Facts and ideas from anywhere

William C. Roberts, MD

Topics in this issue:

Our most persistent and deadly foe [mosquitoes]
Mustang Ranch, legalized prostitution, and Dr. Alexa Albert
Preventing diabetes mellitus among persons with impaired glucose tolerance
New guidelines for detecting and treating diabetes mellitus
Leprosy continues
Cancer deaths decline
USA 2000
Megacities and their consequences
Pregnancy rates fall
Fatal football heat stroke
Effect of familial hypercholesterolemia on life span: the story of Walter Podney
New theory about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death
Fully self-contained artificial heart
Lance does it again
Double amputee Ed Hommer, an American Airlines pilot, to tackle Mt. Everest
The red-light running crisis
McDonalds in China
Tropical storm Allison and the Texas Medical Center
Medical error rate reconsidered
Osler essays republished
The end of cheap oil and Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

(BUMC Proceedings 2001;14:459-466)