ANALYSIS of the electrocardiographic response to exercise has enjoyed favor for the past 40 years as a simple, noninvasive aid in the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease.¹ Numerous epidemiologic studies have documented the value of exercise ...

CONVENTIONAL antihistaminics do not affect gastric acid secretion.¹ In contrast, a new class of antihistamines, referred to as H₂-receptor antagonists,² are potent inhibitors of acid secretion.^{3 4 5} The H₂-receptor antagonist most extensively studied in ...

RECENT reports by American physician visitors to the People's Republic of China on the use of acupuncture as a means of inducing surgical analgesia have suggested the need for controlled studies to investigate the possible use of acupuncture as a ...

PRELIMINARY reports have shown that in some patients, chenodeoxycholic acid given by mouth dissolves gallstones^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}. However, many questions regarding its use remain to be answered. For example, why in some patients should gallstones ...

NEW thrusts seem inevitably slated for backlash. New drugs, new procedures, new interpretations, new movements sooner or later experience re-think. Zeal is replaced by temperance, and blind commitment by cautious evaluation. Perhaps we too easily go ...

AN intact cellular immune response is a favorable prognostic sign in patients with cancer. Depressed cellular immunity usually indicates a poor prognosis. One manifestation associated with depressed cellular immunity in such patients is their inability to ...

KNOWLEDGE of the patterns of cell kinetics in acute leukemia has increased remarkably during the past two decades. Previously, the selective advantage of the malignant-cell population was attributed to rapid and uncontrolled proliferation, and ...

Presentation of Case

First admission. A 33-year-old woman entered the hospital because of pelvic pain.

She was well until 15 months previously, when she completed her second uneventful pregnancy. One month later she began to have pelvic pain that ...

The usefulness of exercise testing in the diagnosis and management of patients with ischemic heart disease depends on the ability of the clinician to use the information properly. An exercise test has several possible results that have different degrees ...

It is extraordinarily difficult for Western physicians and scientists to cope objectively in the intellectual tradition of controlled Western biomedical thought with assessing the value, if any, of the use of acupuncture in the management of chronic ...

Interpreting medical progress for the public is not without its hazards. Overeager scientists or excessively secretive ones and a press officer of either persuasion appreciably influence the way in which news of the research is first disseminated. ...

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INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTATION SERVICE ON STRESS

The University of Montreal, Institut de Médecine et de Chirurgie Expérimentales, announces the unrestricted availability of a documentation service on all subjects related to stress in medicine or daily life. ...

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