To the Editor: The low rates of survival among adults who received cord-blood transplants in the two observational studies reported by Laughlin et al. and Rocha et al. (Nov. 25 issue)¹,² are not representative of what is being achieved nowadays with ...

To the Editor: The results of the Prevention of Events with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition (PEACE) Trial¹ (Nov. 11 issue)¹ are probably the product of an underpowered trial. Only 8290 of a planned 14,100 patients were enrolled, and the primary ...

To the Editor: Low birth weight resulting from intrauterine growth retardation is a known risk factor for the later appearance of insulin resistance. Hofman et al. (Nov. 18 issue)¹ conclude that children who are small at birth because of prematurity, ...

To the Editor: Desai et al. (Nov. 25 issue) conducted a well-designed trial comparing radial-artery and saphenous-vein grafts.¹ In contrast to our conclusions,² they conclude that radial arteries had superior angiographic outcomes. However, on ...

To the Editor: We commend Cantor and Baum for calling attention to the problem of pharmacists' refusals to dispense emergency contraception (Nov. 4 issue).¹ However, the authors' recommendation for resolving this problem by means of a notice or referral ...

To the Editor: Were you aware that Ratiu and Talos, whose Web-only Image in Clinical Medicine appeared in the December 2 issue of the Journal, ¹ had an article in the Journal of Neurotrauma in May 2004² with the same title (“The Tale of Phineas Gage, ...

To the Editor: Acute lymphangitis is caused most often by Streptococcus pyogenes and occasionally by a range of other bacteria.¹ We describe a patient in whom acute lymphangitis developed, with no evidence of infection.

The patient was a 27-year-old ...

Does the medical profession really need yet another textbook of medicine? The editors of ACP Medicine certainly think so, considering that they have produced this 2859-page book in two volumes, a joint venture between the American College of Physicians ...

The nature and scope of problems regarding health literacy — the degree to which the lay public has the capacity to obtain, process, and understand the basic information and services needed to make appropriate decisions regarding their health — are ...

It would be unusual to find more than a single chapter devoted to urticaria and angioedema in most medical textbooks, including those devoted to allergies and to dermatology. So at first blush, I wondered how one could even consider developing a nearly ...

The late Thomas Fitzpatrick, one of the leading dermatologists of the past 50 years, liked to quip that the three greatest problems faced by mankind were “the atom, the ovum, and the melanocyte.” Many people want their skin to be either lighter or darker ...

Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors in Adults with Bacterial Meningitis Original Article, N Engl J Med 2004:351;1849-1859.. On page 1853, in the right-hand column, lines 5 through 8 of the second full paragraph should have read, “N. meningitidis was ...

Military Medical Ethics Book Review, N Engl J Med 2005:352;312-314.. On page 312, in the last paragraph in the right-hand column, lines 1 through 3 should have read, “public health physicians Victor W. Sidel and Barry Levy, former officers in the Public ...

Early Vascular Risk Factor Modification in Type 1 Diabetes Editorial, N Engl J Med 2005:352;408-409.. On page 409, lines 3 and 4 of the right-hand column should have read, “From the Divisions of Endocrinology and Metabolism (B.A.P.) and Neurology (V.B.),” ...