WHETHER antigen is administered intranasally, intrabronchially, or intradermally, it causes physiologic reactions in persons with allergies. The reaction occurring within minutes has been termed the early or immediate response. In some allergic persons ...

CALCIUM is absorbed across the gut wall in ionized form.¹ Part of this process is dependent on energy, and its efficiency varies in response to calcium intake.² Since most of the calcium in food or in supplements is in the form of relatively insoluble ...

OUR understanding of exanthematous illness in childhood has improved greatly since the descriptions of the five classic exanthems: measles, scarlet fever, rubella, roseola infantum, and erythema infectiosum (fifth disease). Infectious exanthematous ...

THE acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become one of the most challenging problems in modern medicine. The variety of infections seen in patients with this illness bespeaks an immune system that is incapable of protecting the host against the ...

ADVANCES in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, coupled with an expanded understanding of the physiology, pharmacology, and psychology of pain perception, have led to improved care of the patient with pain from cancer.¹ Improved methods of cancer ...

THE expectations for a viable birth in pregnancy complicated by diabetes have never been better in centers where a large number of diabetic pregnant women receive their care from teams of specially trained physicians and members of the allied health ...

ADRENAL chromaffin cells belong to a diverse population of cells with both neuronal and endocrine properties, termed "neuroendocrine cells."^{1 2 3 4} Chromaffin and ganglion cells of the adrenal medulla differentiate from neural-crest precursors along ...

Presentation of Case

A 21-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain and vomiting.

She was well until seven years earlier, when she first experienced severe midepigastric pain that radiated to the back, accompanied by vomiting. ...

The article by Plummer and colleagues in this issue of the Journal draws attention to the role of parvovirus infection in human disease.¹ Although parvovirus infections of animals have been recognized for some time, only within the past decade has an ...

The recent emergence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has dramatically demonstrated the clinical importance of an intact immune system in the host's response to infectious disease and cancer. AIDS is represented by a spectrum of clinical ...

There is a revolution going on in health care organization, payment mechanisms, and financing. Medicine has become the subject of articles in Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Hospitals and physician groups are advertising. ...

To the Editor: The impact of human T-cell lymphotropic virus Type III (HTLV-III) antibody screening on the quantity and quality of the blood supply has been a source of considerable concern within the blood-banking community. One hypothetical concern has ...

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To the Editor: Kushi et al. reported the results of the Ireland—Boston Diet—Heart Study (March 28 issue),¹ in which the daily consumption of various fats was expressed and analyzed in terms of the subject's caloric intake (e.g., as milligrams per 1000 ...

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To the Editor: At a time when medical technology has reached heights undreamed of a few decades ago, public dissatisfaction with medical care is mounting. Patients and older clinicians alike comment that a kind of dehumanization (in current jargon) seems ...

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A COLLEAGUE was recently asked by the editor of a prestigious general scientific journal to review a paper on a trendy topic within 24 hours. The request was made on a Monday, and my colleague was instructed to report his opinion by telephone, so that the ...

This book comes from the National Cancer Institute, which has had a major interest in the treatment of extremity sarcomas over the past decade. The important observations by that group are brought together in this atlas of surgical operations, which ...

This book is a collection of the computed tomographic, arteriographic, and pathologic morphology of 37 cases of benign and malignant hepatic neoplasms, abscesses, and a few miscellaneous abnormalities, presented in the form of an atlas with brief case ...

There has been a veritable deluge of books and monographs relating to surgery of the head and neck. Although these three books contribute to that flood, they differ considerably in goal, style, approach, content, and readership. There is little original ...

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According to the preface, this book is oriented toward problem solving, with particular emphasis on clinicopathological correlations of breast lesions. The author further states that this volume will be of interest not only to general pathologists and ...

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The diligent reviewer could perhaps be forgiven a sigh of relief as he completes and puts down the last of three heavy volumes. This was not so for me after I read this very enjoyable book. The editors have attempted an up-to-date overview of neurologic ...

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Biomedical Science

Advances in Cancer Research. Vol. 43. Edited by George Klein and Sidney Weinhouse. 321 pp., illustrated. Orlando, Fla., Academic Press, 1985. $52.

The Biology of Cell Reproduction. By Renato Baserga. 251 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, ...

LASER INSTITUTE OF AMERICA

The Institute will offer the following courses in September: "Fundamentals and Applications of Lasers" (Sept. 9–13); "Laser Safety: Inspection and Control" (Sept. 16–20); "Laser Nurse Training Seminar" (Sept. 16 and 17); "Laser ...

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