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BOSTON -- There is no easy way for parents to make a termination-of-care decision for a dying child, but those who have been there have offered some advice to help physicians and nurses in the pediatric ICU.

WASHINGTON -- A significant proportion of U.S. adults flunked a national health literacy test administered by the government.

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BETHESDA, Md. -- Abnormally high circulating levels of two proteins produced by the placenta may be responsible for the development of preeclampsia, researchers here reported.

TORRANCE, Calif. -- Babies born to mothers who used methamphetamine during pregnancy are 3.5 times more likely to be small for their gestational age than children of non-users. The findings resemble those seen with cocaine-using mothers.

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Despite serious early bone loss after liver transplantation, bone mineral density then increased for up to four years and remained above pre-transplant levels, researchers here reported.

BOSTON -- The younger the onset of alcohol dependence, the less the chance that a patient will seek help, according to investigators here.

BARCELONA, Spain -- An aggressive 16-week lifestyle intervention reduced cardiovascular risk factors in both patients and their domestic partners, found a European trial.

BARCELONA, Spain -- The long-term safety of drug-eluting stents suddenly eclipsed all other concerns this week at the world's largest gathering of cardiologists

HERSTON, Australia -- Children of mothers who drink during pregnancy have a greater risk of developing alcohol problems as they grow up, according to Australian researchers.

NEW YORK -- Men in their 40s are nearly six times more likely than men in their 20s to father children with autism spectrum disorders, according to researchers here and Israel.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Lovenox (enoxaparin) may be a better choice than unfractionated heparin for preventing thrombus in myocardial infarction patients who undergo percutaneous coronary interventions following initial fibrinolytic therapy.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Two Swiss meta-analyses have found an increased rate of myocardial infarction and death with the Cypher (sirolimus-eluting) coronary stent, which is likely to put a serious chill in interventional cardiology's infatuation with drug-coated devices.

BARCELONA, Spain -- The concept of a single pill packed with the potency of aspirin, statins, and ACE inhibitors-the triad proven to prevent a recurrent heart attack-got a powerful push at the opening of the World Congress of Cardiology here.

In his “What’s Your Diagnosis?” column, Dr Henry Schneiderman discussed thecase of a young man with periorbital swelling caused by nephrotic syndrome(CONSULTANT, June 2001, page 1017) (Figure 1).

DALLAS -- For those with renal calculi who are intolerant of Urocit-K (potassium citrate), orange juice may outdo lemonade, according to small, crossover study.

ABERDEEN, Scotland -- Children whose mothers consume more foods containing vitamin E during pregnancy are less likely to develop wheeze or asthma by the age of five, according to researchers here.

While playing soccer, a 24-year-old man fell on his outstretched hand, felt a "pop," and immediately noticed a deformity of his wrist. He was in severe pain when he presented to the emergency department.