http://content.nejm.org The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) RSS feed -- current issue. NEJM (http://www.nejm.org) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice http://content.nejm.org/icons/Googl_gadg_nejm.gif http://content.nejm.org http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/NEJMoa0804633v2?rss=1&query=current Background Anxiety disorders are common psychiatric conditions affecting children and adolescents. Although cognitive behavioral therapy and selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors have shown efficacy in treating these disorders, little is known about ...]]> Walkup, J. T., Albano, A. M., Piacentini, J., Birmaher, B., Compton, S. N., Sherrill, J. T., Ginsburg, G. S., Rynn, M. A., McCracken, J., Waslick, B., Iyengar, S., March, J. S., Kendall, P. C. 2008-10-31T12:21:01-07:00 Massachusetts Medical Society ORIGINAL ARTICLES http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/NEJMc0807070v1?rss=1&query=current Alban, S., Luhn, S. 2008-12-03T06:55:18-08:00 Massachusetts Medical Society CORRESPONDENCE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/NEJMp0808736v1?rss=1&query=current Iglehart, J. K. 2008-12-03T06:56:02-08:00 Massachusetts Medical Society PERSPECTIVE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/NEJMoa0806450v1?rss=1&query=current Background In January 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a nationwide investigation of severe adverse reactions that were first detected in a single hemodialysis facility. Preliminary findings ...]]> Blossom, D. B., Kallen, A. J., Patel, P. R., Elward, A., Robinson, L., Gao, G., Langer, R., Perkins, K. M., Jaeger, J. L., Kurkjian, K. M., Jones, M., Schillie, S. F., Shehab, N., Ketterer, D., Venkataraman, G., Kishimoto, T. K., Shriver, Z., McMahon, A. W., Austen, K. F., Kozlowski, S., Srinivasan, A., Turabelidze, G., Gould, C. V., Arduino, M. J., Sasisekharan, R. 2008-12-03T06:55:41-08:00 Massachusetts Medical Society ORIGINAL ARTICLES http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2409?rss=1&query=current Nurse practitioner Gail Metcalf toted her medical bag up the steep stairway of a triple-decker house in Dorchester, a low-income neighborhood of Boston, and greeted her patient, Mrs. E, a ...]]> Okie, S. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMp0808067 Massachusetts Medical Society PERSPECTIVE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2412?rss=1&query=current In a radical departure from earlier strategies, public health officials are now arguing that circumcision of men should be a key weapon in the fight against infection with the human ...]]> Katz, I. T., Wright, A. A. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMp0805791 Massachusetts Medical Society PERSPECTIVE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2417?rss=1&query=current ]]> Jamerson, K., Weber, M. A., Bakris, G. L., Dahlof, B., Pitt, B., Shi, V., Hester, A., Gupte, J., Gatlin, M., Velazquez, E. J., the ACCOMPLISH Trial Investigators 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMoa0806182 Massachusetts Medical Society ORIGINAL ARTICLES http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2429?rss=1&query=current ]]> Di Bisceglie, A. M., Shiffman, M. L., Everson, G. T., Lindsay, K. L., Everhart, J. E., Wright, E. C., Lee, W. M., Lok, A. S., Bonkovsky, H. L., Morgan, T. R., Ghany, M. G., Morishima, C., Snow, K. K., Dienstag, J. L., the HALT-C Trial Investigators 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMoa0707615 Massachusetts Medical Society ORIGINAL ARTICLES http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2442?rss=1&query=current ]]> Marcellin, P., Heathcote, E. J., Buti, M., Gane, E., de Man, R. A., Krastev, Z., Germanidis, G., Lee, S. S., Flisiak, R., Kaita, K., Manns, M., Kotzev, I., Tchernev, K., Buggisch, P., Weilert, F., Kurdas, O. O., Shiffman, M. L., Trinh, H., Washington, M. K., Sorbel, J., Anderson, J., Snow-Lampart, A., Mondou, E., Quinn, J., Rousseau, F. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMoa0802878 Massachusetts Medical Society ORIGINAL ARTICLES http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2456?rss=1&query=current ]]> Massie, B. M., Carson, P. E., McMurray, J. J., Komajda, M., McKelvie, R., Zile, M. R., Anderson, S., Donovan, M., Iverson, E., Staiger, C., Ptaszynska, A., the I-PRESERVE Investigators 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 Massachusetts Medical Society ORIGINAL ARTICLES http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2468?rss=1&query=current ]]> LeWitt, P. A. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMct0800326 Massachusetts Medical Society CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2477?rss=1&query=current A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of severe pain in and loss of movement of her right index finger. She reported that for the ...]]> Wiper, J. D., Garrido, A. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMicm063524 Massachusetts Medical Society IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/e29?rss=1&query=current A 26-year-old man with a history of chronic alcohol abuse presented with dysarthria, lethargy, and horizontal nystagmus. Results of a clinical examination and blood tests were otherwise normal, including a ...]]> Fleming, J. D., Babu, S. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMicm066005 Massachusetts Medical Society IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2478?rss=1&query=current ]]> Thomas, M. P., Wang, A. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMcps0801308 Massachusetts Medical Society CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2484?rss=1&query=current In the November elections, the citizens of three states resoundingly defeated initiatives aimed at curtailing reproductive rights. In Colorado, a proposed amendment to the state's Constitution would have given the ...]]