NEJM This Week
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.
Episodes
April 24, 2024 • 31 mins
Featuring articles on empagliflozin after acute myocardial infarction, CD7 CAR T cells with allogeneic stem-cell transplantation, FFR-guided complete revascularization for STEMI, and nutrition for moderate-to-late preterm infants; a review article on age-related hearing loss; a case report of a man with leg weakness; and Perspective articles on hospital consolidation and physician unionization, on the myth of the free market for ph...
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April 17, 2024 • 33 mins
Featuring articles on adjuvant pembrolizumab after surgery in renal-cell carcinoma, beta-blockers after MI with preserved ejection fraction, a microaxial flow pump for STEMI and cardiogenic shock, and semaglutide in patients with heart failure and diabetes; a review article on retinoblastoma; a case report of a woman with confusion, aphasia, and abnormal head imaging; and Perspectives on expanding applications of clinical genetic t...
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April 10, 2024 • 36 mins
Featuring articles on alectinib in ALK-positive lung cancer, minimally invasive removal of cerebral hematomas, and CAR T-cell–mediated responses in recurrent glioblastoma; a review article on energy and macronutrients across the life span; a case report of a woman with falls and cognitive decline; a Medicine and Society on money as medicine; and Perspectives on back to the future in Alabama, on the end of B/Yamagata influenza trans...
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April 3, 2024 • 28 mins
Featuring articles on omitting axillary dissection in breast cancer with sentinel-node metastasis, a trial of lixisenatide in early Parkinson’s disease, nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in outpatients with Covid-19, and hospitalization for chronic kidney disease; a review article on the prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes; a case report of a woman with hyperglycemia refractory to insulin; and a Perspective article on Nazi...
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March 20, 2024 • 30 mins
Featuring articles on autism and prenatal exposure to antiseizure medication, ribociclib plus endocrine therapy in early breast cancer, gene therapy for giant axonal neuropathy, and anti–interleukin-23 in immunodeficiency; a review article on wearable digital health technologies in clinical care; a case report of a man with a fall; and Perspective articles on physicians, spirituality, and compassionate care; on the risks posed by i...
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March 13, 2024 • 33 mins
Featuring articles on a blood-based test for colorectal cancer screening, a multitarget stool DNA test for colorectal cancer, iptacopan for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, and preterm birth and other outcomes of maternal RSV vaccination; a review article on cerebral cavernous malformations; a case report of a man with cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, and hypoxemia; and Perspective articles on vertical integration and America...
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March 6, 2024 • 30 mins
Featuring articles on an antibody–drug conjugate in untreated urothelial cancer, omalizumab for multiple food allergies, microplastics and nanoplastics in carotid plaque, and benralizumab or mepolizumab for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; a review article on the health effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals; a Clinical Problem-Solving on peeling and plummeting; a Medicine and Society on beyond moral injury; and a ...
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February 28, 2024 • 31 mins
Featuring articles on a trial of seladelpar in primary biliary cholangitis, a trial of elafibranor in primary biliary cholangitis, cognition and memory after Covid-19, and simple versus radical hysterectomy in women with low-risk cervical cancer; a review article on cardiac rehabilitation; a case report of a woman with alternating sixth cranial nerve palsy; and a Perspective article on practicing medicine in the culture wars. We al...
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February 21, 2024 • 34 mins
Featuring articles on CD19 CAR T-cell therapy in autoimmune disease, tenecteplase for stroke at 4.5 to 24 hours, biomarker changes in years before Alzheimer’s disease, and a hepcidin mimetic in polycythemia vera; a review article on wearable digital health technologies for epilepsy; a case report of a man with fatigue and night sweats; and Perspective articles on direct-to-consumer platforms for antiobesity medications, on childhoo...
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February 14, 2024 • 32 mins
Featuring articles on frexalimab in multiple sclerosis, e-cigarettes for smoking cessation, cefepime–taniborbactam for complicated UTI, and the treatment of Wolman’s disease in an infant; review articles on treatment-resistant depression in older adults and on Behçet’s syndrome; a case report of a man with fevers; and Perspective articles on ethical issues in safety-net health systems, on secondary cancers after CAR T-cell therapy,...
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February 7, 2024 • 38 mins
Featuring articles on a phase 3 trial of resmetirom in NASH with liver fibrosis, an interleukin-23–receptor antagonist for plaque psoriasis, the neurovascular complications of F. solani meningitis, and on ocular gene therapy; a review article on coccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis; a case report of a man with fever and headache after international travel; Medicine and Society articles on a physician attack on the FDA and on being...
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January 31, 2024 • 30 mins
Featuring articles on an attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine, skin antisepsis before fracture surgery, N-acetyl-l-leucine in Niemann–Pick Disease type C, in vivo CRISPR-Cas9 treatment for hereditary angioedema, and on seeing medicine more as a job than a calling; a review article on cardiac implantable electronic devices; a Clinical Problem-Solving on flipping the switch; and a Perspective article on explaining health inequities.
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January 24, 2024 • 32 mins
Featuring articles on daratumumab in myeloma therapy, the early treatment of patent ductus arteriosus with ibuprofen, measurable residual disease in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, hospital prices for physician-administered drugs, and on Asian Americans and racial justice in medicine; a review article on wearable technologies in cardiovascular medicine; a case report of an infant with inconsolable crying and weakness; and Perspective...
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