NEJM Audio Summary: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 355, No. 16.

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DATE : Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:18:14 -0500
Entered in Database : 2006-10-18 15:18:14
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This summary covers the issue of October 19, 2006. Featured are articles on DHEA in elderly women and DHEA or testosterone in elderly men, endarterectomy versus stenting in patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis, AMG 531 in immune thrombocytopenic purpura, reduced lung function at birth and the risk of asthma at 10 years of age, and FDA regulation of stem-cell-based therapies; review articles on chronic prostatitis and the chronic pelvic pain syndrome and on the management of sepsis; a case report of a girl with fever after a visit to Africa; and Perspective articles on stem-cell politics, on Americans seeking affordable surgery abroad, on practice guidelines, marketing campaigns and sepsis, and on the changing therapeutic landscape in immune thrombocytopenic purpura.