NEJM This Week: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 359, No. 18.

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DATE : Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:18:14 -0400
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This summary covers the issue of October 30, 2008. Featured are articles on early insulin therapy in very-low-birth-weight infants, aggressive vs. conservative phototherapy for infants with extremely low birth weight, genetically elevated C-reactive protein and ischemic vascular disease, GAD treatment and insulin secretion in recent-onset type 1 diabetes, and patients' perception of hospital care in the United States; a review article on Clostridium difficile; a case report of a woman with neck pain and fever; and Perspective articles on curtailing waste in the U.S. health care system, on reproductive freedom and the next president, and on moving forward on reproductive health.