Legal abortion performed by competent medical personnel is widely used as a birth-control measure. It is a relatively safe procedure^{1 2 3 4} but is surrounded by much controversy. The possibility that deleterious effects exist for subsequent pregnancies ...

Among the drugs proposed for prophylactic administration to high-risk patients to reduce the frequency of postoperative thromboembolism, agents that alter platelet function have particular appeal because of the simplicity of their use and their relative ...

During the past decade there have been dramatic improvements in the survival of patients with Hodgkin's disease owing to increased knowledge of the natural history of the disease and aggressive treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Accompanying ...

There is growing concern among medical and laboratory personnel, particularly neurologists, neurosurgeons, pathologists and anesthetists, about the potential hazard involved in caring for patients with presenile dementia and handling their tissues. ...

ON April 2, 1977, Abdel Halim Hafez, the combination Elvis Presley-Frank Sinatra of the Arab world, was buried in Cairo amid the shrill cries and anguished chants of tens of thousands of his fans. One young woman leaped to her death from his balcony after ...

IN 1956 WHO launched its malaria-eradication campaign based primarily on the interruption of malaria transmission through the destruction of anopheline vectors by DDT. The first impact was so impressive, and the initial successes so spectacular, that ...

The importance of an adequate intake of calcium for normal skeletal growth and mineralization is well known. However, the dietary requirement for calcium is hard to define,^{1 2 3 4 5 6} and whether an inadequate intake causes osteoporosis or rickets has not ...

The case of pituitary gigantism presented below was previously reported from this hospital by Behrens and Barr.¹ An unauthorized partial report of the medical history up until the age of 18 years and three months was made by Humberd.² Because of ...

High-altitude pulmonary edema is an unusual form of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema that develops in a few persons with acute exposure to altitudes above 2700 meters. Although its occurrence in North America has been documented in scattered case reports ...

The candida endocrinopathy syndrome is characterized by chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, endocrine-organ failure, usually of the parathyroid or adrenal glands, autoantibody formation against various endocrine glands and abnormalities of cell-mediated ...

Presentation of Case

A 69-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of melena.

Twenty years earlier a diagnosis of hypothyroidism was made, and desiccated thyroid, 3 g daily, was prescribed. Eleven years before admission she first noted mild ...

A report by Harris and his associates in this issue of the Journal is of great interest and potential importance (p. 1246). Patients who underwent total hip replacement — a group at high risk for postoperative thromboembolism — were shown to benefit from ...

In 1891, Dr. Wizard of Chamonix made a careful report of an autopsy he had performed on his professional colleague, Dr. Jacottet, "a robust young man," who had died at an altitude of 4350 m after ascending Mont Blanc (4807 m). The lungs showed ...

Until recently, there has been a generally accepted difference in federally mandated labeling practices between over-the-counter drugs and physician-prescribed medications. Traditionally, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required the ...

To the Editor: Whitley et al. (N Engl J Med 297:289, 1977) are to be congratulated on what appears to be a major advance in the treatment of this disease. We entirely agree that the detection of the virus or antigen in brain tissue is the only solid ...

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SEMINARS IN COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS

A seminar series entitled "Issues in Community Pediatrics," sponsored by the Brockton, the Cardinal Cushing and the Goddard hospitals and presented by the Department of Pediatrics of Boston University School of Medicine, ...

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Nearly one year in office now, the Carter Administration has laid down heavy rhetorical barrages on the subject of health care, but the effects have so far been minimal.

The Administration's explanation for this and other matters, such as tax and welfare ...