Low calorie protein diets have been advocated as having a unique protein-sparing advantage over conventional carbohydrate-containing diets for the treatment of obesity.^{1 , 2} The theoretical basis for this proposed advantage is that the hypoinsulinemia ...

Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC), one of the five enzymes required for ureagenesis, catalyzes the synthesis of citrulline from carbamyl phosphate and ornithine. The metabolic consequences of a complete deficiency of this enzyme include absent or trace ...

Sudden-infant-death syndrome (SIDS) is a poorly understood phenomenon characterized by the unexplained and unexpected death of apparently healthy infants from one month to one year of age. Although over 100 hypotheses¹ on its underlying pathophysiologic ...

Since the last Medical Progress report on peripheral-arterial surgery was published in 1969, the literature in this field has been expanding at an increasing pace. In addition to articles in periodicals,¹ several textbooks^{2 3 4 5} have appeared, as have a ...

There have been major advances in the understanding and treatment of acne in recent years.^{1 , 2} Since most patients can be successfully managed with topical agents alone, thus avoiding systemic exposure to potentially toxic agents, review of the current ...

The most profoundly depressing of all ideas about the future of the human species is the concept of artificial intelligence. The ambition that human beings will ultimately cap their success as evolutionary overachievers by manufacturing computers of such ...

The government has responded to the report of the Royal Commission on the National Health Service (NHS)¹ by publishing a paper² summarizing its proposals for changes in the structure and management of the NHS in England and Wales. This document, with the ...

Presentation of Case

A 66-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of hemoptysis.

There was a long history of ischemic heart disease, with four episodes of myocardial infarction between six and 19 years earlier. Thirty-four months before ...

Batshaw and his colleagues in this issue have reported on a pedigree in which female carriers of the sex-linked gene for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, as identified through pedigree analysis and testing of protein tolerance, have lower IQ scores ...

Are familial factors a determinant of the risk of sudden death in infants? An article in this issue of the Journal by Schiffman and his co-workers suggests that in some cases the answer is yes. This important study showed that parents of victims of the ...

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To the Editor: In their article in the September 6 issue, Ferrari and his co-workers suggest that their case represents cancer of the pancreas at the state of its earliest malignant transformation. This must be seriously questioned. In the first place, ...

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To the Editor: Fletcher¹ suggested that if physicians "want to keep faith with the moral intent of the law," they ought not to refuse amniocentesis requested solely for sex-selection purposes, since "the legal rules on abortion defined by the Supreme ...

To the Editor: Although the problem of financing graduate medical education (discussed by Knapp and Butler in the October 4 issue) appears to be growing more complex every year in the United States, in Quebec it has become simpler. This is not to say ...

Sweden is more like the United States than we might imagine. Certainly there are obvious differences — a homogeneous population of 8.3 million versus a heterogeneous one of 222 million, socialized medicine versus whatever it is that we have, and a culture ...

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Critical-care medicine is becoming a recognized subspecialty. Because of increased interest in intensive-care medicine, many recent books have attempted to illuminate, define, or update care of the critically ill patient. This book is one of the better ...

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This book was written by men of experience and wisdom. The two qualities do not always go together; although it is easy, if time-consuming, to acquire experience, it is not easy to acquire wisdom.

The bulk of the book is made up of clinicopathological ...

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Perhaps the primary goal for the reviewer of a textbook such as this is to compare it with similar works and identify its most appropriate audience. Dr. Kuida states in his preface his desire to provide a "survey useful to general physicians whose concern ...

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RESUMPTION OF FILM DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM

The National Library of Medicine's National Medical Audiovisual Center will resume its film distribution program from February 15 through September 30. Requests should be made at least three weeks before the show ...

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It seemed an odd time for a couple of American medical editors to be making a government-sponsored trip to the Soviet Union. Our visit had been proposed months before, as part of the US-USSR Health Exchange Program. But events in Afghanistan had ...

Nutrition: A Long Wait for a Little Advice

Another round has recently been played here in the politics of nutrition. This is an obscure branch of the capital city's obsession with command of the federal purse and power. But since a lot of money and ...