OVER the past three decades, Type A behavior has been investigated as a possible risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). Type A behavior is characterized by a relatively high level of ambitiousness, aggressiveness, hostility, and competitive drive ...

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS infection remains an important obstacle to the success of allogeneic marrow transplantation.^{1 2 3} In approximately one third of marrow-transplant recipients in whom cytomegalovirus infection develops, the infection will progress to ...

PATIENTS surviving Hodgkin's disease are at an increased risk of second primary cancers. The most widely reported is acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, which is usually attributed to combination chemotherapy or to treatment with both chemotherapy and ...

NON-INSULIN-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is an important risk factor for coronary heart disease, which is the principal cause of death among white patients with diabetes.¹ The mechanisms whereby NIDDM predisposes to coronary heart disease are not ...

EVEN before identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the etiologic agent in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the likely routes of transmission were recognized and included homosexual^{1 2 3} or heterosexual⁴ sexual activity, ...

BABIES of very low birth weight (<1500 g)¹ account for 50 percent of all neonatal deaths, even though they represent only 1.15 percent of all live births in the United States.² Survival of babies in this weight range has improved dramatically over the ...

THE advent of pharmacologic strategies for increasing γ-chain synthesis in patients with sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} has made it important to ascertain the benefit that may be expected from various increases in fetal ...

Presentation of Case

A 55-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of multiple gastric polyps and melena.

He was well until seven years earlier, when occasional hematochezia prompted a sigmoidoscopic examination that revealed an internal ...

Observations linking Type A behavior to coronary artery disease have never been accepted without controversy; indeed, some may wonder whether the "A" in Type A stands for "acrimony." The article by Ragland and Brand¹ in this issue of the Journal presents ...

Hopes for a price-competitive, deregulated health economy are fading as the end of Ronald Reagan's second term approaches. The current output of professional health care journals includes a declining quotient of articles by authors who are true believers ...

Anton — Harry Joseph Anton, M.D., of Palmer, died on October 11 at the age of 73.

Dr. Anton received his degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1940. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of ...

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To the Editor: Desmopressin (DDAVP) is established as effective therapy to improve hemostasis in mild or moderate hemophilia and von Willebrand's disease.¹ Salzman et al. have shown a significant reduction in blood loss during cardiac surgery with the ...

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To the Editor: Pallares et al. point out (July 2 issue)¹ that very little has been published about adult pneumonia due to penicillin-resistant pneumococci, and suggest erythromycin, clindamycin, rifampin, third-generation cephalosporins, vancomycin, or ...

To the Editor: Shill et al. (May 14 issue)¹ reported a case of rabies in a 19-year-old South African man who was bitten on the finger by a rabid mongoose and promptly received both local wound treatment and the recommended doses of human rabies immune ...

Here are two more autobiographical accounts of weathering medical school — Harvard Medical School, to be exact. These two student-authors, Klass ('86) and Konner ('85), were in classes only a year apart, and they tell of their experiences in an ...

MEDICAL UPDATE — 1988

The course for primary care physicians will be offered in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., March 7–11.

Contact CME, Univ. of Minnesota, Box 202 UMHC, 420 Delaware St., SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; or call (612) 626–5525.

CHANGING TIMES IN OB-GYN

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