Wednesday, April 12, 2006

New England Journal of Medicine Audio Summary for April 13, 2006

From the NEJM:
This summary covers the issue of April 13, 2006. Featured are articles on abdominal sacrocolpopexy with Burch colposuspension to reduce urinary stress incontinence, homocysteine lowering with folic acid and B vitamins in vascular disease, homocysteine lowering and cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction, the effect of telithromycin on acute exacerbations of asthma, and glucose transport and type 2 diabetes; a review article on trans fatty acids and cardiovascular disease; a case report of a woman with a mass in the pelvis; a video in clinical medicine showing the placement of an arterial line; and Perspective articles on the health care infrastructure in post-Katrina New Orleans, and on access to the scientific literature.
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