To the Editor: Pyomyositis is common in tropical regions but is rarely reported in temperate climates. In the United States, most cases are associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection or other immunosuppressive conditions, including diabetes ...

To the Editor: Strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that produce Panton–Valentine leukocidin and that are associated with soft-tissue infections and necrotizing pneumonia are emerging worldwide,¹ most often as a source of community-...

To the Editor: I participated in the study reported by Barger and colleagues (Jan. 13 issue),¹ and my comments might inform interpretations of the results by nonparticipants. The 2737 interns who responded represented only 15 percent of the 18,447 ...

To the Editor: McFalls et al. (Dec. 30 issue)¹ report on a randomized trial demonstrating that prophylactic coronary revascularization before vascular surgery is not beneficial. However, methodologic concerns limit its generalization to high-risk ...

To the Editor: The primary outcome of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) Study, reported by Sjöström et al. (Dec. 23 issue),¹ was mortality, but only secondary outcomes are presented. There is a statement in the report that “the safety monitoring committee ...

To the Editor: The recent article by Dave et al. (Nov. 18 issue)¹ is an important study correlating gene expression with survival in follicular lymphoma. My colleagues and I have reexamined their findings.

Analysis with the use of standard tools such as ...

To the Editor: Like Bloche and Marks in their Perspective article on doctors in combat (Jan. 6 issue),¹ the American Medical Association (AMA) applauds the outstanding work of military physicians in treating wounded soldiers under extremely challenging ...

After decades of study, our collective fascination with the care of dying patients shows no sign of receding. The dying patient remains the nexus of a complex interaction of medical and nursing care, ethics, law, and economics, and important questions ...

Jocelyn Downie, director of the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, has written an advocate's brief favoring the legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Her primary target is the 1993 ruling of ...