NEJM This Week: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 362, No. 6.

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DATE : Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:18:14 -0400
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This summary covers the issue of February 11, 2010. Featured are articles on childhood obesity, other cardiovascular risk factors, and premature death; stent graft versus balloon angioplasty for failing dialysis-access grafts; single-dose liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis in India; long-term results of hypofractionated radiation therapy for breast cancer; lack of cyclophilin B in osteogenesis imperfecta; and innate immunity and HIV; a review article on the enigma of spontaneous preterm birth; a case report of a man with arthralgias, oral ulcers, vision loss, and vocal-cord paralysis; and Perspective articles on performing futile CPR, on failing to thrive, and on the constitutionality of the individual mandate for health insurance.