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Opinion | This system is critical to Americans’ health. We must defend it. Medical progress depends on independent journals to advance science without political interference.

Please to write this @washingtonpost.com Op-Ed with Eric Rubin about the importance of independent medical journals like ours @nejm.org & @jama.com

wapo.st/4kUqfV9

21.07.2025 17:09 — 👍 14    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

"More than 99% of all new drugs approved from 2010 through 2019 had some antecedent research funded by the NIH." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

05.06.2025 01:04 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

NEJM editor responds to RFK Jr. calling top medical journals 'corrupt' HHS secretary says he may block government scientists from publishing in the top medical journals.

Worth a listen. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

04.06.2025 23:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When It Comes to Benchmarks, Humans Are the Only Way Improved performance of large language models (LLMs) on traditional reasoning assessments has led to benchmark saturation. This has spurred efforts to develop new benchmarks, including synthetic co...

When It Comes to Benchmarks, Humans Are the Only Way @ai.nejm.org ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #AImedicine

27.03.2025 17:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Associations between Class I, II, or III Obesity and Health Outcomes The burden of obesity-related health conditions remains incompletely explored. Previous studies have been underpowered to study severe obesity, focused on a limited set of health outcomes, and lack...

Associations between Class I, II, or III Obesity and Health Outcomes published in NEJM Evidence: evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

27.03.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Outbreaks | NEJM

If you are interested in @nejm.org coverage of H5N1, measles, and other disease outbreaks check out www.nejm.org/outbreaks

19.03.2025 15:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

NEJM GROUP | FREE CME Management and Treatment of Obesity in Primary Care Four Activities • Mechanisms, Pathophysiology, and Management of Obesity • Lifestyle Interventions in the Management of Obesity • Recent Advancements in the Management of Obesity with a Focus on Pharmacotherapies • Management of Complications of Obesity

Today, on #WorldObesityDay, transform your approach to managing obesity by participating in these four free CME activities from NEJM Group. Learn more: nej.md/3F6dWWz

04.03.2025 19:50 — 👍 12    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

EDITORIAL “What can we do to counter the current chaos? At the least, we can try to maintain order. In our roles as editors, this means continuing to do what we think makes a difference: publishing the highest-quality research, analysis, opinion, and educational content that can improve patient health.” “Order out of Chaos” by NEJM Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.

In a new editorial, NEJM Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD, comments on the effects of the raft of executive orders from the current administration on scientific research and public health. Read the full editorial: nej.md/4gXeRFW

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03.03.2025 17:05 — 👍 41    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 4