Otitis media with effusion, otherwise known as "serous," "secretory," or "nonsuppurative" otitis media, is one of the most frequently encountered diseases of childhood, and orally administered decongestant-antihistamine combinations are widely used in its ...

Recent analyses show that among patients with aplastic anemia who are treated with high-dose cyclophosphamide and marrow grafts from HLA-identical siblings, 70 per cent of those given transfusions and more than 80 per cent of those not given transfusions ...

Herpesvirus infections are a major cause of morbidity in patients who have received renal transplants. Herpes simplex and varicella–zoster viruses appear to have a predominantly localized effect on skin and mucous membranes, whereas cytomegalovirus and ...

Despite the use of alkylating agents, patients with multiple myeloma have a median survival period of only two to three years.^{1 , 2} No series of patients with multiple myeloma surviving for more than 10 years has been reported. This review of such a group ...

The characteristic features of excess adrenal corticosteroid, including truncal obesity, were first described in 1932 by Cushing.¹ Subsequently, others noted steroid-induced fat deposition in the central body axis, particularly in the episternal area,² ...

IN spite of extensive experience with the use of lithium as a psychoactive drug in manic-depressive disorders, little is known about its effects on the control of breathing. There have been no published studies on the effects of the drug on the pattern of ...

Type I diabetes mellitus has until recently been considered a disease that has an acute onset and is characterized by the sudden appearance of metabolic abnormalities in previously "healthy" people. Recent studies have suggested that there is a latent ...

Presentation of Case

A 52-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of seizures.

The patient was a right-handed truck driver who was well until one year earlier, when he was said to have "bronchitis." Prednisone, 10 mg daily, and theophylline were ...

Insulin-requiring diabetes mellitus (also known as insulin-dependent or Type I diabetes) accounts for approximately 15 per cent of all human diabetes. It has been recognized since antiquity. However, as Cahill and McDevitt recently observed in the Journal,...

Recently, the establishment of a model nursing home that would be a site for teaching and research has been proposed by the National Institute on Aging.¹ The idea of instituting academic nursing homes has gained impetus because of the burgeoning elderly ...

The demographic aspects of long-term care reflect the need for research and teaching related to the medical and social factors that lead to nursing-home admission and complicate the nursing-home stay. The number of residents in nursing homes in the United ...

DEATHS

Bouchard — Edmond Donald Bouchard, M.D., of Haverhill, died on December 6 at the age of 57.

Dr. Bouchard received his degree from Tufts College Medical School in 1948. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the American Diabetes ...

To the Editor: Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger's "national objective" for nuclear-war planning, as stated in his Shattuck Lecture (Sept. 16 issue),¹ is one with which everyone, physicians and public alike, can agree: "we must... arrive at an ...

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To the Editor: Sheehan (July 15 issue¹) cites double-blind, placebo-controlled studies as demonstrating the effectiveness of monoamine oxidase inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants in treating spontaneous panic attacks.^{2 3 4} However, in all these ...

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"For better or worse, rheumatology is an established specialty," writes Dr. Charles Christian in a foreword to Dr. Jacobs' book. Dr. Cassidy, in the preface to his book, states, "Rheumatology is not an area well understood by physicians...." Indeed it is ...

None of the new books on anorexia nervosa has replaced Hilde Bruch's Eating Disorders, which was published in 1973. Among the current crop, the book by Garfinkel and Garner is the most up to date, scholarly, and practical, and it may become another ...

Here is a book on child care that leaves me with ambivalent feelings. The dust-jacket blurb states, "Dr. Sears has written a unique, informative book which reflects the prevailing thought of the intuitive, thinking parent of the '80's." His own ...

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Here is the story of a family during the first eight years in the life of their first child, a girl named Gara, who was born with trisomy 21 (Down's syndrome). The girl's mother, the author of this book, and her father are both journalists. The writing is ...

In 1962, a landmark article by C. Henry Kempe in the Journal of the American Medical Association established the battered-child syndrome as a medical diagnosis. In the following decade, every state passed laws requiring physicians and other professionals ...

PHACOEMULSIFICATION

The "Second Midwestern Live, Hands-On Phacoemulsification Lab" will be held at the Terrace Hilton in Cincinnati on February 25 and 26. The fee is $600.

Contact Thomas J. O'Connor, Medical Staff Education, Bethesda Hospital, 619 Oak St.,...