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NAMES IN THE NEWS : Medical Journal Editor Retiring

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<i> From Times Wire Services</i>

Dr. Arnold Relman plans to retire next year after 14 years as editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, the world’s leading chronicle of medical research.

Relman, 67, said Thursday he plans to write, teach and lecture after he retires next June.

During Relman’s tenure, the journal’s circulation has grown from 165,000 to 225,000, the largest paid circulation of any medical journal in the world. It was founded in 1812.

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