COLON carcinoma is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. It is estimated that 126,000 new cases of this neoplasm will be discovered during 1983 and that 58,000 Americans will die of the disease during that ...

IN 1859, Dr. Hyde Salter stated, "One of the commonest and best reputed remedies of asthma, one that is almost sure to have been tried in any case that may come under our observation, and one that in many cases is more efficacious than any other, is ...

RECENTLY, attention has been called to a phenomenon occurring in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), in which plasma glucose concentrations that have been relatively stable throughout the night increase abruptly — sometimes by more ...

THERE are few studies of coronary bypass surgery for the prevention of myocardial infarction. In early experience with coronary bypass surgery, the high incidence of perioperative infarction^{1 , 2} made it difficult to test the hypothesis that bypass ...

OMEPRAZOLE is a substituted benzimidazole. This class of new drugs inhibits gastric acid secretion that is stimulated by various means both in vitro and in vivo.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} Since substituted benzimidazoles inhibit gastric acid secretion produced by ...

THE acceptance of the Renaissance concept that an illness could be helped by bloodletting was tempered by the adverse effects of blood loss. Indeed, Louis XIII and George Washington were probably killed by this therapy.^{1 , 2} The selective removal of ...

THE association of intrauterine fetal death and maternal disseminated intravascular coagulation is well established and generally referred to as the "fetal-death syndrome."^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} Although most cases of this syndrome have been reported in the ...

Presentation of Case

An eight-week-old boy was admitted to the hospital after repair of gastroschisis with the short-bowel syndrome.

He was born of a 36-week first gestation to a mother 20 years of age. She smoked cigarettes during the first trimester but ...

AS the second leading cause of death from neoplasia, large-bowel cancer commands the attention of many kinds of physicians. Although the treatment of large-bowel cancer has historically been, and still is, surgical, today gastroenterologists, radiation ...

IN this issue, Becker et al.¹ employ such classic pharmacologic concepts as dose–response relationships and pharmacokinetics, and use established laboratory techniques to show that the well-known actions of caffeine explain the 19th-century observation ...

Ulceration of the upper gastrointestinal tract depends on tissue resistance factors that are not well defined. Acid secretion by fundic mucosa has a key role in eliciting the lesions that result from imperfections in tissue resistance. The adage, "No acid,...

Barnes — Ann Brace Barnes, M.D., of Boston, died on January 10 at the age of 47.

Dr. Barnes received her degree from Yale University School of Medicine in 1962. She was a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Beer — Peter ...

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To the Editor: Cryptosporidium species have recently been recognized as a cause of gastrointestinal disease in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent persons.^{1 , 2} Since February 1, 1983, all stool specimens submitted to our Clinical Parasitology ...

To the Editor: Scleromyxedema (lichen myxedematosus) is a rare progressive skin disease characterized by deposition of mucin and proliferation of fibroblasts in the upper dermis. The fibroblasts contain abnormal fibrils, raising questions concerning ...

To the Editor: In June 1982, a 68-year-old Chinese woman experienced the onset of numbness and weakness of both hands and feet. Her health had previously been good. She did not have diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis, leprosy, or exposure to heavy metals. ...

To the Editor: In 1976 Tauro et al.¹ described two children in whom megaloblastic anemia occurred at birth and four weeks, respectively. The authors ascribed the condition to congenital deficiency of dihydrofolate reductase. The children were treated ...

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Pediatric gastroenterology is an expanding area for pediatricians to consider as a career and for practicing pediatricians to understand in the evaluation of their patients. Here is a new textbook specifically designed for students, house officers, and ...

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Joseph Conrad wrote: "I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back anymore — the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men." Many teenagers, I suspect, still feel the same way and act accordingly. Although ...

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The debut of this book devoted entirely to pediatric and neonatal anesthesia is thought-provoking. Is there an audience for a book of this size and price? Does it offer something unique to this rather small specialty?

The early chapters cover the ...

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Biomedical Science

Atlas of Sectional Anatomy: Head, neck, and trunk. By Philomena McGrath and Peter Mills. 238 pp., illustrated. New York, Karger, 1984. $49.25

Bile Acids and Cholesterol in Health and Disease. (Falk Symposium 33.) Edited by G. ...

GASTROENTEROLOGY

The 4th International Symposium on Gastroenterology will be held in Bolzano, Italy, May 11 and 12.

Contact Prof. G. Dobrilla, Divisione di Gastroenterologia, Ospedale Generale Regionale, 39100 Bolzano, Italy; or call (506) 0471/46166.

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Medical professionals in Syria have stood up in defense of human rights in their country, and for that stand, many have been arrested. Today the whereabouts of many of those doctors remain unknown. This alarming news is documented in a recent Amnesty ...