TO assess levels of continual physical exertion in relation to risk of fatal heart attack, we studied the work experience of San Francisco Bay Area longshoremen in terms of energy required per job category and corresponding death rates from coronary heart ...

THERE are numerous reports documenting a significantly increased frequency of hypocalcemia, radiologic evidence of rickets or decreased bone density, and histologic evidence of osteomalacia in patients treated chronically with anticonvulsant drugs.^{1 2 3 4} ...

THE symptoms of bronchial asthma consist of a triad of dyspnea, cough and wheezing, with the latter often being regarded as the sine qua non. Over the past several years, I have had the opportunity to study two groups of asthmatic patients who complained ...

THE remarkable expansion of federal activity in the health field in recent years, an expansion measured not simply in increased levels of spending, but perhaps more pointedly in the trend toward greater federal involvement in issues such as the quality ...

CHRONIC or recurrent production of sputum on most days for at least three months a year for more than two years defines the disease called chronic bronchitis.¹ Although the existence of states of chronic and recurrent sputum production has been recognized ...

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Rules and Exceptions about Locus of A-V Block

From what is generally known about human pathophysiology, it might be anticipated that strict separation of nodal from infra-nodal block would not be as perfect as the previous ...

THE anion gap (serum sodium - [chloride + bicarbonate]), represents those anions, other than chloride or bicarbonate, that counterbalance the positive charge of sodium. It is normally ≤ 14 mEq per liter. A high anion gap occurs in certain metabolic ...

MOST persons use tools whose functions are clear to them, but whose construction is beyond their understanding. On the simple side, I strike a safety match to light my cigar without the slightest idea what makes up the red tip or how the combination of ...

Presentation of Case

A 63-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of chills and fever.

She was in excellent health until 10 years before admission, when she began to have episodes of asthma, which were treated with isoproterenol by inhalation. ...

Recent studies indicate that vitamin D (calciferol) must undergo two enzymatic hydroxylations before it can function at target cells. Thus, calciferol is transported from the skin or gastrointestinal tract to the liver, where it is converted to 25-...

Lead is a useful metal and an enduring danger, one whose properties have been valued and exploited since antiquity. Knowledge of its toxic potential is almost as old, and although frequently cited through history, regularly ignored. Recently, an ...

In England, they still call it general practice. Here in the United States "general practice" was thought to have depreciatory implications, and general practitioners, like janitors and undertakers, sought a new name that would give their profession ...

The neighborhood health center should be regarded both as a vehicle for service delivery and as one aspect of a social movement involving health care and broader issues.¹ During the 1960's, community medicine and heightened social concern came to the fore ...

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COURSE IN CARDIOLOGY

The Division of Continuing Education of the University of Florida will sponsor a course on clinical cardiology for the practitioner, at the Hilton Inn, Gainesville, on April 3 and 4. The fee is $50 ($25 for nurses).

Further ...