NEJM This Week: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 362, No. 14.

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DATE : Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:18:14 -0400
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This summary covers the issue of April 8, 2010. Featured are articles on lung function in rescue workers at the World Trade Center after 7 years, cisplatin plus gemcitabine versus gemcitabine for biliary tract cancer, vitamins C and E to prevent complications of pregnancy-associated hypertension, telaprevir for previously treated chronic HCV infection, an evaluation of a redesign initiative in an internal-medicine residency, and a principle of system balance for drug interactions; a review article on oral phosphate binders in patients with kidney failure; a case report of a woman with weakness and a mass in the brain; and Perspective articles on medical education and cost consciousness in patient care, on new medical schools in the United States, and on how the war over health care reform isn't over.