When it reached the Massachusetts Supreme Court, the case of Franklin v Albert [1] asked a specific question: how long after an alleged medical error can the person who claims injury file and pursue a malpractice suit? The question and the Massachusetts court's answer have gained importance in an era of widespread screening for asymptomatic disease. If a patient suffers harm as the result of an...

Hypothyroidism presents as slowing of bodily functions that become more severe the disease progresses. Common causes acquired hypothyroidism include autoimmune disorders, iodine deficiency, post-radiation and drug induced. We present a rare case lenalidomide induced leading to acute psychosis requiring aggressive intravenous thyroxine repletion. Sixty-four-year-old male with history follicular ...

Arthur Kohlenberg, one of the best-known members of the Information Theory Group, died on July 19, 1970 from Hodgkins' disease. His career spanned a number of disciplines. He received his B.A. in physics from Columbia at the age of 19. After three years as an army officer, he continued in physics at Harvard, where he received his Ph.D. in 1950. Subsequently, after two years of teaching quantum ...

Despite highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), AIDS related lymphoma (ARL) occurs at a significantly higher rate in patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) than in the general population. HIV-infected macrophages are a known viral reservoir and have been shown to have lymphomagenic potential in SCID mice; therefore, there is an interest in determining if a viral com...