RETROSPECTIVE evaluation suggests that cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) may have occurred in the United States as early as 1978.¹ Although cases may have occurred earlier, the onset of the epidemic is generally considered to have ...

FOR several decades it has been clear that cigarette smoking is associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease among men.^{1 2 3} Among current smokers, the risk of disease increases progressively with the number of cigarettes smoked daily, and ...

EARLY reports on the natural history of patients with chronic airways obstruction were in remarkable agreement, showing rates of decline in forced expiratory volumes in one second (FEV₁) in the range of 50 to 75 ml per year.^{1 2 3 4} They also demonstrated ...

CONTEMPORARY combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the double-edged sword that accounts for the increased survival among children and adolescents with cancer,¹ can also cause severe late complications, such as additional neoplasms, major organ ...

THE evaluation of pain in the human fetus and neonate is difficult because pain is generally defined as a subjective phenomenon.¹ Early studies of neurologic development concluded that neonatal responses to painful stimuli were decorticate in nature and ...

THE extracellular transport of vitamin B₁₂ (cobalamin) is complicated and incompletely understood. Transport in plasma is associated with two carriers: transcobalamin II and R binder protein (R denotes "rapid" and refers to electrophoretic mobility).¹ ...

Presentation of Case

A 79-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of vomiting and weight loss.

There was a history of hypertension, for which she received no treatment recently. Asthma was present for the preceding eight years and was managed ...

Women already constitute a majority in the United States, with a numerical advantage over men that grows as our population ages. However, the difference in longevity that leads so many women to survive their male contemporaries is being abridged by an ...

THE extent and the duration of cigarette smoking are the overwhelming determinants of the occurrence and mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).¹ However, only 15 percent of smokers acquire this disorder, and a smaller percentage die of ...

IT has generally been assumed that the ability of a child to feel pain increases with age and that neonates may not perceive pain or may perceive it only minimally. Assumed by whom? Certainly not by those of us at the bedside of critically ill infants, ...

DEATHS

Babson—William Warren Babson, M.D., of Gloucester, died on September 26 at the age of 83.

Dr. Babson received his degree from Harvard Medical School in 1930. He was a member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons. ...

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To the Editor: The recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision in the Baby M case highlighted some of the legal, medical, and ethical issues regarding surrogate mothers and their offspring.^{1 2 3} Since transmission of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (...

To the Editor: The frequency of Type 1 diabetes, or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), in the general population is about 1 in 600.¹ In contrast, in families in which one child has IDDM, the likelihood that another child will have IDDM is about ...

To the Editor: Neither Fossel and coworkers' provocative article¹ (Nov. 27, 1986, issue) nor the largely technical letters appearing in response to it (May 28 issue)² considered the potential ethical problems raised by the availability of a "sensitive ...

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This edition of Sutton appears seven years after the third edition and consists of two massive volumes with some 1850 pages excluding the index. It is written by the editor and 42 British contributors. As the preface states, this edition is intended to ...

In this detailed and comprehensive book, the first of its kind, the author has accomplished his stated objective of bringing together the vast information dealing with diagnostic imaging of the abused child and related issues.

The first five chapters, ...

New books on various aspects of Doppler echocardiography are important, since the field is advancing rapidly and physicians need current information about it. This is also evidenced by the high level of current attendance at many courses on this subject.

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The first edition of this book (1980) rapidly became a classic. The illustrations were exceptional and the text was lucid, and the book encompassed virtually all aspects of noncardiac ultrasonography. Sarti has now prepared the second edition. Can it be ...

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The intended goal of Radiology in Emergency Medicine is to bridge a gap that the authors perceive between clinical and radiologic aspects of emergency medicine. Sections of the text are divided according to anatomical areas and further subdivided between ...

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

The following courses will be offered: "Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice" (Park City, Utah, Jan. 23–30); "General Internal Medicine: Concepts and Controversies" (Lake Tahoe, Nev., Feb. 7–12); "Pulmonary and Critical Care ...

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