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by JL Baker, LW Olsen, and TIA Sørensen, NEJM, December 6 2007, Vol 357 (23), 2329-37
The worldwide epidemic of childhood obesity is progressing at an alarming rate,
but the severity of the long-term effects of excess childhood weight on coronary
heart disease is unknown. In a study with a cohort of over 275,000
schoolchildren and over 5 million person-years of followup, the authors find a
definitive link between obesity and coronary heart disease.
Special Report
by EE Moore et al, NEJM, December 27 2007, Vol 357 (26), 2723-27
Integrating civilian and military medical capabilities has been shown to be
vital throughout the nation's history. The Joint Trauma Training Center was
established in Houston in 1999 to train military trauma teams at a civilian
hospital. This article peers into the unique cases facing military medicine
and describe a system of bringing military doctors up to date.
Perspective
by G Berland, NEJM, December 20 2007, Vol 357 (25), 2533-36
Not everything about a patient's life can be gathered from a brief consultation
in a clinic. Dr. Berland has devised a fascinating method of looking into the
personal lives and troubles of her disabled patients - encouraging them to
carry a video camera with them. Read about the unique insight that she gained
through this novel, simple idea.
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Pathways in Medicine
by Tavé van Zyl
Committing to medicine as a career represents the culmination of a long and perhaps convoluted decision-making process, but the process does not end here. How medical students pick their specialties is another process with its own twists and turns. In addition to offering insight into the Match process, current and prospective residents share their stories on why they avoided certain specialties, how far they deviated from their initial choices, and how they ultimately fell in love with their chosen specialty.
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articles are from the December 2007 issue the Next Generation.
Pathways in Medicine
by Serene Chen
Imagine tending to patients who do not know how to describe their symptoms well, who are dependent on other people for decisions, whose bodily systems work differently from the majority of the population, who are prone to injuring themselves, who are ever changing...And imagine caring for them for decades at a time. This is the job of a pediatrician. Think you have what it takes? Dr. Sean Palfrey from the Boston Medical Center describes his specialty.
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Free Standing Perspective
by Eva Luo
How much can you do in fifteen minutes of contact with a patient? Some physicians feel that the answer is "much less than ideal," when it comes to treating patients afflicted not just by immediate illnesses, but by a grander issue--poverty. Next Gen presents some of the challenges and frustrations related medicine in light of greater social contexts; and features an organization, Project HEALTH, that has started to tackle the problem, to involve students, and to infuse a sense of optimism.
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Free Standing Perspective
by Allen Cheng
While accessing health information in the United States may be a simple task, it is profoundly difficult for many clinics in resource-poor settings. In this article, we describe health programs that face obstacles in the absence of an information infrastructure. We also discuss the performance of innovative programs to bring new information technology to developing countries.
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