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To the Editor: As a primary care physician who performs breast-cancer screening as a large part of my preventive care practice, I was interested in the data on breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer reported by Veronesi et al. (Oct. 17 issue).¹ Such ...

To the Editor: Levy et al. (Oct. 31 issue)¹ report that the incidence of heart failure has declined among women but not among men, whereas survival after its onset has improved in both sexes. In an accompanying editorial, Redfield states, “If we are to ...

To the Editor: The report by Rathore et al. (Oct. 31 issue)¹ emphasizes differences according to sex in the outcomes of digoxin therapy in patients with congestive heart failure. Their post hoc analysis showed that outcomes differed between men and ...

To the Editor: Gross et al. (Oct. 3 issue)¹ provide a timely study of the effects of the November 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with tobacco companies. Unfortunately, their summary of state efforts does not include Arkansas, a state with one of the ...

To the Editor: In his Health Policy Report on the debate over residents' work hours (Oct. 17 issue),¹ Steinbrook notes that “for teaching hospitals, the work-hour limits are an unfunded mandate.” Although many argue that such limitations may adversely ...

To the Editor: As commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health and an important figure in my book, Heat Wave, John Wilhelm has a distinctive view of whether he and the administration for which he works responded adequately to the 1995 disaster,...

To the Editor: Ectopic ovaries are characterized by their attachment to an area above the level of the common iliac vessels.¹ Although they may occur in women with a normal uterus, the incidence is reported to be as high as 20 percent when the uterus is ...

To the Editor: In pregnancy, sepsis is a potentially severe threat to both mother and fetus. We describe a case of Serratia marcescens chorioamnionitis associated with bacteremia and spontaneous abortion.

A 38-year-old woman (gravida 1, para 0) with a 19-...

Students who read about Harry Harlow in textbooks of psychology or animal behavior are usually presented with two impressions: appealing pictures of young rhesus monkeys clinging tightly to cloth- or wire-covered mother surrogates equipped with small ...

Fitzhugh Mullan has compiled a remarkable set of oral histories about what he calls “big doctoring,” the dedication of primary care clinicians — whether physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician's assistants — to advancing the well-being of their ...

Those of us who are old enough to have experienced the 1960s but young enough to remember them with fondness and clarity will recall a time of great ferment. There was an air of excitement and possibility, but it was tinged with anxiety about losing a ...

Rules for Making Human Tumor Cells Review Article, N Engl J Med 2002:347;1593-1603.. In Figure 1 on page 1597, the top box on the right side should have read p14ARF rather than p19ARF; on the left side of the figure, there should have been a barred line (...

Herbal Medicines — What's in the Bottle? Perspective, N Engl J Med 2002:347;1997-1998.. In the figure on page 1997, the percentage of the amount indicated on the label for C1 should be 65.7 rather than 67.5, as printed. We regret the error.