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We examine the dilemmas faced by a medical student with dyslexia who wonders whether he should "out" himself to faculty to receive the accommodations entitled by federal law. We first discuss scientific evidence on dyslexia's prevalence, unexpected nature, and neurobiology. We then examine the experiences of medical students who have revealed their dyslexia to illustrate the point that, far too often, attending physicians who know little about dyslexia can misperceive the motives or behavior of students with dyslexia. Because ignorance and misperception of dyslexia can result in bias against students with dyslexia, we strongly recommend a mandatory course for faculty that provides a basic scientific and clinical overview of dyslexia to facilitate greater understanding of dyslexia and support for students with dyslexia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a study to investigate the effects of estrogen on brain activation patterns in post-menopausal women as they performed verbal and nonverbal working memory tasks. Design; Setting; Patients; Intervention; Main outcome measures; Results; Conclusions.

Focuses on a study which examined the prevalence of reading disability in boys and girls. Clinical characteristics of subjects; Criterion measures used; Characteristics of reading disability in the subjects.

Editorial. Comments on the suitability of estrogen as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in postmenopausal women. Effects of estrogen treatment on the reproductive, cardiovascular, skeletal, and neuronal systems; Whether estrogen administered in the early stages of postmenopausal period can prevent or delay the onset of AD; Why laboratory experimentation does not always translate to clinical application.

Comments on an article on medication overuse in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, previously published in the October 21, 1988, issue of the 'Journal of the American Medical Association.' Review of relevant literature; Fraud in research on the treatment of the disorder.

Presents a response by Salley E. Shaywitz, Jack M. Fletcher and Michael D. Escobar to a letter to the editor about their article 'Prevalence of Reading Disability in Boys and Girls: Results of the Connecticut Longitudinal Study,' in the 1990 issue of the 'Journal of the American Medical Association.'