To the Editor: Berkley et al. (Jan. 6 issue)¹ studied the prevalence and outcome of bacteremia among 19,339 children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya. Most of the children were less than five years of age. Applying rigorous methods despite difficult ...

To the Editor: Hu et al. (Dec. 23 issue)¹ show that both increased adiposity and reduced physical activity are strong and independent predictors of death from all causes in the Nurses' Health Study. We observed very similar findings among both men and ...

To the Editor: Although comparing the performance of a test of fecal DNA with that of a fecal occult-blood test is appealing, it would have been better if Imperiale et al. (Dec. 23 issue)¹ had chosen to use fecal occult-blood tests with higher ...

To the Editor: The measurements of motor responses after treatment with levodopa reported by the Parkinson Study Group (Dec. 9 issue)¹ were taken too soon. The brief half-life of blood-borne levodopa is not related to the very slow rates of accumulation ...

To the Editor: Emre et al. (Dec. 9 issue)¹ report “moderate improvements” with rivastigmine in patients with dementia associated with Parkinson's disease. We believe that the small size of the effect, significant side effects, and overlooked biases in ...

To the Editor: In her Perspective article (Dec. 23 issue),¹ Okie reviews the dilemma raised by illness on the Supreme Court. The public's right to know the health status of the justices reflects issues similar to those raised by a president's illness.²,³ ...

To the Editor: Most Americans, like Mullan, in the Perspective article on the Latin American School of Medicine (Dec. 23 issue),¹ do not see the whole picture of Cuban medicine. President Fidel Castro may be generous to international students, but he ...

To the Editor: A 52-year-old woman underwent Holter monitoring to evaluate palpitations. She did not report any other symptoms. Physical examination was unremarkable. An electrocardiogram obtained with the patient at rest was normal, with a rate of 90 ...

The primary aim of this book is to codify the risks of reproductive technologies, both for children and for society. In the process, health law professor Philip Peters defines the obligations of society, parents, physicians, other health care providers, ...

In September 2004, a woman from Belgium gave birth to a child after receiving an ovarian-tissue transplant. This was a culmination of several efforts to preserve fertility in women who undergo treatment for cancer. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are ...

The fear of genetic discrimination in life insurance pervades much of the discussion about the issue. Although editor Mark Rothstein does not ignore this fear, he has drawn together a group of authors who present intelligent and well-reasoned views of the ...

For several years, Genetic Disorders and the Fetus has belonged with the classic textbooks on the shelf of every geneticist involved in genetic medicine. Because the book approaches each topic in depth, it is an invaluable reference not only for ...