It is regrettable that pulmonary embolism as a discrete cause of sudden cardiac arrest in athletes is not addressed by Lampert and Harmon’s recent review (Jan. 15 issue).1 In an ...

A 27-year-old woman presented with a 2-week history of joint pain, fever, sore throat, and a nonpruritic rash that worsened during fever. Laboratory tests showed an elevated ESR and elevated ...

Post-thrombotic syndrome is common after deep-vein thrombosis and can cause severe symptoms involving the limbs that impair patients’ activity and quality of life. Endovascular therapy can ...

Celiac disease, a common autoimmune condition affecting approximately 1% of the population, can develop with exposure to gluten at any age. Diagnosis involves serologic testing, especially for IgA ...

The parents of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who was in a persistent vegetative state, objected to her husband's decision to discontinue artificial nutrition, and a protracted legal battle ensued.

Explore this issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 394 No. 2).

This video will demonstrate how to perform a comprehensive pelvic examination, which includes an examination of the external genitalia, a Papanicolaou test, a bimanual examination, as well as a ...

Explore this issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 394 No. 5).

Abstract In this second of two Health Policy Reports marking the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the authors describe major payment and delivery system reforms and analyze the available ...

This case vignette about a boy with cough, congestion, and fever is accompanied by two essays, one supporting empirical treatment with antibiotics for presumed bacterial pneumonia and the other ...

To the Editor: The results of the randomized trial by Parienti et al. (Sept. 24 issue) 1 comparing insertion sites for central venous catheterization will help guide clinicians in their choice of ...

In assessing the fallout of implementing electronic health records, transitional chaos must be distinguished from enduring harm. But faith that EHRs will inevitably evolve in ways that help, rather ...