To the Editor: The article by Strom et al. (Oct. 23 issue)¹ suffers from the classic shortcomings of retrospective studies of adverse drug reactions and particularly from the use of the term “allergic” to describe a myriad of outcomes grouped together as ...

To the Editor: The article by Sears et al. (Oct. 9 issue),¹ as well as the accompanying editorial by Martinez,² emphasizes the important contribution of early childhood experiences to the burden of asthma in adults in Dunedin, New Zealand, but fails to ...

To the Editor: The article by Arbuckle and colleagues (Oct. 16 issue)¹ raises three points that need clarification. What percentage of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had a positive test for antinuclear antibodies at a dilution of 1:...

To the Editor: Skinner et al. (Oct. 2 issue)¹ report that the rates of total knee arthroplasty in Manhattan are significantly greater among Hispanic women than among non-Hispanic white women. These data corroborate those we have reported for New York ...

To the Editor: Petitti (Oct. 9 issue)¹ offers recommendations regarding the use of estrogen–progestin oral contraceptives. Since third-generation compounds containing desogestrel or gestodene as progestin are associated with a higher risk of venous ...

To the Editor: Circulating ghrelin concentrations have been reported to be suppressed in morbidly obese patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery,¹ whereas no significant changes have been observed after adjustable gastric banding.² The placement ...

To the Editor: The type B syndrome of severe insulin resistance is characterized by the presence of autoantibodies to the insulin receptor¹ and frequently results in symptomatic hyperglycemia that is resistant to high doses of insulin.² Available ...

To the Editor: Cysticercosis is a tissue infection with the larval stage (cysticercus) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. Neurocysticercosis is considered to be the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system and the main cause of late-onset ...

In their engaging book, Lee and Tirnady do much more than discuss the effect of the use of DNA analysis on crime investigations. Of course, advances in DNA-based technology have changed the way the police can build a case against a suspect, solve old, ...

It has been over a decade since the American Medical Association's Council on Scientific Affairs stated that “the medical community — along with the criminal justice system — is the most likely to see women victims [of abuse] and as such constitutes a ...

Wondergenes is an engaging and readable overview of the potential benefits and harmful effects of genetic enhancement and of what might be done to limit the harm. Although the book raises no major new issues, it brings together, in a vivid and ...