As surely as April showers bring May flowers, a robust national economy prompts lawmakers to conjure plans for universal health insurance.

Hook, Line, and Sinker: Unusual and Interesting Foreign-Body Cases

Prescription Medications May Do Little to Encourage CPAP Use
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) afflicts at least 2 to 4% of the adult population.

Rhinophototherapy May Offer Promise to Allergic Rhinitis Patients
A form of light treatment called rhinophototherapy is being studied in the United States and may one day provide patients with allergic rhinitis and other diseases of the upper airway, such as nasal polyposis, with an alternative to standard therapies.

Are Vestibular Exams as Effective as Electronystagmography?
Mohamed A. Hamid, MD, PhD, believes, as a matter of principle, that an office vestibular examination is necessary before ordering electronystagmography (ENG)-or any other vestibular diagnostic tests, for that matter.

Management of Dysphagia Requires a Team Approach
Dysphagia affects more than 20% of the population over the age of 50.

Multispecialty Consortium Introduces Rhinosinusitis Clinical Trial Guidelines.
A consortium of 25 allergists and otorhinolaryngologists from five medical specialty societies in the United States has developed a guideline for designing clinical trials in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis.

New, Conforming, Easy-to-Use Materials Characterize Developments in Middle Ear Reconstruction

Randomized Trial Shows No Benefit of Intra-Arterial Chemoradiation Delivery in Head and Neck Cancer
Nonrandomized trials have suggested that intra-arterial delivery of chemoradiation would be superior to intravenous delivery of comparable chemoradiation in patients with inoperable head and neck cancer.
