NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 357, No. 19.
This summary covers the issue of November 8, 2007. Featured are articles on the long-term effects of caffeine for apnea of prematurity, duration of humoral immunity to common viral and vaccine antigens, chemotherapy plus involved-field radiation in early-stage Hodgkin’s disease, abnormal brain development in newborns with congenital heart disease, and hepatocellular carcinoma and sex; review articles on electroconvulsive therapy for depression and on chronic lung disease after premature birth; a case report of a man with ear pain, difficulty speaking, and altered mental status; and Perspective articles on addressing rising health care costs, on climbing through medicine’s glass ceiling, and on leaves of absence from graduate medical education.
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