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The Lancet
- [Clinical Picture] A painful lump on a teenager's toe is a benign enchondroma
A 16-year-old girl attended our outpatient clinic complaining about a hard lump on the second toe of her left foot. She said it had been present for 6 years, but that in the past 3 months it had becom … - [Comment] COMPARE trial: new hope for organ preservation
Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for most people with kidney failure. Initially done in identical twins more than 60 years ago, kidney transplantation has become a highly efficacious, w … - [Perspectives] The banality of the patriarchy
When German–American philosopher Hannah Arendt covered the 1961 trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann for The New Yorker magazine—her reports led to her book of 1963, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the … - [Editorial] COVID-19 vaccines: no time for complacency
“Yes. Yes. Yes.” That was the response of John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford, when asked whether we could be confident that life will be returning to normal by spring. … - [World Report] Violence leads to health emergencies in Mozambique
Displaced by war, thousands of people in Mozambique are at risk of infectious disease. Munyaradzi Makoni reports.
New England Journal of Medicine
- Ascaris in the Stomach
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print. - “You Are Now Entering a Guilt-free Zone”
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print. - Banning Genetic Discrimination in Life Insurance — Time to Follow Florida’s Lead
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print. - Covid-19–Associated Myopathy Caused by Type I Interferonopathy
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print. - Mapping Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Health and Opportunity
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.
BMJ
- Millions will face surgery delays unless anaesthetic workforce grows, college warns
The Royal College of Anaesthetists has urged the government to invest in increasing the number of anaesthetic trainees, after a workforce census found vacancies in most hospitals.The college gathered. … - Covid-19: What do we know about the late stage vaccine candidates?
University of Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccineThe ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 has been tested across the world, with trials starting in the UK and branching out to Brazil, South Africa, and the US. Phase II… … - Remdesivir: a pendulum in a pandemic
Covid-19 has claimed over a million lives globally and devastated healthcare systems, economies, and societal welfare. Determining effective, safe, and scalable prevention and treatment measures is… … - Covid -19, misinformation, and antimicrobial resistance
Well before covid-19, the world already faced an emergent threat of antimicrobial resistance, and many have sounded the alarm over further escalation during the pandemic.1 A study from the US, for… … - Helen Salisbury: Careless communication costs lives
Most patients want to know “What have I got? Why? What next?”—and doctors spend a lot of time explaining diagnosis, cause, treatment, and prognosis. An important part of our medical training is… …
JAMA
- Partnership to Make 120 Million COVID-19 Rapid Tests Available
A global partnership plans to make 120 million coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rapid antigen tests available in low- and middle-income countries, according to an announcement from the World Health … - Dyschromic Nails, Exertional Dyspnea, and Lower Extremity Edema
A 70-year-old man with a 2-year history of nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and chronic cough developed yellow discoloration and thickening of his fingernails and toenails and progressive exertional dysp … - Postlicensure Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccines—Potential Bias in “Test-Negative” Cases
This Viewpoint explains the “test-negative” modified case-control design commonly used for evaluating vaccine effectiveness, describes why it may be lead to biased estimates of COVID-19 vaccine effect … - Bioinformatics, Sequencing Accuracy, and the Credibility of Clinical Genomics
The adoption of clinical exome and whole-genome sequencing based on next-generation sequencing technologies has increased rapidly over the last decade; this has been accelerated by increasing coverage … - Nursing Homes’ Next Test—Vaccinating Workers Against COVID-19
This story examines the potential roadblocks to vaccinating millions of long-term care workers against COVID-19, a task that is considered to be a critical step in protecting vulnerable nursing home r …
