To the Editor: The observations of Albert et al. (April 11 issue)¹ on the protective effects of long-chain n–3 fatty acids (largely available in fish) with regard to sudden death may have profound clinical implications. These findings confirm previous ...

To the Editor: The April 4 Image in Clinical Medicine by Bhatti and Seville¹ is of a man with hematogenous anaerobic osteomyelitis. We would like to add that the combination of a dental infection with fusobacterium and subsequent systemic spread is ...

To the Editor: The study by Fried et al. (April 4 issue)¹ demonstrates that many people with severe illnesses are even more concerned about becoming disabled than about dying. Some opponents of the right to assisted dying argue that these persons are ...

To the Editor: In their review article on medical events during commercial airline flights (April 4 issue),¹ Gendreau and DeJohn underplay the threat of lawsuits and report that “no litigation has been brought to date against a physician who has rendered ...

To the Editor: Congressman Henry A. Waxman (March 21 issue)¹ is to be applauded for his tireless efforts in tobacco control. The actions of the U.S. delegation at the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in May 2001 were disappointing, and it ...

To the Editor: We learned from an online publication of the Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives¹ that Goodnough and colleagues cited data from the work of our group² in a 1999 review article in the Journal to support the hypothesis that ...

To the Editor: The tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate specifically inhibits the BCR-ABL kinase, and has shown promising results in phase 1 and 2 trials in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia at various stages of the disease.¹,² We ...

Few medical issues arouse such strongly passionate opinions among health care professionals and laypersons alike as the debate about physician-assisted suicide. This valuable and intentionally provocative book will add much light — and undoubtedly some ...

Not the least of the achievements of Ian McEwan's recent novel Atonement (New York: Doubleday, 2002) is its vivid portrait of the work of nurses in London during the Second World War. These nurses worked in the hospital rather than at home, and at heart, ...

A consequence of the growth of sleep medicine is the number of textbooks that attempt to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity of this specialty. With increased recognition and board certification, the field has engendered a number of books on ...