Sudden death is now recognized as a major mode of fatality outside the hospital.¹ In the large majority of those afflicted, the underlying basis is coronary heart disease. Coronary arterial involvement generally affects the three major vessels.^{2 3 4 5} ...

Familial dysautonomia is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by a wide variety of abnormalities of autonomic and sensory function.^{1 , 2} Postural hypotension and hypertensive episodes are regular findings in this disease,³ and there is evidence ...

Conflicting results have been reported about the possible role of coffee in the causation of coronary heart disease. Two reports^{1 , 2} indicate positive associations that were subsequently explained, at least in part, by the effects of other variables, ...

Previous studies have clearly linked hirsutism and other signs of virilism in women with excessive production of androgens, primarily testosterone.^{1 2 3} The origin of excessive androgens in women with idiopathic hirsutism has been uncertain. The adrenal ...

AS legislation toward some form of national health insurance receives increasing attention, it is important to examine the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to the delivery and financing of primary care so that something can be learned from ...

Models of Enzyme Induction

The results presented in the preceding sections of this review did not appear to be compatible with a model of enzyme induction in which the inducer acts exclusively at the gene level to stimulate specific mRNA synthesis (as ...

Bilateral nephrectomy, which has been performed in patients with end-stage renal disease for a variety of reasons, has a substantial morbidity and an appreciable mortality.^{1 2 3} We recently used the technic of renal-artery embolization in a patient with ...

Introduction

Over 80 million American men and women spend one quarter of their lives in a workplace outside the home. The deterioration in health quality that results from exposure to hazards in their workplace is not widely known. The annual toll of job-...

Presentation of Case

First admission. A 35-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of acute myeloblastic leukemia.

He was well until four weeks previously, when an upper-respiratory-tract infection developed and persisted. On the day of entry ...

That emotion may precipitate sudden death is part of world-wide folklore and goes back to antiquity.¹ The influence of the nervous system on the heart has, of course, long been known. Its importance for sudden death associated with myocardial infarction ...

Although men are, on the average, taller, more muscular, and hairier than women, the sexes overlap in any one of these features. Thus, many normal women have hair on the abdomen whereas many normal men do not. Physical examination alone does not readily ...

January, 1976, was open season on doctors, and some big guns were used. One was a report issued by a Congressional Subcommittee — that on Oversight and Investigation (chairman: John E. Moss, Cal.). It contended that in 1974, 2.38 million surgical ...

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To the Editor: It was with interest that we read the editorial, "Antibiotics in Acne" in the January 1 issue of the Journal. We have recently cared for four persons receiving antibiotics for acne who presented symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis. ...

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This relatively short textbook provides a provocative and important overview of current cardiology. Its author, a renowned physician and clinical investigator, has critically examined diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disorders from the problem-solving ...

Because of its importance in human disease, the heart has been written about more than any other organ of the body. Unfortunately, the study of its pathology has not been so popular as the study of its electrophysiology, hemodynamics or pathophysiology. ...

The fourth edition of this volume is most welcome. Changes have occurred rapidly in this field, and no American orthopedist understands them better or is more qualified to report on them than the author. Musculoskeletal problems of the growing child have ...

Books on depression are being published at an exponential rate, partly, I assume, because of a renewed interest in the various forms of affective psychoses, some of which respond to drugs. Unfortunately, one such book is very much like another. There is ...

Hypnosis is receiving increasing scientific attention in behavioral science and medicine, though it continues to be regarded as a novelty or a questionable avenue of medical endeavor. This fine volume brings together knowledge about hypnosis in a ...

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The receipt ofthe following books is acknowledged, and this listing must be regarded as sufficient return for the courtesy of the sender. Books that appear to be of particular interest will be reviewed as space permits.

Cardiovascular System

Cardiac ...

COURSE IN PULMONARY EDEMA

The University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, will present a course entitled "Current Problems in Intensive Care — Pulmonary Edema," to be held at the Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, on April 1 and 2. The fee ...

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