ENTEROTOXIGENIC Escherichhia coli have been identified as a cause of severe diarrhea in human beings during only the past six years.^{1 2 3} Because these organisms are usually not of recognized enteropathogenic serotypes, they are at present identifiable ...

ALTHOUGH the anticoagulant action of heparin was described 60 years ago, and the drug has been available for clinical use for almost 35 years, there is no agreement today concerning the most satisfactory schedule for its administration, the need for ...

INHALATION of organic dusts may lead to sensitization of some persons and the development of severe pulmonary disease.^{1 2 3 4} Clinical manifestations may be typical of asthma or of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Presumably, clinical presentation depends on ...

CERTIFICATION-of-need laws, issues that they raise, problems that they seek to correct, and others that they create have been documented and examined in the literature, and thoroughly debated though not yet resolved.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} In general, certification-...

THE frequent occurrence of hearing defects in patients with chronic renal insufficiency^{1 2 3 4 5 6} prompted us to investigate the influence of a successful renal transplantation on hearing.

Cases and Methods

The study involved 10 patients (seven men and ...

ALTHOUGH the biologic importance of the thyroid gland has been recognized for the past century, the properties of the hormone are still understood in terms of the diverse and apparently unrelated physiologic and biochemical derangements that characterize ...

Presentation of Case

A 31-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of a calcified abdominal mass.

She was well until 10 years earlier, when pain developed in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, and she entered another hospital. Examination ...

Elsewhere in this issue Dr. William J. Bicknell, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health, and a member of his staff review critically the administration of the certificate-of-need law in Massachusetts. This act has aroused more discussion and ...

The paper in this issue of the Journal by Mitschke et al. concludes that transplantation was capable of reversing hearing loss in some of their dialyzed uremic patients. This result was not obtained in all their patients, suggesting that the specific ...

Beclomethasone — a Case in Point

Despite the use of all other measures, asthmatic patients in the tens of thousands require prolonged treatment with glucocorticoids to prevent disability or even death. In these patients alternate-day regimens may fail to ...

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In 1972, the Massachusetts Legislature passed the Special Education Law, Chapter 766. Under the law, communities are responsible for the individual diagnosis and treatment of all children with special educational needs, and the State is authorized to ...

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To the Editor: Dr. Lyle is, of course, correct in insisting that economic bars must not be allowed to inhibit the production of effective specific drugs for rare diseases (N Engl J Med 292:813–814, 1975). But his "splendid and solid test case" raises a ...

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To the Editor: Students at Boston University School of Medicine and School of Graduate Dentistry have recently been notified that tuition for the coming academic year will be $4,900. This figure represents a 32 per cent increase over the 1974–75 tuition. ...

To the Editor: The contents of the Professional Standards Review provisions to the Social Security Amendments of 1972 are presently being assaulted on both medical and legal grounds. David E. Willett, J. D.,¹ has raised several questions regarding the ...

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DRUG INFORMATION ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting of the Drug Information Association will be held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, June 18–20. The sponsors invite submission of abstracts of papers based on the theme "Drug Information Systems ...

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