MOST adults who are not of northern European origin are lactase-deficient.¹ When such persons ingest products containing milk or lactose, flatulence, abdominal pain, or diarrhea often develops. Although in areas of the world where lactase deficiency is ...

IN recent years associations have been reported between male infertility and chronic sinopulmonary infections.^{1 2 3 4} Among the disorders studied, immotilecilia syndrome^{1 , 2} and cystic fibrosis^{3 , 4} are best known, but Hendry et al. have drawn attention ...

THE prognosis after acute myocardial infarction is related to the amount of myocardium involved.¹ Although beta-blockers have been shown to minimize ischemic damage in animals, studies in patients have not conclusively demonstrated the potential benefit ...

THE treatment of patients with hairy-cell leukemia remains controversial, and treatment results are frequently unsatisfactory. Although splenectomy can result in improvement and can occasionally restore hematologic values to normal, a substantial number ...

HEMODIALYSIS is associated with an improvement in left ventricular contractility, but the mechanism or mechanisms responsible for this improvement have not been elucidated.^{1 , 2} We have recently completed studies in which an increase in left ventricular ...

AN earlier paper in this series¹ discussed issues bearing on the strength of scientific inferences from parallel comparisons of clinical treatment — studies in which each patient receives only one treatment and responses in one group are compared with ...

RECOMBINANT leukocyte A interferon is a highly purified single molecular species of alpha interferon that is produced by recombinant-DNA methods and has been shown to have biologic activity.¹ The compound is currently being tested in patients with cancer ...

Presentation of Case

A seven-day-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of an intrathoracic mass.

She was born in the 39th week of an uncomplicated third pregnancy to a mother aged 18 years. Delivery was vaginal, with forceps assistance under local ...

Yogurt lovers will be delighted with the intriguing report by Kolars et al. in this issue of the Journal.¹ The authors studied 10 healthy young persons who had lactase deficiency and showed that absorption of 18 g of lactose in yogurt was about 66 per ...

Beginning in the early 1970s, several investigators observed an association of persistent infection with hepatitis B virus with extrahepatic vascular diseases of unknown cause, particularly polyarteritis nodosa^{1 , 2} (necrotizing vasculitis) and ...

To the Editor: Factual errors, misleading statistics, and erroneous conclusions permeate the article by Boyd (April 14 issue)¹ purporting to show a relation between an increasing suicide rate and the availability of handguns.

First, Boyd incorrectly says ...

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To the Editor: It has been reported that nutmeg oil relieves diarrhea induced by prostaglandins^{1 , 2} and that it could interfere with prostaglandin biosynthesis.^{3 , 4} We have studied the activity of nutmeg oil and its main components on platelet ...

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To the Editor: The number of women participating in long-distance running has increased dramatically in recent years. With this growth in participation in sports by women, the realization has emerged that physical training can be associated with ...

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Resistance to the decades-long rise in the cost of hospital care in the United States is growing rapidly. In consequence, all physicians and patients soon may have to live with, and within, a system that limits expenditures. The process has, in fact, ...

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The first successful renal transplantation between identical twins was carried out in 1954, nearly 30 years ago. Kidney transplants in immunomodified unrelated hosts were reported a few years later (1962).

Despite increasing excitement (through the late ...

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Like all books based on conferences where open and frank discussions were held but not published, this book lacks some of the intensity and important exchanges of new information and ideas that naturally took place at the time of presentation.

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This two-volume work is a landmark in the emergency-medicine literature. It is unequivocally written by and for the practicing emergency physician.

In addition to the assessment and treatment of emergency patients, the authors cover the other issues so ...

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The receipt of these 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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ENDOCRINOLOGY

The Sixth Annual University of California–Riverside Nichols Institute Symposium on Cellular and Molecular Endocrinology will be held at the University's Riverside campus on March 30 and 31. The fee is $25.

Contact Dr. Anthony W. Norman, ...

The story of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) 35 years after its creation is fundamentally a saga of success. In a nation beset with economic problems, the health service has removed financial worry from the equation of individual illness and has ...

These guidelines are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals." (The complete document is available in the June 12, 1982, issue of the British Medical Journal and the June 1982 issue of the Annals of ...