AN elevated serum level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is a factor etiologically related to atherosclerotic vascular disease, and in particular to coronary heart disease.^{1 2 3 4 5} A protective effect against coronary heart disease of ...

THE morbidity associated with genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections during pregnancy is incompletely understood. Although these infections can result in spontaneous abortion, congenital and perinatal infections in the infant, or disseminated ...

PHOTODYNAMIC therapy of tumors involves the photodestruction of tumor tissues containing a photosensitizer.^{1 , 2} Hematoporphyrin derivative³ has been the most commonly used agent. The porphyrin is retained at high levels in tumor tissues, and upon ...

ACUTE hepatitis B is usually a mild disease, with a case fatality rate of only 1 to 2 percent in patients ill enough to be hospitalized. In a large drug-related outbreak among military personnel, none of several thousand patients with clinical hepatitis B ...

TRAUMA to civilians has been described as the most important health and social issue in the United States in the second half of the 20th century.¹ Drunk drivers account for half the deaths from motor vehicle accidents each year.²

This problem is not new. ...

THE inaccessibility of many tissues makes routine investigation for receptor defects impossible. ACTH insensitivity syndrome, first described by Shepard et al.¹ in 1959 and now reported in more than 63 patients,^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18} ...

Presentation of Case

A 31-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of secondary amenorrhea and infertility.

The patient's menarche occurred at 13 years, when her weight ranged between 43 and 45 kg and her height was approximately 150 cm. Her ...

Clinical trials of lipid-altering drugs for the prevention of coronary heart disease are uncommon. The low rate of coronary events, especially in primary-prevention studies, and the chronic course of atherosclerosis require both large sample sizes, ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as we know it today came into being after the invention of closed-chest cardiac massage in 1960.¹ This technique was originally developed for victims of sudden cardiac or respiratory arrest. As the introduction to one ...

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To the Editor: Kuncl et al. (June 18 issue)¹ argued that colchicine myopathy may be a common disorder among patients who take customary doses of the drug (1.2 mg per day) for gout, and that the disorder is nearly always associated with a mild axonal ...

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This book is the result of an effort by two English clerics to achieve consensus in two areas of current controversy: induced abortion and the treatment of infertility. The authors make explicit the precept underlying their effort: the "moral ...

Fetal physiology may be considered to have been born with the publication in 1947 of Sir Joseph Barcroft's Researches on Pre-Natal Life (Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, 1947). With the 1968 appearance of Geoffrey Dawes' Foetal and Neonatal Physiology ...

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The traditional way of evaluating a child's growth and development includes physical measurements, examination of the deeptendon reflexes, and a few questions about motor development. During the past couple of decades, the basis of evaluation has shifted, ...

When faced with a new edition of a medical "classic," the honest reader must immediately ask two questions: Why should I read this "classic" (why, in fact, did it become a classic in the first place?)? and Why should I read this new ("improved" or "...

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ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY GRANTS

The grants are available to scholars who use the historical collections of the Rockefeller Archive Center. The application deadline is Dec. 31.

Contact the Director, Rockefeller Archive Ctr., Pocantico Hills, N. Tarrytown, NY ...