THIS is a report of a case–control study of cancer of the lower urinary tract in Greater Boston. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relation between the development of lower-urinary-tract cancer and the use of artificial sweeteners.

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HEREDITARY angioedema is an autosomal-dominant disorder associated with serum deficiency of functionally active C1-inhibitor protein. Episodic swelling of the extremities, face, and bowel wall leads to severe morbidity in many patients.¹ Involvement of ...

CARDIAC failure is common in patients with end-stage renal disease^{1 , 2}; anemia, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, fluid overload, electrolyte disturbances,^{2 3 4} and possibly uremic toxins^{4 , 5} are involved. A specific "uremic" cardiomyopathy has been ...

SEVERAL studies have shown that among young women with endometrial cancer who had used oral contraceptives, a greater proportion had taken sequential preparations than might have been expected in view of the types of oral contraceptives used by women in ...

THE public image of the doctor is an amalgam of what patients think about doctors and their art, craft, or science; of what doctors, who, as Sydenham¹ observed over 300 years ago, are also patients, think about themselves and their calling; and finally, ...

THE threefold increase in the cesarean birth* rate that has occurred in the United States during the last 10 years has been a source of concern to both obstetricians and the general public.^{1 2 3} This article describes the factors underlying the change in ...

The practice of anesthesia has changed perceptibly over the past decades. The use of inflammable anesthetics has dwindled. Supplementation of nitrous oxide with narcotics or other intravenous anesthetics has gained popularity. Administration of light ...

PRESENTATION OF CASE

A 46-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of fever and abdominal pain.

Except for mild hypertension she was well until five months previously, when her menses ceased. During the two months before admission she ...

The use of saccharin in food was conceived by cupidity, born of avarice, suffered for a time by the lawmakers, stigmatized by the Referee Board, condemned by the three Secretaries, forbidden by the laws of enlightened nations and States, is dead and ...

Sequential oral contraceptives were introduced with the expectation that they would be better tolerated and more widely accepted than the combined formulations. The expectation was based on the opinion that the effects of the sequential drugs would ...

Major changes in educational policy usually follow an evolutionary course. Some observers have cynically compared altering a medical-school curriculum to relocating a cemetery. At times, a proposal is rapidly implemented in response to external pressures; ...

JAMES M. FAULKNER, M.D.

On January 18, Dr. James M. Faulkner died in Boston at the age of 81. He was widely known as a medical educator. The son of a general practitioner, he graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1924. After a period of medical ...

Studies of the effects of nutrition on pregnancy and early childhood growth and development have shown that proper nutritional intake results in a marked improvement in health.^{1 , 2} Both the course of pregnancy and the condition of the infant at birth are ...

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To the Editor: Adoptive immunotherapy — the transfer of immunologically competent allogenic cells — can destroy residual cancer cells and result in long-term "cures" in tumor-bearing animals given sublethal chemotherapy or radiotherapy.^{1 2 3 4} In human ...

To the Editor: In the August 16 issue, Hess and his co-workers described pseudohypoxemia in patients with leukocytosis or thrombocytosis, or both. However, the initial five-minute readings of partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO₂) in their ...

To the Editor: In the article that appeared in the April 19 issue of the Journal, Bennion ct al. state that a correlation between estrogen excretion and the cholesterol content of bile suggests that a hormonal change during puberty may be responsible in ...

This book examines the spread of seven types of medical technology that were widely adopted by hospitals in the United States between the mid-1950's and mid-1970's: intensive care, respiratory therapy, diagnostic isotopes, electroencephalography, cobalt ...

"This book is written primarily for those who study or practice medicine in the tropics or the subtropics. It is not intended to be comprehensive. As its title implies, it should be used as an adjunct to one of the standard textbooks of medicine.... [It ...

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MEETING OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION

Dr. Herbert Benson, author of The Relaxation Response, will be the speaker at the meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association to be held on March 12 in Boston.

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