To the Editor: In his review article (April 14 issue), Baird¹ states that prescribing “chloroquine . . . in any setting, except one in which its effectiveness has recently been demonstrated, should be considered irresponsible.” As physicians who have ...

To the Editor: Falsey et al. (April 28 issue), in their report on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in elderly and high-risk adults,¹ claim that “the symptoms and signs of RSV infection and those of influenza were not substantially different” ...

To the Editor: Boushey et al. (April 14 issue)¹ report that regularly scheduled treatment with budesonide for mild persistent asthma has no significant advantage over intermittent short-course treatment. We compared data from a large pediatric survey of ...

To the Editor: Almond et al. (April 14 issue)¹ excluded an important variable in their assessment of hyponatremia in marathon runners. Excess fluid intake is clearly a contributor to low serum sodium concentrations,² but numerous long-distance runners in ...

To the Editor: In his review of inflammation, atherosclerosis, and coronary artery disease, Hansson (April 21 issue)¹ focuses on T cells, macrophages, and mast cells as the cellular components of the immune system that play a key role in ischemic heart ...

To the Editor: I am extremely disturbed by the implications of Esmail's comments in his Perspective article on the case of Harold Shipman (May 5 issue)¹: Esmail calls for a more questioning attitude toward doctors and better systems for monitoring their ...

To the Editor: The medical mystery in the June 2 issue¹ involved a 49-year-old man who reported fatigue, arthralgia, and headache, along with a two-day history of chest pain; an electrocardiogram (Figure 1) had been obtained. The patient was ...

American medicine increasingly reflects the face of elder care. The proportion of the population over the age of 65 increased throughout the 20th century, and it will increase markedly over the next two decades. Geriatric patients are the largest group of ...

In her first book, Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue (Boston: Beacon Press, 2003), Danielle Ofri describes how it was to be a medical student at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Now, in Incidental Findings, Ofri tells how it is to be an ...

This well-organized and clearly written book provides a fascinating inside look at the development of Deaf culture. As noted in the introduction to the book, the authors use the convention of capitalizing Deaf when referring to members of a distinct ...