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Violence Forces MSF to Close Clinic in Mogadishu
Rising insecurity has forced Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to close a clinic in Mogadishu providing essential health care to hundreds of children and pregnant women every day, the charity said on Wednesday.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:47 pm
UK's NICE Recommends Novartis Eye Drug Lucentis
Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE has recommended Novartis AG's pricey eye drug Lucentis, under a special scheme that will cap the cost of treatment to the state health service.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:46 pm
HSV Should Be Considered in Hospitalized Neonates With Fever
A study in the August issue of the Journal of Pediatrics suggests that herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare but important cause of fever in neonates, and may be as common as bacterial meningitis in neonates who have fever.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:38 pm
Fertility Treatments May Raise Risk of Gene Mutations in Male Infants
The use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to conceive appears to increase the odds of de novo Y-chromosome microdeletions in male offspring, Chinese researchers report.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:34 pm
Daily Consumption of Nuts in Pregnancy May Increase the Risk of Childhood Asthma
Daily consumption of nut products during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood symptoms of asthma, according to findings published July 15th in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:30 pm
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma Manifesting as a Cutaneous Horn
A healthy 84-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of a slowly growing asymptomatic lesion on the dorsum of her right hand. Physical examination revealed a keratotic cutaneous horn — approximately 6 to 7 cm . . .
Source: NEJM - Image of the Week | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm
Health of the Nation — Coverage for All Americans
How can we ensure universal access to high-quality health care in the United States?...Source: NEJM Most Viewed Articles | 20 Aug 2008 | 5:00 pm
Case 26-2008: A 26-Year-Old Woman with Headache and Behavioral Changes
Dr. Thomas J. Cummings, Jr. (Psychiatry): A 26-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of headache, behavioral changes, abnormal movements, and inability to communicate. The patient had been well,...Source: NEJM Most Viewed Articles | 20 Aug 2008 | 5:00 pm
Preeclampsia and the Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease
Background: It is unknown whether preeclampsia is a risk marker for subsequent end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We linked data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, which contains data...Source: NEJM Most Viewed Articles | 20 Aug 2008 | 5:00 pm
The Partisan Divide — The McCain and Obama Plans for U.S. Health Care Reform
In the face of escalating costs, uneven quality of care, and the growth of the uninsured population, there is broad agreement that the U.S. health care system requires reform. However,...Source: NEJM Most Viewed Articles | 20 Aug 2008 | 5:00 pm
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination — Reasons for Caution
Despite great expectations and promising results of clinical trials, we still lack sufficient evidence of an effective vaccine against cervical cancer. Several strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause cervical...Source: NEJM Most Viewed Articles | 20 Aug 2008 | 5:00 pm
Gossypiboma in the Pouch of Douglas
A 63-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of vague pelvic and back pain. She had undergone laparoscopic surgery of the fallopian tubes 27 years earlier owing to infertility. Computed tomography of the abdomen showed . . .
Source: NEJM - Image of the Week | 20 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm
Imaging of Thebesian Venous System
During left ventriculography in a 46-year-old man with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, we injected 20 ml of contrast material, using a power injector at a rate of 10 ml per second through a multipurpose catheter (MPA2). . . .
Source: NEJM - Image of the Week | 13 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
A 26-year-old man who smoked and had a long history of poorly controlled asthma and severe environmental allergies was admitted for an exacerbation of asthma. He reported no recent hospitalizations or exposure to tuberculosis and . . .
Source: NEJM - Image of the Week | 6 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm
Horizontal Pendular Nystagmus in a Patient with Ocular Albinism
A 32-year-old Hispanic woman with ocular albinism presented with a congenital horizontal pendular nystagmus (see video). Other than being fair-skinned, the patient had no cutaneous manifestations of albinism, and pigmentation of body hair was . . .
Source: NEJM - Image of the Week | 30 Jul 2008 | 3:00 pm