IT is generally thought that mother-to-infant transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) takes place during pregnancy or delivery. Several studies performed in Africa and in the Western world have confirmed this hypothesis and have ...

A VARIETY of thyroid diseases have been found in patients treated for Hodgkin's disease; among them, hypothyroidism is the most common. Hypothyroidism was first recognized as a complication of external irradiation of the neck for Graves' disease in 1929 ...

STRESSFUL life events are commonly believed to suppress host resistance to infection. When demands imposed by events exceed a person's ability to cope, a psychological stress response composed of negative cognitive and emotional states is elicited.¹ ...

RECURRENT respiratory papillomatosis is a rare disease characterized by the growth of histologically benign papillomas in the respiratory tract. The most common site of growth is the larynx, but the disease may extend throughout the airway and involve the ...

SUDDEN cardiac death due to a ventricular tachyarrhythmia is a major component of cardiovascular mortality. The immediate precipitants are unknown, but it is clear that the majority of patients have underlying organic heart disease, most often coronary ...

THE release and reuptake of intracellular calcium are necessary to the normal systolic and diastolic function of the mammalian heart. The central part played by calcium ions in regulating excitation–contraction coupling and cycles of contraction and ...

IN the past 30 years, there have been major changes in the diagnosis and treatment of depression. Moreover, the biochemical theories of depression suggest that subgroups of patients respond to drugs that affect particular neurotransmitters, in a manner ...

Presentation of Case

A 59-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain, constipation, and microscopic hematuria.

The patient was in stable health until five or six days earlier, when constipation, abdominal pain, and anorexia ...

Since virtually all the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections that now occur in children are a consequence of vertical transmission (that is, from mother to child), interruption of this mode of passage would change the future of the acquired ...

In biomedical terms, "stress" refers to any adverse physical, mental, or emotional stimulus (stressor) that upsets the organism's homeostasis, or to the aggregate of biologic responses to such stimuli. At the physiologic level, stress has been the subject ...

For many years it has been recognized that sympathetic nervous stimulation can influence the development of cardiac arrhythmias in both normal and abnormal hearts, during ischemic and nonischemic states, and that β-adrenergic—receptor blockade or surgical ...

Dr. Francis D. Moore, distinguished physician and Moseley Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School, will step down as the Journal's book review editor effective September 1. I accepted his resignation with deep regret. Dr. Moore has ...

To the Editor: I am a retired general surgeon essentially quadriplegic and dependent on a respirator because of advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Timothy Quill's Sounding Board article (March 7 issue)* was beautifully written and quite obviously ...

To the Editor: I was surprised that no reference was made in the paper by Hashizume et al.¹ (April 4 issue) to the size of the thyroid glands in the two groups of patients randomly given 100 μg of thyroxine or placebo. Among patients with Graves' ...

To the Editor: As nephrologists practicing in the Canadian health care system, we feel that we must reply to the letter of Dr. Friedman (April 11 issue)* with regard to dialysis in Toronto. It is unfortunate that a senior nephrologist of Dr. Friedman's ...

To the Editor: We recently diagnosed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in 1 of 14 adult patients with either acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL; 10 patients) or lymphoblastic lymphoma (4 patients) one month after she received a new high-dose protocol. The ...

To the Editor: Primary myelodysplastic syndrome is a potentially lethal disorder predominantly affecting the elderly. Patients frequently have acute nonlymphocytic leukemia or die of infection or bleeding.¹ The factors affecting the poor prognosis have ...

To the Editor: The report entitled "Allergic Reactions to Milk-Contaminated 'Nondairy' Products" (April 4 issue)* was misleading in its reference to Oscar Mayer. The authors state that they "recently evaluated six patients" who had allergic reactions to ...

To the Editor: As heart transplantation becomes more common, physicians will be faced with the prospect of treating serious psychiatric illness in heart-transplant recipients. A recent study reported on the use of nortriptyline for the treatment of ...

To the Editor: In the differential diagnosis of a patient with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure (March 28 issue),* Dr. McLoud inadvertently missed a potential clue to the nature of the patient's disease. She ...

To the Editor: The report by Rosa on spina bifida in the infants of women treated with carbamazepine during pregnancy (March 7 issue)* demonstrates one of the extra risks faced by women with epilepsy when they become pregnant. For the practicing ...

A lost sea animal, some contorted abalone must have wandered down this waxy tunnel seeking refuge from the noisy world, to hide behind a platelike shell, glassy oval window, protection for the creature quivering to each vibration, to every change in ...

Robert Gallo is among the most prominent of living scientists. As co-discoverer of the only pathogenic human retroviruses, he has become a public and controversial figure. He has been honored with international awards and vilified by the press, acclaimed ...

In their introduction to this book, the editors set forth their intention to "explore the impact of AIDS on American culture and institutions from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences." The 10 essays they have assembled are not equal to ...

The AIDS Disaster is a book true to its name. The authors present a clear and well-documented treatise on the failure of responsible organizations to respond appropriately to the AIDS epidemic. This is more than a listing of lost opportunities; it is a ...

Since the first report of AIDS, a large body of information about HIV infection has been published in tens of thousands of articles in scientific journals. Pizzo and Wilfert have done a commendable job in putting together a comprehensive, current, and ...

In the past decade, there has been such an enormous expansion in the volume of research and in the depth of our understanding of molecular virology that it has been difficult to keep up with evolving knowledge regarding newly discovered as well as ...

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ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

The annual meeting and exhibition will take ...