Robert H., 1945- 
Main title:        Taking care of your child : a parent's guide to medical
                      care / Robert H. Pantell, James F. Fries, Donald M.
                      Vickery.
Edition:           Rev. ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1984.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Vickery, Donald M.
Description:       444 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201082780 (pbk.) : $12.95

Personal name:     Pantell, Robert H., 1945- 
Main title:        Taking care of your child : a parents' guide to medical
                      care / Robert H. Pantell, James F. Fries, Donald M.
                      Vickery.
Published/Created: Reading Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1977.
Related names:     Fries, James F., joint author.
                   Vickery, Donald M., joint author.
Description:       409 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:              0201081229 : $10.95

Personal name:     Pantell, Robert H., 1945- 
Main title:        Taking care of your child : a parent's illustrated guide to
                      complete medical care / Robert H. Pantell, Donald M.
                      Vickery, James F. Fries.
Edition:           8th ed.
Published/Created: Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo/Life Long, 2009.
Related names:     Vickery, Donald M.
                   Fries, James F.
Description:       xxiv, 520 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              9780738213491

Personal name:     Pantell, Robert H., 1945- 
Main title:        Taking care of your child : a parent's illustrated guide to
                      complete medical care / Robert H. Pantell, James F.
                      Fries, Donald M. Vickery.
Edition:           7th ed.
Published/Created: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Lifelong ; London : Perseus
                      Running [distributor], c2006.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Vickery, Donald M.
Description:       xxvi, 534 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0738210374 (pbk.)
                   9780738210377 (pbk.)

Personal name:     Pantell, Robert H., 1945- 
Main title:        Taking care of your child : a parent's illustrated guide to
                      complete medical care / Robert H. Pantell, James F.
                      Fries, Donald M. Vickery.
Edition:           5th ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books, c1999.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
                   Vickery, Donald M.
Description:       xxvi, 518 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0738200603

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Uniform title:     Take care of yourself. Spanish
Main title:        Cuídate : guía para una mejor atención médica /
                      Donald Vickery, James Fries ; versión en español de
                      Francisco J. Calva Pellicer con la colaboración de
                      D.M. Carlos E. Náter.
Edition:           3a ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1988.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xxi, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201082926 : $14.95

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Uniform title:     Take care of yourself. Spanish
Main title:        Cuídate : una guía completa e ilustrada para el
                      autocuidado médico / Donald M. Vickery, James F. Fries
                      ; version en español Francisca Hernández
                      Hernández.
Edition:           6a ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, 1997.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xxxvi, 380 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0201144751

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        Take care of yourself : a consumer's guide to medical care
                      / Donald M. Vickery, James F. Fries.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1976.
Related names:     Fries, James F., joint author.
Description:       xvi, 269 p. : diagrs. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:              0201024012 : $9.95

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        Take care of yourself : a consumer's guide to medical care
                      / Donald Vickery, James Fries.
Edition:           Rev. ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1981.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xix, 370 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0201081970
                   0201081989 (pbk.)

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        The take care of yourself guide to treating your family's
                      most common symptoms / Donald M. Vickery, James F.
                      Fries.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books, c1998.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       x, 166 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              073820062X

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        Take care of yourself : the complete illustrated guide to
                      medical self-care / Donald M. Vickery and James F.
                      Fries.
Edition:           9th ed.
Published/Created: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo/Life Long., c2009.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xxvii, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              9780738213484

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        Take care of yourself : the complete illustrated guide to
                      medical self-care / Donald M. Vickery, James F. Fries.
Portion of title:  Complete illustrated guide to medical self-care
Edition:           8th ed.
Published/Created: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Life Long, c2005.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xxviii, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0738209775

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        Take care of yourself : the complete illustrated guide to
                      medical self-care / Donald M. Vickery, James F. Fries.
Edition:           7th ed.
Published/Created: Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Books, c2001.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xxvi, 342 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0738203068

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        Take care of yourself : the complete illustrated guide to
                      medical self-care / Donald M. Vickery, James F. Fries.
Edition:           6th ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub., [1995]
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xxxvi, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201489899

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        Take care of yourself : the consumer's guide to medical
                      care / Donald Vickery, James Fries.
Edition:           3rd ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1986.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xxi, 401 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201080915 (pbk.) : $14.95 (est.)

Personal name:     Vickery, Donald M.
Main title:        Take care of yourself : your personal guide to self-care &
                      preventing illness / Donald Vickery, James F. Fries.
Edition:           4th ed.
Published/Created: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1989.
Related names:     Fries, James F.
Description:       xxiii, 536 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0201517914 : $16.95

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Calin A, Fries JF.  Ankylosing Spondylitis:  Discussion in Patient Management.  Garden City, New York, 
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Fries JF.  Arthritis:  A Comprehensive Guide.  Reading, Massachusetts, Perseus Books, 1980, 1986, 
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