> Curfman, G. D., Morrissey, S., Greene, M. F., Drazen, J. M. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 Massachusetts Medical Society EDITORIALS http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2485?rss=1&query=current Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular and renal diseases. Currently, approximately 73 million adults in the United States and approximately 1 billion adults worldwide have ...]]> Chobanian, A. V. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMe0808690 Massachusetts Medical Society EDITORIALS http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2488?rss=1&query=current The hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes chronic infection in approximately 400 million people in the world. Most carriers of chronic HBV, including Asians, Africans, and a proportion of persons in ...]]> Lai, C.-L., Yuen, M.-F. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMe0808185 Massachusetts Medical Society EDITORIALS http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2492?rss=1&query=current ]]> Mathieson, P. W. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMcibr0806881 Massachusetts Medical Society CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BASIC RESEARCH http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2495?rss=1&query=current To the Editor: Lovell et al. (Aug. 21 issue)1 report that adalimumab seems to be effective in the treatment of ...]]> Sfriso, P., Ravaioli, F., Taddio, A., Marchetti, F., de Vries, M. K., van der Horst-Bruinsma, I. E., Wolbink, G. J., Lovell, D. J., Ruperto, N. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMc081987 Massachusetts Medical Society CORRESPONDENCE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2497?rss=1&query=current To the Editor: Llovet et al. (July 24 issue)1 report that their study of sorafenib therapy in patients with hepatocellular ...]]> Spinzi, G., Paggi, S., Copur, M. S., Palmer, D. H., Llovet, J. M., Bruix, J., Roberts, L. R. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMc081780 Massachusetts Medical Society CORRESPONDENCE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2499?rss=1&query=current To the Editor: With regard to the article on the initial management of epilepsy, by French and Pedley (July 10 ...]]> Davis, A., Pack, A., Ammar, H., Malani, A., Mughal, S., French, J. A., Pedley, T. A. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMc086346 Massachusetts Medical Society CORRESPONDENCE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2501?rss=1&query=current To the Editor: In the Case Record of a 64-year-old man with abdominal pain and an elevated level of serum ...]]> Martinez-Marcos, F. J., Franco-Huerta, M., Diaz-Acevedo, S., Steinman, T. I., Samir, A. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMc082016 Massachusetts Medical Society CORRESPONDENCE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2501-a?rss=1&query=current To the Editor: Clatworthy et al. (Aug. 14 issue)1 report on two patients (one with multiple sclerosis and the other ...]]> Shin, J. I., Lee, J. S., Clatworthy, M. R., Wallin, E. F., Jayne, D. R. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMc081947 Massachusetts Medical Society CORRESPONDENCE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2502?rss=1&query=current To the Editor: There have been few reports of osteosarcoma after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.1 We report the development of ...]]> Berger, M., Muraro, M., Fagioli, F., Ferrari, S. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMc0807172 Massachusetts Medical Society CORRESPONDENCE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2505?rss=1&query=current Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in North America, with an estimated 213,380 new cases and 160,390 deaths anticipated in 2008. Since the publication of the previous ...]]> Horn, L., Sandler, A. B. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMbkrev0805105 Massachusetts Medical Society BOOK REVIEWS http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2505-a?rss=1&query=current In 1969, the young surgeon Judah Folkman made a clinical observation that elevated the study of angiogenesis to a scientific discipline and led to new therapies for cancer, eye diseases, ...]]> Losordo, D. W. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMbkrev0805117 Massachusetts Medical Society BOOK REVIEWS http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2506?rss=1&query=current Approximately 10% of men are affected by the enigmatic condition known as chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Traditionally, the prostate has been implicated, but emerging evidence implicates other organs and ...]]> Schaeffer, A. J. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMbkrev0805106 Massachusetts Medical Society BOOK REVIEWS http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/23/2507?rss=1&query=current William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a pediatrician who made house calls from Rutherford to Paterson, New Jersey. Despite the daily grind of working as a physician, he was posthumously awarded ...]]> Schwartz, R. S. 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 10.1056/NEJMbkrev0807112 Massachusetts Medical Society BOOK REVIEWS http://cme.nejm.org/cgi/cme/nejmcme_course;NJ200812043592327?rss=1&query=current 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 http://cme.nejm.org/cgi/cme/nejmcme_course;NJ200812043592328?rss=1&query=current 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00 http://cme.nejm.org/cgi/cme/nejmcme_course;NJ200812043592326?rss=1&query=current 2008-12-03T13:55:26-08:00