The New England Journal of Medicine Audio Interview Podcast
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NEJM 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. Recent topics include stem cell research, bioterrorism, and prescription drug benefits.
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NEJM Interview: Jon Kingsdale on the Massachusetts mandate for universal health insurance coverage and its lessons for the rest of the United States
Wed, Jun 25, 2008
Jon Kingsdale is the executive director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, Boston. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Steinbrook R. Health Care Reform in Massachusetts -- Expanding Coverage, Escalating Costs. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2757-60.
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Perspective (PDF): Health Care Reform in Massachusetts -- Expanding Coverage, Escalating Costs.
Wed, Jun 25, 2008
After 2 years, the good news is that the health care reforms in Massachusetts have ramped up rapidly, the number of people without health insurance has been substantially reduced, and overall public and political support remains broad. Dr. Robert Steinbrook writes that not all the news is good, however.
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NEJM Interview: Francis Collins discusses the provisions of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and its likely effects on patient care and clinical research
Wed, Jun 18, 2008
Francis Collins is director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Hudson KL, Holohan MK, and Collins FS. Keeping Pace with the Times -- The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2661-3.
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Perspective (PDF): Keeping Pace with the Times -- The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
Wed, Jun 18, 2008
On May 21, President George Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Kathy Hudson, M.K. Holohan, and Dr. Francis Collins write that at last, the United States has a federal law that protects consumers from discrimination by health insurers and employers on the basis of genetic information.
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NEJM Interview: Janet Woodcock on the contaminated heparin from China and the role of the FDA
Wed, Jun 4, 2008
Janet Woodcock is director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Avorn J. Coagulation and Adulteration -- Building on Science and Policy Lessons from 1905. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2429-31.
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Perspective (PDF): Coagulation and Adulteration -- Building on Science and Policy Lessons from 1905
Wed, Jun 4, 2008
It's always instructive and often painful to contrast the impressive development of medical science with the more fitful evolution of health policy. The former marches forward more or less systematically; well-developed rules of evidence determine what works, and practical methods build on established facts and test new paradigms. Data and concepts proven true are rarely discarded or forgotten. Not so with health policy.
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NEJM Interview: Stuart Schweitzer on challenges faced by the FDA
Wed, Apr 23, 2008
Stuart Schweitzer is a professor in the Department of Health Services at the UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Schweitzer SO. Trying Times at the FDA -- The Challenge of Ensuring the Safety of Imported Pharmaceuticals. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1773-7.
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Perspective (PDF): Trying Times at the FDA -- The Challenge of Ensuring the Safety of Imported Pharmaceuticals
Wed, Apr 23, 2008
Stuart Schweitzer discusses challenges and recent crises at the FDA and the scope of the agency's responsibilities.
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NEJM Interview: Sherry Glied on the risks and benefits of individual health insurance mandates
Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Sherry Glied is a professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Glied SA. Universal Coverage One Head at a Time -- The Risks and Benefits of Individual Health Insurance Mandates. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1540-2.
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Perspective (PDF): Universal Coverage One Head at a Time -- The Risks and Benefits of Individual Health Insurance Mandates
Wed, Apr 9, 2008
The health insurance reform enacted in Massachusetts in 2006 and the proposals of the leading Democratic presidential candidates seek to achieve universal health insurance coverage while relying primarily on private
insurance. Achieving universality is a challenge in any system that assigns insurance coverage, whether private or public...
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NEJM Interview: David Hemenway on gun violence in the United States and the likely effects of the Supreme Court case D.C. v. Heller
Wed, Mar 19, 2008
David Hemenway is a professor of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Curfman GD, Morrissey S, and Drazen JM. Handgun Violence, Public Health, and the Law. N Engl J Med 2008;358. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0802118.
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Perspective (PDF): Handgun Violence, Public Health, and the Law
Wed, Mar 19, 2008
On March 18, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, a case challenging handgun control statutes adopted in 1976.
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NEJM Interview: Mohamed Ali on violence-related mortality among Iraqi civilians
Wed, Jan 30, 2008
Mohamed Ali is a statistician in the Department of Measurement and Health Information Systems at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Brownstein CA and Brownstein JS. Estimating Excess Mortality in Post-Invasion Iraq. N Engl J Med 2008;358:445-7.
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Perspective (PDF): Estimating Excess Mortality in Post-Invasion Iraq
Wed, Jan 30, 2008
There is no set formula for accurately tallying deaths from humanitarian crises. When a population becomes destabilized, estimation of mortality is likely to be severely challenged.
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NEJM Interview: Atul Gawande, Deborah Denno, Robert Truog, and David Waisel on lethal injection
Wed, Jan 23, 2008
On January 7, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about lethal injection in Baze v. Rees. The Journal presents a video roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. Atul Gawande, about lethal injection, the three-drug protocol used, and the involvement of health care professionals in capital punishment.
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NEJM Interview: Peggy Porter on the increased rate of breast cancer in lower-income countries
Wed, Jan 16, 2008
Peggy Porter is a cancer biology researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a professor of pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Porter P. "Westernizing" Women's Risks? Breast Cancer in Lower-Income Countries. N Engl J Med 2008;358:213-6.
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Perspective (PDF): "Westernizing" Women's Risks? Breast Cancer in Lower-Income Countries
Wed, Jan 16, 2008
Recent media reports have highlighted the increasing incidence of breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries. Although the disease continues to be most prominent in affluent countries, the risks of both breast cancer and death due to breast cancer are clearly increasing worldwide.
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