The Journal of Lancaster General Hospital

Jon E. Bentz, Ph.D.

You don’t have to be hit over the head to know that Concussion is an increasingly common sports injury in school-age athletes.

Jeffrey Martin, M.D, F.A.S.N..

This comprehensive review takes the lid off the 2003 JNC guidelines for managing hypertension and looks forward to their next revision in 2009.

J. Kenneth Brubaker, M.D.
The former Director of our Geriatrics Fellowship reviews the development of the specialty and its current status.

Lawrence I. Bonchek, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.
The author argues that mismanagement of laryngeal cancer in Crown Prince Friedrich III of Prussia was the single most important cause of World War I, and not what happened at Sarajevo.

From the Editor’s Desk
Expanding Our Scope

- Lawrence I. Bonchek, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.

 

Perspective
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008:

Observations and Implications
- Sylvan Lee Weinberg, M.D., M.A.C.C.

 

 

What's In a Name? A Critique of Procrustean Acronyms

 - Lawrence I. Bonchek, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.

 

Imaging Insights
Diagnostic Imaging and Endovascular Treatment of Renovascular Hypertension

- Leigh S. Shuman, M.D.

 

 

Dilemmas at the Beginning of Life: Biomedical Ethics in the Newborn

- Christopher M. O'Connor, Esq. and Kevin N. Lorah, M.D.

 

Vitamin K – Much More Than a Coagulation Vitamin

- Alan S. Peterson, M.D.