To the Editor: Hohnloser et al. (Dec. 9 issue),¹ who conducted the Defibrillator in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (DINAMIT), assume that implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) therapy early after myocardial infarction decreases the rate of ...

To the Editor: Taylor et al. (Nov. 11 issue)¹ show that isosorbide dinitrate plus hydralazine increased survival in a group of black patients with heart failure. The authors state that a retrospective analysis of the Vasodilator Heart Failure Trial (...

To the Editor: I have been interested in the coverage by the media of the studies of intradermal influenza vaccination by Belshe et al.¹ and Kenney et al.² (Nov. 25 issue). We had quite similar findings — albeit without a control group — over 50 years ...

To the Editor: The National Vaccine Advisory Committee, of which I am a member, agrees with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) vaccine-financing committee¹ that legislative measures and additional funding are needed, but we differ with its recommendations ...

To the Editor: The medical mystery in the January 20 issue¹ involved a seven-month-old boy who had congenital Cushing's syndrome and a severe acneiform rash (Figure 1A), with growth of pubic hair. The child's motor development was grossly delayed. ...

To the Editor: Spontaneous coronary dissection is a rare but serious complication in the peripartum and postpartum periods.¹,² However, we disagree with Frimerman and Meisel (Nov. 11 issue)³ about the diagnosis in the Images in Clinical Medicine article.^...

To the Editor: We report the case of a nulliparous, 70-year-old woman with long-standing type 2 diabetes mellitus who had regression of the disease during treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia with imatinib, an antineoplastic agent. Type 2 diabetes ...

From the first to the last chapter, from AIDS to zoster, this book is a gem. It covers the field of vaccines from basic to clinical science and on to public health and the implementation of vaccines, focusing on the successes but not avoiding the areas ...

The term “paradigm shift” became something of a cliché in the late 20th century, but there are few who would argue with its use to describe the revolution in global thinking that occurred less than five years ago, when the world community decided that it ...

Two theses form the structure of this book: that the Black Death was the bubonic form of the rodent disease Yersinia pestis and was spread by fleas, and that it killed 60 percent or more of Europe's population with its first strike alone. To sustain these ...

Alfred Jay Bollet is a distinguished academic rheumatologist who has chaired the department of medicine at two medical schools. The first edition of Plagues and Poxes, published in 1987, focused on the waxing and waning of specific diseases and their ...

Immunosuppressive Drugs for Kidney Transplantation Review Article, N Engl J Med 2004:351;2715-2729.. On page 2720, in Table 2, the mechanism of action of azathioprine should have read, “Converts 6-mercaptopurine to 6-thioinosine-5'-monophosphate,” rather ...

The Threat of an Avian Influenza Pandemic Perspective, N Engl J Med 2005:352;323-325.. On page 324, in Panel B of the figure, the label “Neuraminidase inhibitor” should have been attached to a blue oval, rather than to a gold stalk representing ...