THE incidence rate of Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes seems to peak twice, once close to puberty and again after the age of 40.¹ The adult-onset form of the disease, however, has been characterized poorly in contrast to the classic, juvenile-onset ...

MEDICINAL uses of protamine (derived mainly from salmon milt)¹ include the reversal of heparin anticoagulation used during vascular surgery, cardiac catheterization, dialysis, and phoresis and the retardation of insulin absorption (as in isophane, ...

VARICELLA can be a serious disease in immunocompromised children and adults, resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality despite the availability of passive immunization and antiviral chemotherapy.¹ Varicella in otherwise healthy children may also ...

EPIDEMIOLOGIC research shows a consistent inverse relation between cigarette smoking and body weight. Smokers weigh less than nonsmokers¹ and gain weight after they stop smoking.^{2 3 4} Weight gain after smoking cessation is frequently cited as a factor ...

ALTHOUGH the relation of the serum level of total cholesterol to coronary heart disease is well established,^{1 2 3 4} its relation to stroke is less clear.^{5 6 7 8 9 10 11} Prospective studies of Japanese patients in Japan and of Japanese-American men in the ...

IN a 1986 editorial, Renato Dulbecco¹ proposed that the best way to speed solution of the fundamental problems of cancer was to sequence the human genome completely — that is, to determine the sequence of nucleotides in each chromosome. (Remarkably, ...

IT is now well established that hypercholesterolemia is an important cause of coronary heart disease, and clinical intervention studies have demonstrated the therapeutic value of correcting hypercholesterolemia.^{1 , 2} The National Cholesterol Education ...

Presentation of Case

An 82-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of a left facial palsy and a mass in the left mastoid region.

The patient was in her usual state of health until nine days earlier, when a peripheral left facial paralysis ...

IT has been 25 years since the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health released its landmark report summarizing what was then known about the health consequences of cigarette smoking. That widely publicized document directed the ...

The increasing commercialization of medical care has created conflicts of interest for the many practicing physicians who have financial stakes in the health care facilities to which they refer their patients.^{1 2 3}

Like medical practice, medical research ...

To the Editor: In his article "Cancer-Causing Substances in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" (Nov. 10 issue),* Curran argues that the Federal Court of Appeals should have upheld the Food and Drug Administration's de minimis interpretation of the Delaney ...

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To the Editor: The question of whether vancomycin should be included routinely in the initial empirical antibiotic regimen for febrile, neutropenic patients with cancer is important and relevant. Gram-positive organisms are increasing in incidence, and ...

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To the Editor: The use of mammography for screening and diagnostic evaluation of breast lesions has grown considerably in the past few years. In Michigan, the number of facilities conducting mammography has risen from 136 in June 1985, to 381 in December ...

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In reassembling the memoirs, letters, and diaries of Usher Parsons, the author here has made a harmonious contribution to appreciating the life of this surgeon of character and man of his times. Goldowsky recognizes that in most generations there occurs a ...

Physicians hold a unique place in society. They are both loved and castigated by their patients, praised and vilified for their efforts. Their collective private lives serve as a focus for voyeuristic inquiry in novels, theater, and film. As the technical ...

Rita S. Rogers, a pioneer in the teaching of child psychiatry and in the application of clinical experience to the thorny arena of international relations, must be congratulated for her courage in entering into a dialogue. Her Boswell is John E. Mack, ...

This is a book about oncogene research in Weinberg's laboratory at the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With experience as a science journalist, the author has set out to do far more than to educate the reader about the ...

In contrast to the remarkable progress achieved in the understanding of the normal and pathologic aspects of hearing function is the limited gain in the understanding of deafness as it involves individual persons. The British author of this book sets out ...

The American system of resolving legal claims of medical malpractice is defective and needs radical change. Among its several faults is the extreme psychological toll it exerts on physicians and other defendants who are charged publicly with professional ...

Here is a frontal attack on the venerable institution of tort law in the United States. Huber's arguments are themselves revolutionary, for he systematically dismantles a body of law that has touched every aspect of the professional lives of physicians, ...

Biomedical Science

Anatomy of Epileptogenesis. (Current Problems in Epilepsy [6].) Edited by B.S. Meldrum, J.A. Ferrendelli, and HG. Wieser. 187 pp., illustrated. London, John Libbey, 1988.

Basic Neurochemistry. Edited by David S. Hartman. 330 pp., ...

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

The following programs will be held in Omaha, unless otherwise noted: "Creighton Model Natural Family Planning: A Mini-Course in Value-Centered Reproductive Health for Doctors and Nurses Entering the 1990's" (April ...

The participation of industry in university-based biomedical research has greatly increased in recent years. On the principle that industry should participate in the funding of research from which it may derive benefit, such collaboration is appropriate. ...

These guidelines are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals." (The complete document is available in the June 12, 1982, issue of the British Medical Journal and the June 1982 issue of the Annals of ...