SO-CALLED innocent heart murmurs occur in the absence of either anatomic or physiologic abnormalities of the heart¹ and are unassociated with subsequent cardiovascular disease.² They constitute the most common auscultatory findings encountered by the ...

THE genetics of diabetes remains an area of controversy and speculation. Glucose intolerance, which may result from a number of different patho-physiologic mechanisms,¹ continues to be the only diagnostic criterion. Diabetes genetics is further ...

FROM 1970 to 1980 the elderly population (those over age 65) grew by 14.8 per cent in Massachusetts and by 27.3 per cent in the country as a whole. The population over the age of 85 — 22 per cent of whom are institutionalized in the United States — grew ...

SQUAMOUS-CELL carcinoma of the head and neck accounts for five per cent of the cases of cancer in the United States. Only one third of patients with this neoplasm present with localized disease easily curable by surgery and radiation. These treatment ...

THREE cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, two of which were fatal, have recently been observed in patients with severe classic hemophilia who had been treated with lyophilized preparations of anti-hemophilic factor (factor VIII).¹ Two of the patients ...

PATIENTS with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) include male homosexuals, intravenous drug abusers, and Haitian immigrants to the United States.^{1 2 3} Approximately half the patients have contracted Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, a third ...

INFLAMMATORY pseudotumor" is a generic term for a lung mass, usually solitary, composed of mixtures of histiocytes or macrophages (sometimes lipid-filled — i.e., "foam cells"), plasma cells, lymphocytes, fibroblasts, and collagen.¹ Because these ...

Presentation of Case

A 33-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea.

She was well until 2 1/2 months earlier, when she began to have a persistent dry cough. A month and a half before admission exertional dyspnea appeared and worsened ...

THE lives of hemophiliacs have been transformed by advances in treatment during the past decade. The demonstration in 1937 by Patek and Taylor¹ that a fraction isolated from plasma could correct the coagulation defect in this disease provided the impetus ...

Public Law 93–641, the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974, provided direct federal financial support for both state and local health-planning agencies. It mandated the development of health-system plans by health-planning ...

Although evidence that people can do much to promote their own health is growing, the role of the primary-care physician in helping patients change their health behavior is still problematic. At least one study has examined what physicians do to promote ...

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To the Editor: Rosenberg et al. (September 9 issue)¹ discussed the accumulating evidence of an association between Crohn's disease and psoriasis. We determined the prevalence of psoriasis in 128 consecutive patients with Crohn's disease who attended our ...

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To the Editor: The central issue in the study by Platt et al. (September 9 issue) was the relative importance of nosocomial catheter infections in causing the death of hospitalized patients.¹ Addressing this question with a multivariate analysis of ...

To the Editor: Over the past decade the treatment of Cushing's disease (pituitary-dependent adrenal hyperplasia) has changed, largely because of the advent of transsphenoidal pituitary microsurgery. Impressive results for the surgical cure of this ...

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In approaching the task of writing an essay–review of a poet's journals, it seems natural to inquire about the importance of such documents for a medical readership. The answer lies in the awareness of all physicians that they owe an educational debt to ...

George Gifford was a practitioner who spent most of his time caring for patients and much of the rest of his time pursuing two other interests — the study of history and the appreciation of nature. This collection of his published essays reflects his ...

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Most of us have heard Benjamin Britten's composition "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." There is an interesting parallel between this book and that composition. Although the book does not have the shimmering brilliance of the orchestral piece, ...

Fathers are in, as a glance at the popular press (including women's magazines), television, and the movies will confirm. The scientific exploration of the father's role and its development has proceeded pari passu. Therein lies something of a problem. ...

The application of behavioral theory to physiological dysfunction has in recent years enjoyed a popularity sufficient to launch a new field known as "behavioral medicine." This book is one of a series in behavioral medicine that includes ...

Education and History

Analyzing Research Data: The basics of biomedical research methodology. By Ronald G. Marks. 210 pp. Belmont, Calif., Lifetime Learning, 1982. $25.

AV Health: Current publications of the United States government. By Eutychia G. ...

THE CARDIAC CATHETER

A symposium entitled "The Cardiac Catheter: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications" will be held at the Los Angeles Bonaventure Hotel, February 17–19.

Contact Mary Anne McInerny, Extramural Programs Dept., American College of ...