NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 354, No. 7.
This summary covers the issue of February 16, 2006. Featured are articles on calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures and of colorectal cancer, evidence of a role for TNF-α in refractory asthma, autoimmunity during treatment of melanoma with interferon, spousal hospitalization and partner mortality, and understanding how NSAIDs work in colon cancer; a review of drug-related hepatotoxicity; a case report describing a girl with loss of vision in the right eye; and Perspective articles on the implications of medical outsourcing, on international teleradiology, and on radiology and medical linguistics. |
