Research has found that in nearly 40% of opioid overdose deaths, documented bystanders could have potentially administered the lifesaving medicine naloxone. But in a promising update, a new study published in JAMA Network Open found that bystander-administered naloxone has “drastically increased” in…
This pragmatic nonrandomized multisite clinical trial examines the effectiveness of patient-directed educational materials provided before primary care appointments in promoting deprescribing for low-benefit and high-risk…
This case report describes an HIV-positive patient with bilateral syphilitic panuveitis, for whom diagnosis was initially delayed by negative treponemal testing.
Nature Medicine – Next-generation metagenomic testing increases the accuracy and sensitivity of the etiology of central nervous system infections in hospitalized patients.
Risk prediction to inform strategies for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease is universally recommended by clinical practice guidelines in the US and worldwide.1,2 A…
This study aims to characterize the individual-level agreement of polygenic risk scores for coronary heart disease that perform similarly at the population level.
Ankeet Bhatt, MD, MBA, discusses a study he led from AHA 2024 examining the cost-effectiveness of dapagliflozin based on how soon therapy was initiated following…
After the fall of “Roe v. Wade,” thousands of out-of-state patients traveled to Maryland for abortion care. The state is trying to diversify who can…
California has detected the country’s first case of a new mpox strain in a person who recently traveled from Eastern Africa
Audio Interview from the New England Journal of Medicine — NEJM at AHA — Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia
