Jean Pakter, Women’s Health Advocate in New York, Dies at 101
As head of the city’s maternity services bureau, Dr. Pakter supported a law that legalized abortion in New York before Roe v. Wade, and one of her studies led to a breakthrough in care for premature babies. (Source: NYT Health)

[Polymyositis-dermatomyositis recognized during the follow-up of a patient with type 2 diabetes].
Authors: Samer F, Csóka M, Dankó K Abstract Polymyositis-dermatomyositis is a rare systemic autoimmune disease which belongs to the class of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. The disease exhibits high inter-individual variability, but chronic myositis is a common feature. As different manifestations often appear in atypical forms, establishing the precise diagnosis can be rather complicated. The prognosis and the patient's life expectations highly depend on whether the clinician considers this possibility in the diagnostic process or not. The authors present the case of a 50-year-old woman who was referred to hospital with suspected myopathy by her general practitioner. The history of the patient, the overall clinical picture and some marked laboratory abnormalities raised the ...