To the Editor: The authors of the recently published Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) trial (Dec. 5 issue)¹ conclude that rhythm control offers no advantage over rate control, although they saw a trend toward ...

To the Editor: Mora-Duarte and colleagues (Dec. 19 issue)¹ fail to demonstrate that caspofungin can be considered a first-line treatment for most candida infections, because they did not use fluconazole as the comparison drug. Although Walsh, in the ...

To the Editor: Patient factors that influence physicians' referrals may have exaggerated differences in outcomes between generalists and specialists in the study by Ayanian and colleagues (Nov. 21 issue).¹ Results from observational studies such as this ...

To the Editor: We applaud the rigorous decision analysis by Khan et al. (Dec. 5 issue),¹ who demonstrated the cost effectiveness of screening and treating recent immigrants from countries where tuberculosis is prevalent for latent tuberculosis infection. ...

To the Editor: I was perturbed by the recommendation of Jasmer et al. (Dec. 5 issue)¹ that an asymptomatic, low risk, 27-year-old schoolteacher with a 17-mm induration on intradermal tuberculin skin test “should not be treated.” The authors state, “One ...

To the Editor: The unqualified recommendation by Wisner et al. (July 18 issue)¹ that women with postpartum depression should be given antidepressants is inappropriate. Antidepressants should indeed be considered, but many women who have recently given ...

To the Editor: It has been almost 40 years since a medical student was tested on his or her bedside manner before being licensed to practice medicine. In 1964, this portion of licensure testing was discontinued because of questions of fairness and ...

“The single most important fiscal issue facing the developed world is its aging population.” So write Gruber and Wise in chapter 2 of this excellent and most timely product of a 1999 conference. The mandate of the conference was to “consider the ...

Neurologic diseases in the geriatric population have become a major health problem, both because of our success in treating nonneurologic diseases and because of the advancing wave of aging baby boomers. In addition, neurons are postmitotic, which makes ...

The major challenges facing the field of cancer research are its epidemiologic study, the technology revolution, and the incremental gains in survival flowing from increasingly complex and lengthy treatments. There is the danger that our focus on ...

Had I set out to write a book about Jews and medicine, I would have selected 10 or 12 of the best-known names. I would have devoted a chapter to each of them, beginning with interesting tidbits about their childhood, continuing with their education, and ...

Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital (Case 34-2002) Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, N Engl J Med 2002:347;1433-1440.. In the first paragraph of the Differential Diagnosis on page 1435, line 13 should have read “posterior-...