NEJM This Week

NEJM This Week — July 31, 2025

Featuring articles on myeloma, mitochondrial DNA disease, cardiac surgery, and squamous-cell carcinoma; a review article on motor vehicle crash prevention; a case report of a woman with seizure-like activity and odd behaviors; a Medicine and Society article on the evaluation of occupational pulmonary impairment; and Perspectives on Covid-19 vaccines, on public policies, and on living on the edge of the valley of the sick.

NEJM This Week — July 24, 2025

Featuring articles on type 2 diabetes, gastric cancer, lung cancer, and malaria; a review article on competency-based medical education; a case report of a man with cough, dyspnea, and hypoxemia; and Perspectives on brain death in pregnancy, on the Supreme Court’s failure to protect trans minors, on real-world data, and on avocado and salt.

NEJM This Week — July 17, 2025

Featuring articles on gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer, pulmonary sarcoidosis, graft-versus-host disease, gastroenteritis in children, the rapid recovery of donor hearts after circulatory death, and an on-table reanimation of a pediatric heart from donation after circulatory death; a review article on fragile X disorders; a case report of a woman with neck swelling and dysphagia; and Perspectives on vaccine policy, on new mammography tools, and on the second life of Jacqui B.

NEJM This Week — July 10, 2025

Featuring articles on mild asthma, cardiovascular risk factors, stroke, advanced breast cancer, and transforming health care; a review article on juvenile idiopathic arthritis; a case report of a man with headache and ataxia; and Perspectives on who will care for America, on hospital financial assistance policies, and on libraries burned, and a life lived.

NEJM This Week — July 3, 2025

Featuring articles on structured exercise after chemotherapy for colon cancer, and treatments in obesity, in head and neck cancer, and in patients at high risk for cardiovascular events; a review article on forensic pathology; a Clinical Problem-Solving on caving in to pressure; a Sounding Board on climate change and human health; and Perspectives on the corporatization of U.S. health care, on self-neglect in older people, on Medicare drug price negotiation, and on the autopsy report.