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SPECIAL ARTICLE: The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
The prevalence of smoking has decreased substantially in the United States over the past 30 years. This article examines the extent of person-to-person spread of smoking behavior and the extent to which groups of widely connected people quit together. Smoking behavior spreads through close and distant social ties, groups of interconnected people quit in concert, and smokers are increasingly marginalized socially.

CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS: Sublingual Immunotherapy
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
A 28-year-old man presents with allergic rhinitis, primarily due to grass pollen, that has not previously responded to antihistamines and nasal sprays. A trial of sublingual immunotherapy is recommended. Sublingual immunotherapy is more convenient than injection immunotherapy. However, only one agent, which is specific for grass-pollen allergies, has been approved for clinical use in some European countries. The Food and Drug Administration has not approved any agent for sublingual immunotherapy.

IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE: Ocular Trauma Due to a Water-Bottle Cap
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
A 14-year-old girl presented with a traumatic injury to the right eye from a water-bottle cap, caused by the increasingly popular adolescent activity of twisting and crushing an empty plastic ...

IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE: Starr-Edwards Heart Valves
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
A 67-year-old woman presented with dyspnea and peripheral edema due to severe tricuspid regurgitation. Having had rheumatic heart disease, she had undergone replacement of the mitral and aortic valves with ...

CASE RECORDS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: Case 16-2008 -- A 46-Year-Old Woman with Bone Pain
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
A 46-year-old woman was evaluated at this hospital because of pain in the right hip and leg of several months' duration. The patient had a history of celiac disease but was otherwise well. Imaging studies disclosed multiple bone lesions in the pelvis and long bones, with a diffuse abnormality in the bone marrow. Laboratory tests showed low serum calcium and elevated alkaline phosphatase levels. A diagnostic procedure was performed.

EDITORIAL: Peer Review in the Balance
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
For many years, the editors of the Journal have relied on peer review to ensure the scientific quality of the articles that we publish. Of the thousands of manuscripts submitted ...

EDITORIAL: Does Thrombolytic Therapy Facilitate or Foil Primary PCI?
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
Sir Winston Churchill once said, "It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what is required." Such a sentiment underlies the premise of facilitated percutaneous ...

EDITORIAL: Antithrombotic Therapy to Support Primary PCI
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
The goals of the initial management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction include swift restoration of flow within the occluded coronary artery, prevention of early reinfarction, and avoidance of complications of ...

EDITORIAL: Preliminary Results of Gene Therapy for Retinal Degeneration
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
In this issue of the Journal, two groups of investigators -- Bainbridge et al.1 and Maguire et al.2 -- describe the first results of separate clinical trials investigating the short-term ...

EDITORIAL: Stranded in the Periphery -- The Increasing Marginalization of Smokers
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin
One of the greatest health advances in the past three decades has been the continuing decline in the prevalence of smoking, which recently hit a modern age-adjusted low of 19% ...

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