NEJM Audio Summary: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 354, No. 7.

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DATE : Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:18:14 -0500
Entered in Database : 2006-02-15 15:18:14
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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-alpha 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.