THE epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and optimal treatment of nonspecific vaginitis are poorly understood. The hallmark of this condition is an increased malodorous vaginal discharge not attributable to uterine infection, Trichomonas vaginalis or ...

MYOCARDIAL revascularization ameliorates symptoms and improves exercise capacity in the large majority of patients with coronary-artery disease. In contrast to these salutary effects on symptoms, improved myocardial function has not been consistent.^{1 2 3 ...}

ALTHOUGH many patients become normotensive after renal transplantation, sustained blood-pressure elevation remains a serious problem in a large number of persons receiving an otherwise satisfactory renal allograft. In patients who have not had bilateral ...

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Intrinsic Regulation of Cell Renewal

In normal circumstances, the constant turnover of the small-bowel mucosa is maintained by a dynamic equilibrium between cell production at the base of the crypt and cell loss at the tip of the ...

RETINAL vascular diseases are important to the internist, for they frequently represent manifestations of systemic disorders, and to the ophthalmologist because they are major causes of visual impairment. For example, diabetic retinopathy is the leading ...

ONE way of looking at nature is to put together all the facts learned thus far from the scientific revolution of this century, and to conclude that now is the time to make sense out of this information. If you do this, you are likely to agree with the ...

IN a bid to reduce the National Health Service (NHS) drug bill Dr. James Cameron, chairman of the Council of the British Medical Association, has joined forces with Mr. David Ennals, Secretary of State for Social Services, in a campaign¹ to halt the ...

ALTHOUGH human beings swallow, inhale and otherwise encounter thousands of strains of bacteria and viruses during their lives, few of these micro-organisms are pathogenic. The vast majority are expelled unchanged; many others gain a place in the "normal ...

Presentation of Case

A 52-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain.

The patient was a poor historian. She was apparently well until 12 years earlier, when polyarthralgia developed and was most prominent in the fingers. Five ...

Note: The article on "Diet-Heart: End of an era," by Dr. George Mann, which we published in the issue of September 22, 1977, produced much correspondence (see the issues of January 12 and 19, 1978) and several offers to write detailed rebuttals. We do ...

In 1976, an estimated 1.1 million abortions were performed in the United States.¹ Some characteristics of the women undergoing abortion are shown in Table 1.² Between 260,000 and 275,000 of these abortions were paid for under Title XIX (Medicaid) and ...

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To the Editor: The article by Gorry, Pauker and Schwartz¹ should be commended for continuing the tradition of encouraging physicians to apply probability theory (in particular the Bayes rule) to interpreting test results and other findings.

The authors ...

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PROGRAM ON THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN JAPAN

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Nursing Home Administrators will present a program entitled "Japan Health Care Delivery System: A Comparison" in Japan, August 17–31.

Further ...