APPROACHES to cardiac rehabilitation have changed rapidly in the past 10 years. Prolonged bed rest and convalescence with restriction of activity leads to marked cardiovascular deconditioning,^{1 , 2} which has adverse physical, psychological, and economic ...

FEWER than 1 per cent of adults with diabetes mellitus require more than 200 units of insulin per day to prevent marked hyperglycemia and ketosis. In diabetic children and adolescents, a need for insulin in excess of 2 units per kilogram of body weight ...

ENTEROVIRUSES are important causes of overwhelming systemic viral infections in neonates. Although nonmaternal sources have been responsible for infections in some infants in the postnatal period, the majority of neonatal enteroviral infections occur in ...

THE pathogenesis of age-related osteoporosis is poorly understood. Recent studies suggest that serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D (1,25-(OH)₂-D) levels decrease in elderly rats^{1 , 2} and human beings,^{3 , 4} and several authors have suggested that deficient ...

TOTAL parenteral nutrition (TPN) is a life-saving method of nutritional support for patients who are unable to ingest, digest, or absorb sufficient nutrients to prevent death from starvation. The dramatic demonstration by Dudrick et al.¹ that intravenous ...

PERCUTANEOUS transluminal angioplasty is frequently used in selected patients to decrease stenoses in atherosclerotic peripheral arteries,^{1 , 2} renal arteries,^{3 4 5 6} and coronary arteries.^{7 8 9} There has been much controversy over the mechanism of ...

ENDOCARDIAL fibroelastosis is a cardiomyopathy of unknown origin that affects infants and young children. It is characterized by poor myocardial contractility with hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart, especially of the left ventricle. At autopsy, a ...

Presentation of Case

First admission. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain.

She was well until seven months earlier, when periumbilical pain developed and was ascribed to nephrolithiasis. The pain soon subsided but ...

Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease, and it particularly affects women past the menopause. For many years, it has been a perplexing disorder to investigators of bone physiology and mineral metabolism. The exact role of calcium malabsorption and ...

Two years ago, Grüntzig and his colleagues¹ reported their initial experience with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in 50 patients. In that same issue, the Journal published an editorial that summarized a National Heart, Lung, and ...

To the making of many books there is no end.

— Ecclesiastes XII, V.12.

In the beginning was the General Scientific Journal. And the General Scientific Journal begat the Specialty Journal, and the Specialty Journal begat the Subspecialty Journal. And the ...

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To the Editor: The article by Birnholz and Frigoletto in the April 23 issue demonstrates a technical achievement in perinatal medicine and the use of diagnostic ultrasound imaging.¹ I fear, however, that it also represents unwarranted meddling without ...

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To the Editor: Weight bearing is rarely considered a form of therapy for arthritic joints. Bearing weight on damaged joints is, in fact, often regarded as "adding insult to injury."¹ However, our experience suggests that in childhood arthritis, joint ...

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This book has something to say about doctors, patients, the costs of health care, mortality and morbidity, health-care systems, government, hospitals, medical education, biomedical research, medical technology, economic systems, disease and illness, ...

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This latest publication of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts is a gold mine of information for students of medical and colonial history. It is the result of a conference involving a broad spectrum of participants, including physicians, historians, and ...

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Like many multiauthored books on a broad subject, this book, edited by one person but featuring contributions by 14 others from the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, pediatrics, sociology, education, psychiatry, psychology, and other related therapeutic ...

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.

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PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

The "Eighth Annual Seminar in Pulmonary Physiology and Medicine" will be held on September 15 and 16 at the Pittsburgh Marriott in Pittsburgh.

Contact Joyce C. Waite, American Lung Association of Pennsylvania, 1135 E. ...