Medicine
Dermoscopy of Phthiriasis
A 50-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of mild, generalized pruritus. A total-body examination of the patient's skin revealed small, yellowish-brown flecks in the hair of the upper arm (Panel A), chest, and axilla . . .
How to Think about Future Health Care Spending
Whole-Genome Sequencing in a Patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy
Background Whole-genome sequencing may revolutionize medical diagnostics through rapid identification of alleles that cause disease. However, even in cases with simple patterns of inheritance and unambiguous diagnoses, the relationship between ...
Can States Pick Up the Health Reform Torch?
It is impossible to recall another time when a single incident -- in this case, the off-cycle election of a U.S. senator -- so thoroughly implicated the long-term direction of ...
Be Not Afraid
Voters are angry and distrustful of Washington. Democrats have lost their nerve. Republicans, sensing weakness, are closing in for the kill. We have seen this health care reform horror movie ...
Rapid Medical Relief -- Project Medishare and the Haitian Earthquake
On the evening of January 12, 2010, a few hours after the Haitian earthquake, the leaders of Project Medishare in Miami began contacting Haitian associates, faculty and staff of the ...
Civil-Military Collaboration in the Initial Medical Response to the Earthquake in Haiti
Two days after Haiti's devastating earthquake, a medical relief team made up in part of four emergency physicians and four emergency nurses from Stanford University Hospital and three emergency physicians ...
The Missing Voice of Patients in Drug-Safety Reporting
A patient wants to know about symptoms she may have from a prescription drug she is taking. Consulting the label's "Adverse Reactions" section, she finds a wealth of data. Little ...
Can the States Nullify Health Care Reform?
On February 1, the Virginia Senate passed a bill stating that "No resident of this Commonwealth . . . shall be required to obtain or maintain a policy of individual insurance coverage." ...
Health Care Volunteers and Disaster Response -- First, Be Prepared
The human suffering that followed the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and the many survivors in urgent need of lifesaving care, brought an outpouring of support from the U.S. health care ...
Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Survival in Classic Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Low Diagnostic Yield of Elective Coronary Angiography
Oral Ivermectin versus Malathion Lotion for Difficult-to-Treat Head Lice
Use of the Thyroid Hormone Analogue Eprotirome in Statin-Treated Dyslipidemia
Medical Progress: Commotio Cordis
Red Puffy Ears
A 63-year-old man with a history of recurrent aseptic meningitis presented with fever and headache. The physical examination showed scleral injection and mild nuchal rigidity. Analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid ...
Dermoscopy of Phthiriasis
A 50-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of mild, generalized pruritus. A total-body examination of the patient's skin revealed small, yellowish-brown flecks in the hair of the upper arm ...
Case 7-2010 -- A 49-Year-Old Man with Peripheral Neuropathy and Ascites
Toward a Personalized Treatment of Hodgkin's Disease
In this issue of the Journal, Steidl et al.1 provide a technically sound and important model for using molecular tools to better predict how various cancers will respond to currently ...
