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Presents letters to the editor on medical topics as of December 4, 2002. Psychiatric consequences of the September 11 terrorist attacks; Bioterrorism and public health law; Police detainment of a patient following treatment with radioactive iodine; Health literacy and diabetic control; Preoperative hand-rubbing versus hand-scrubbing.

Presents an examination of the trends in the environment of medicine and their implications for psychiatry. Discussion on the socioeconomic trends in psychiatry; Scientific and clinical trends in psychiatry; Trends in psychiatric education and practice.

The article presents abstracts of papers on medical topics, including "Anterior Ethmoidal Artery Septal Flap for the Management of Septal Perforation," "Functional and Oncologic Results of Extended Supracricoid Partial Laryngectomy," and "Deployment and Mental Health Diagnoses Among Children of U.S. Army Personnel."

Presents abstracts of several studies on health, diseases and medicine. 'Cancer Near the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant: Radiation Emissions,' by Maureen C. Hatch, et al.; 'Parental Occupations of Children With Leukaemia in West Cumbria, North Humberside, and Gateshead,' by P.A. McKinney, et al.; 'Effect of Pregnancy During TMI Crisis on Mothers' Mental Health and Their Child's Development,' by Peter S. Houts, et al.

Abstracts of medical studies published in different specialized journals are presented. Some of the articles included are: "Physical and Mental Health Costs of Traumatic War Experiences Among Civil War Veterans," "Tissue Eosinophilia as an Indicator of Drug-Induced Cutaneous Small-Vessel Vasculitis," and "Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Head Carcinoma in Elderly Patients," among others.

Presents a list of books related to medicine. "Healing by Hand: Manual Medicine and Bonesetting in Global Perspective," edited by Kathryn S. Oths and Servando Z. Hinojosa; "Gray's Anatomy e-dition: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice," edited by Susan Standring; "Medical Biochemistry," by John W. Baynes; "Drugs for the Heart," by Lionel H. Opie and Bernard J. Gersh; "Biology of Disease Vectors," edited by William C. Marquardt, Boris C. Kondratieff, and Chester G. Moore; "Obesity and Diabetes," edited by Anthony H. Barnett and Sudhesh Kumar; "Healing and Mental Health for Native Americans: Speaking in Red," edited by Ethan Nebelkopf and Mary Phillips; "Manual of Pain Management," edited by Carol A. Warfield and Hilary J. Fausett; "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman," by Jamie Reidy; "Relationship Therapy With Same-Sex Couples," edited by Jerry J. Bigner and Joseph L. Wetchler; Others.

Presents a list of books about medicine. "Vascular Anesthesia," edited by Joel A. Kaplan, Carol L. Lake and Michael J. Murray; "Color Atlas of Ultrasound Anatomy," by B. Block; "Neurology," by Howard L. Weiner, Lawrence P. Levitt and Alexander Rae-Grant; "Case Files: Psychiatry," by Eugene C. Toy and Debra Klamen.

Presents medical news briefs from U.S. health agencies as of April 17, 2002. Usefulness of organ donor registries; Increase in the number of children and adolescents receiving psychotropic medicines; Concern about a possible increase in eye problems among the baby boomer generation; Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among residents of the New York City borough of Manhattan following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.