A 91-year-old man with a history of bladder carcinoma and left total knee arthroplasty was evaluated because of left knee pain. A culture of synovial fluid showed no growth. A diagnosis was made.
This Sounding Board announces a new FDA policy that the default requirement for FDA approvals will be one robust pivotal trial plus confirmatory evidence, rather than two trials.
A 7-year-old boy was brought to a hospital with a 3-month history of cognitive deterioration and seizures. He had contracted measles at 7 months of age while living in an area where the infection is ...
Trainees’ paths to safe, independent practice are variable. Artificial intelligence could help accelerate implementation of competency-based medical education to support individualized development.
When a physician’s own incidental finding sends her down a long and winding path to find answers, she finds herself overcome with worry — but also, eventually, a new appreciation for life.
A high-school wrestler presented with an itchy rash that had worsened despite topical antifungal and glucocorticoid treatment. A circular, scaly plaque with papules, nodules, and pustules was seen ...
Explore the current issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 394 No. 6).
A key barrier to effective government oversight and optimal allocation of health care resources is the use of “related-party transactions” between health care organizations and affiliated entities.
It is widely accepted that incident cardiovascular events in persons with a history of major atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease are largely preventable. 1,2 Most cardiovascular risk can be ...
Medicare will achieve greater savings on the 15 drugs in its second round of price negotiations than it did in the first round. Despite new challenges, the effort should continue to pay growing div ...
Recent court decisions have treated statements in drug labels as evidence of patent infringement by generic-drug manufacturers. The Supreme Court has an opportunity to address this trend.