COUGH is commonly associated with episodic wheezing and dyspnea in symptomatic asthmatic patients. Although wheezing is generally considered to be the sine qua non of bronchial asthma, McFadden has reported on patients who complained only of cough.¹ The ...

THE development of a radioimmunoassay for the measurement of low concentrations of albumin in urine¹ made it possible to study the urinary albumin excretion in diabetic patients before the appearance of clinical proteinuria — i.e., recognized by ...

BRONCHIAL asthma is a complex of symptoms characterized by paroxysmal wheezing and dyspnea due to bronchial obstruction resulting from bronchospasm, excessive mucoid sputum production and mucosal edema.¹ Allergic asthma may be initiated by contact between ...

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THIS article summarizes some of the important advances in gastroenterological surgery since the last report three years ago.

Hiatus Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux

The presence of gastroesophageal reflux is more important to the ...

THE 58th annual convention of the American Legion, Department of Pennsylvania, headquartered at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, July 21 to 24, 1976, became an epidemiologic Titanic, inadvertently and tragically encountering an iceberg, which ...

BECAUSE there are still far more suitable applicants than there are medical-school places it is inevitable that the method of selecting medical students should be a matter for continuing debate. Anyone interviewing applicants quickly finds that few of ...

ALTHOUGH protein accounts for only about 11 to 14 per cent of the total calories that Americans ingest each day, this food substance is essential for nutritional homeostasis. The bulk of protein, which maintains nitrogen balance, is from exogenous sources,...

Presentation of Case

An 85-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of vomiting and dizziness.

He was well until six months previously, when polyarthritis developed, and hyperuricemia was detected. Colchicine was administered, without benefit, ...

Airways obstruction has been considered to be the sine qua non of asthma. The obstruction may disappear spontaneously or may be relieved by administration of a bronchodilator or one of the corticosteroid drugs. There is also hyperactivity of the airways ...

Even before the last case of naturally occurring smallpox was recorded in Merka Town, Somalia, in October, 1977, appeals were made in the scientific and popular news media for "total" eradication of the smallpox virus, including the destruction of all ...

Occupational medicine in this country has traditionally been a medical specialty characterized by low prestige, few accredited residencies, with even fewer residents, and a paucity of board-certified specialists practicing in the field. Little, if any, ...

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Barnett, Michael Robert, 4 Bramblebush Park, Falmouth 02540 Albany Medical College, 1974

Chalfin, Jack, Cape Cod Medical Center, Hyannis 02601 State ...

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To the Editor: Barrett et al. reported the use of lithium carbonate in two patients with aplastic anemia.¹ One patient had a transient response to lithium, and the second had a sustained improvement in the neutrophil count. An additional patient with ...

To the Editor: Acetaminophen (marketed under such brand names as Tylenol, Datril, Tempra and Liquiprin) is widely advertised and used as an over-the-counter analgesic for patients who cannot take aspirin. Although generally substituted for aspirin ...

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To the Editor: Dr. Stout,¹ in response to an article by Dr. Merimee in the Journal,² suggests that a relative insulinopenia may account for the absence of vascular disease in diabetic dwarfs deficient in growth hormone. To my knowledge no specific ...

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The pioneering work of Sir William Harvey, Excercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus, published in 1628, has been admired by scientists around the world. Until the appearance of that scholarly treatise, the nature of the systemic ...

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The policy message to the United States of this analysis of the course of health policy in Germany, England and Wales, France, the Netherlands and Sweden is: "Long experience with voluntary health insurance...[has] brought the lesson home to nearly ...

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The receipt of the 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.

Medicine

Rheumatology

Arthritis: ...

LEGAL ISSUES IN SCHOOL HEALTH

The Massachusetts School Physicians Association, the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Student Health Committee of the Massachusetts Medical Society will present a program on the legal ...

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An overburdened journalist acquaintance recently pointed to a thick, newly issued government report and said, not altogether wryly, "I can either read this or write about it. I can't do both."

The remark stuck in my mind because health-related matters — ...