Instability is the clinical mark of acute coronary insufficiency. The attacks of angina are a new symptom or, if previously present, are much intensified. Alarming attacks of unprovoked pain at rest are separated by quiet intervals in which the patient ...

Recurrent severe bacterial infections are occasionally caused by congenital abnormalities of neutrophil function. Despite the rarity of these disorders, they are of great interest to immunologists, hematologists, and pediatricians because of the serious ...

In 1974, McCarthy and Widmer reported that in over 30 per cent of persons who voluntarily sought a second opinion about proposed surgery, the need for that surgery was not confirmed by a board-certified consultant.¹ News media and Congressional committees ...

Methods to Increase Regional Blood Flow

Blood flow to an organ or vascular bed may be increased with mechanical means, such as dilatation of a stenotic artery, recanalization of an occluded arterial segment, or removal of an embolus or thrombus, or with ...

The number of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID's) available for use in the United States has tripled since they were last reviewed here in 1974.¹ Although there are several uses for these drugs, the rheumatic diseases remain the most common ...

The interstitial lung diseases are a heterogenous group of disorders largely of unknown cause, characterized by interstitial inflammatory-cell infiltration and resultant pulmonary fibrosis.¹ An immunologic basis for these diseases has been suggested by ...

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia are often multiple and may enlarge with time.¹ Shunt-induced hypoxemia is surgically correctable when the lesions are solitary or localized to one or two lobes.² ...

Numbness, headache, and diaphoresis have been associated with consumption of restaurant Chinese foods^{1 2 3 4} and have been thought to be due to the high content of monosodium glutamate in these foods⁵; the term "Chinese-restaurant syndrome" has been ...

Presentation of Case

A 79-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of weakness and falling.

She was well until six years earlier, when a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia was made. Lymphadenopathy was well controlled with prednisone and ...

The clinical syndrome of unstable angina pectoris defines a population with a relatively high risk of imminent myocardial infarction.¹ Optimally, attempts to prevent infarction in such patients should be based on an understanding of the pathogenesis and ...

On Saturday, May 24, there will graduate a medical class that is unique among the 115 or so graduating this year: 29 physicians will receive M.D. degrees from our first federal medical school, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (...

Greenfield — Harold Beryl Greenfield, M.D., of Winthrop, died on October 25, 1978. He was in his 71st year.

Dr. Greenfield received his degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, in 1937. He was a member of the American Medical ...

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To the Editor: In the October 4 issue of the Journal, Chivian and his colleagues (Physicians for Social Responsibility) expressed their concern about the development of nuclear power.

Their discussion regarding the possible late effects of the accident ...

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To the Editor: Case 45–1979 describes a case of membranous glomerulonephritis that presumably arose de novo in a renal allograft. The lesion was assumed to be de novo because the patient had originally had focal glomerulosclerosis, diagnosed by means of ...

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Social Topics

Consumer Education in the Human Services. Edited by Alan Gartner, Colin Greer, and Frank Riessman. 275 pp. New York, Pergamon Press, 1979. $20.

The Courage to Live. By Ari Kiev. 148 pp. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979. $7.95.

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THE SPINE — SURGERY AND REHABILITATION

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons will offer a course titled "The Spine — Surgery and Rehabilitation" at the Orlando Hyatt House, Kissimmee, Fla., December 1–5.

Contact Susan J. Hallaren, American Academy ...