In this episode, we explore new treatments for hypertension, hereditary amyloidosis, and malaria prevention, along with insights on mosquito-borne disease control. We review idiopathic intracranial hypertension, follow a striking case of a hidden foreign body, and hear perspectives on worker safety, immigrant health care, the role of pharmaceutical wholesalers, and the arc of a medical career.
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NEJM This Week — October 2, 2025
Featuring articles on severe acute malnutrition with gastroenteritis in children, medical imaging and pediatric cancer risk, moderate hypertriglyceridemia, preventing RSV disease in healthy infants, and treating hypertension in rural South Africa; a review article on monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; a Clinical Problem-Solving on a shifting frame; and Perspectives on insight into corporate governance, on pharmaceutical tariffs, and on OUD medications.
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NEJM This Week — September 25, 2025
Featuring articles on heart failure, provoked venous thromboembolism, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and acute ischemic stroke; a review article on medical education to improve diagnostic equity; a case report of a man with embolic stroke and left ventricular apical aneurysm; two articles on the 2025 Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award; and Perspectives on structural and scientific racism, on the Gates Foundation’s final chapter, and on Dr. Kolhouse and the cowboy.
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NEJM This Week — September 18, 2025
Featuring articles on PI3K-altered colorectal cancer, type 2 diabetes, oral semaglutide, and proportional-assist ventilation; a review article on tumor lysis syndrome; a case report of a girl with chest pain and bone and liver lesions; and Perspectives on integrating pharmacotherapy into tobacco control, on Medicaid enrollees with chronic conditions, and on ultraprocessed food.
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NEJM This Week — September 11, 2025
Featuring articles on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, rehabilitation after myocardial infarction in older adults, the 2024 Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda, and medications for opioid use disorder in county jails; a case report of a woman with dyspnea and fatigue; a Medicine and Society on the race-correction debates; and Perspectives on recent efforts toward equity, on medical research funding in a divided America, and on the end of days.
Concise summaries of everything published in the latest weekly issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). NEJM publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice.
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