To the Editor: We were pleased to see the article by Peters and colleagues (Oct. 21 issue)¹ on exposure to traffic and the onset of myocardial infarction. The work they report is part of a larger study funded by the Health Effects Institute that also ...

To the Editor: To compare protected carotid-artery stenting with carotid endarterectomy, Yadav et al. (Oct. 7 issue)¹ chose to study a group for which endarterectomy has been found to be only marginally better than medical therapy.²,³ Although the ...

To the Editor: Mannon et al. (Nov. 11 issue)¹ describe the safety of anti–interleukin-12 antibody (anti–interleukin-12) for the treatment of active Crohn's disease. Among the 44 recipients of anti–interleukin-12 who could be evaluated at 18 weeks, no ...

To the Editor: The results of the placebo-controlled clinical trial of adjunctive dexamethasone in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis reported by Thwaites et al. (Oct. 21 issue)¹ clearly indicate improved survival in the age group studied — patients ...

To the Editor: In Case 31-2004 (Oct. 14 issue),¹ which involves a four-year-old boy with the hepatopulmonary syndrome, the minimal increase in the partial pressure of arterial oxygen (from 52 mm Hg while the boy was breathing room air to 69 mm Hg while ...

To the Editor: In an intriguing letter, Livingstone and Conway (Sept. 16 issue)¹ propose that Rembrandt may have been stereoblind as a result of strabismus, as judged by the deviation of the pupils or the whites of the eyes in his self-portraits. We urge ...

To the Editor: A 57-year-old woman without hypertension or hypercholesterolemia who was receiving therapy with 75 mg of clopidogrel per day was admitted with transient dysarthria and diplopia. Initially, she had been treated with 100 mg of aspirin per ...

Evidence that pediatric endocrinology has really come of age is the number of multiauthored books on the subject now on the market. Scientific progress inevitably makes many of the books outmoded, even when editors diligently strive to produce regular ...

Many young people and adults struggle with concerns about their body image and weight. According to the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a national poll of high-school students that assessed various types of risk-related behavior, 6 percent of teenagers ...

The miniature Stone Age statue of the Venus of Willendorf (circa 25,000 B.C.) is one of the earliest records of morbid obesity. If the Venus of Willendorf were alive today, she would certainly be interested in Obesity Surgery. This is not a textbook but, ...

We are living in a fast age with fast answers to complicated problems. As we drive to work we have “road rage,” and as we care for patients, a similar impatience can occur — a sort of “information rage,” whereby we are driven to make a quick decision, ...

Continuing Medical Education (December 30, 2004;351:2889-92). On page 2889, statement B in Question 3 should have read, “Women should be screened for hepatitis B surface antigen,” rather than “Women should be screened for antibody to hepatitis B surface ...

Codeine Intoxication Associated with Ultrarapid CYP2D6 Metabolism Original Article, N Engl J Med 2004:351;2827-2831.. On page 2829, in Figure 1, the double arrows leading to codeine-6-glucuronide should have originated in the box representing codeine, ...

The Emergence of Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals Health Policy Report, N Engl J Med 2005:352;78-84.. On page 83, under “A Temporary Compromise,” lines 5 and 6 of the first full paragraph should have read, “which President Bush signed into law on ...