ATTEMPTS to reduce the 50 to 70 per cent out-of-hospital mortality among patients with coronary-artery disease have been frustrated because of the unpredictable and sudden nature of the occurrence. This problem has encouraged extensive studies of the ...

FOR more than 20 years, it has been the goal of several tumor immunologists to use Radio-labeled antibodies against tumors for the detection of human cancer. Pressman et al.¹ were the most active investigators in this field. However, the reproducibility ...

HEATED debate continues in North America concerning the desirability of a system of national health insurance.^{1 , 2} Although some claim that access to care under such a system would be more equitable across economic classes, ³ others insist that personal ...

LACTIC ACIDOSIS has been recognized as a cause of metabolic acidosis in patients with neoplastic disorders without clinically evident tissue hypoxia; it is associated with a poor prognosis in such patients.¹–⁷ Treatment has included alkalizing therapy ...

YOUNG female ballet dancers attending professional schools or dancing in companies in which thinness is much admired restrict their food intake and are highly active.¹ The unusual eating habits and levels of activity of some of these dancers have been ...

AS the survival of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia has improved, increased attention has focused on the potential toxicity and adverse long-term sequelae of antileukemic therapy. In particular, there is considerable interest in the toxic ...

OF the clinical syndromes associated with isolated defects of components of the complement system, ^{1 , 2} immune-complex diseases with vasculitis and lupus-like syndromes have been associated with genetic defects of C1r, ³ C4, ⁴ and C2.⁵ Defects of other ...

HARMONIZATION has been the soothing word pervading many documents about various aspects of the European Economic Community (EEC). In medicine it implies the pursuit of common policies in training requirements, both in the undergraduate and postgraduate ...

NEUTROPHILS of peripheral blood form the first line of defense against foreign substances introduced into the body by routes other than the digestive tract. As Metchnikoff observed in 1905, encounters between these professional phagocytes and foreign ...

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A 32-year-old man was admitted to the clinic because of oral ulcerations.

He was in excellent health until seven months earlier, when sneezing developed several weeks after the introduction of cats into his home. Skin tests yielded ...

Puberty is a late and possibly final stage in mammalian maturation, and the biologic mechanisms by which reproductive competence is acquired are still unclear. In a recent study, regular ovulatory cycles were achieved in infantile rhesus monkeys by means ...

IN a time of national economic hardship, virtually every federal program is subject to critical review. However, the Administration's recent decision to dismantle the Defense Department's network of medical research units abroad appears to have been made ...

Congress is currently considering legislation (H.R. 7036, the Health Research Act of 1980, and S.988, the Health Sciences Promotion Act of 1979) that would radically alter the mechanisms by which the National Institutes of Health relate to Congress. ...

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To the Editor: In her editorial in the February 21 issue, Dr. Dritz points out that emotional stresses arising from the traditional moral and social stigmas associated with homosexuality may lead homosexual patients to conceal their sexual orientation ...

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To the Editor: Milunsky and Atkins have commented that transporting amniotic fluid for culture is "eminently feasible if done properly," but that fluid cells transported by air or surface mail fare poorly.* To determine the cultivability of amniotic-...

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Since this Atlas was first published 25 years ago, hematology has undergone profound changes. In this edition, an attempt has been made to revise a book that had emphasized cytologic aspects of blood disorders. Unfortunately, many new developments in ...

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It is surprising, in the light of an extensive literature on kidney function in health and disease, that so little has been compiled on the renal effects of anesthesia and surgery. The topic is particularly germane to many clinicians who treat patients ...

There are two types of "monographs." One, immensely popular in recent years, consists of a series of articles, often lectures given at a symposium by many authors and edited by one or more entrepreneurs. With rare exceptions, these monographs offer modest ...

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Until the late 1970's, there was no process to enhance the unification of the private sector on major national issues affecting medicine and health care. On many issues, the private sector was divided. In the absence of leadership in the private sector, ...

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