NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 354, No. 15.
This summary covers the issue of April 13, 2006. Featured are articles on abdominal sacrocolpopexy with Burch colposuspension to reduce urinary stress incontinence, homocysteine lowering with folic acid and B vitamins in vascular disease, homocysteine lowering and cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction, the effect of telithromycin on acute exacerbations of asthma, and glucose transport and type 2 diabetes; a review article on trans fatty acids and cardiovascular disease; a case report of a woman with a mass in the pelvis; a video in clinical medicine showing the placement of an arterial line; and Perspective articles on the health care infrastructure in post-Katrina New Orleans, and on access to the scientific literature. |
