Vagus Nerve Paraganglioma: Radiological Features We Should Be Aware of

Hypertension and children: should we be aware?

Hypertension and Children Should We Be Aware? To the Editor: We read with interest the article of Rosner et al1 about trends of high blood pressure in children. The results of this study are of great concern. Thus, this study showed that between 1988–1994 and 1999–2008, the prevalence of hypertension in children aged 8 to 17 years increased from 15.8% to 19.2% (P=0.057) in boys and from 8.2% to...

Should we be more aware of endometrial cancer in adolescents?

Although endometrial cancer is generally diagnosed in women after menopause, it may incidentally develop in young women or even in adolescents. Diagnostic tools should be applied in young teenage girls complaining of abnormal genital bleeding, particularly those with hereditary cancer syndromes (such as Cowden or Lynch syndromes). Adolescents affected by polycystic ovary syndrome and obesity ma...

Should we all be vegetarians?

Distinctive Features Should Be Learned

Should We Be Afraid of Friedman’s Rule?

Should one think of zero nominal interest rates as an undesirable liquidity trap or as the desirable Friedman rule? I use three different frameworks to discuss this issue. First, I restate H. L. Cole and N. Kocherlakota’s (1998, Fed. Res. Bank Minn. Quart. Rev., Spring, 2–10) analysis of Friedman’s rule: short run increases in the money stock—whether through issuing spending coupons, open marke...