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Physician's First Watch
Physician's First Watch offers succinct summary and comment on current medical journal articles.
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Your NEJM Group Today: Zoom Family Meeting / First Watch Flashback / Family Medicine & Endocrinology Opportunities
Here's what we chose for you from NEJM Group today: New England Journal of Medicine: Perspective: As difficult as 2020 was, it also brought some...
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So Long for Now
Dear Readers, This marks our final issue of Physician's First Watch. Over the past couple of weeks, hundreds of you have written to us to...
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Blood Pressure Treatment Not Just for Those with High BP, Meta-Analysis Suggests
Blood pressure (BP)–lowering treatment is associated with lower risk for cardiovascular (CV) events across a wide range of BP levels and in patients with...
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BMI Above 23 Linked to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes
Higher body-mass index is associated with increased risk for severe COVID-19–related outcomes, even at a BMI considered a healthy weight, according to...
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FDA Moves to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and All Flavored Cigars
The FDA has embarked on a process to ban menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars. In a statement released Thursday, the acting FDA commissioner, Dr...
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Your NEJM Group Today: Firearm Regulation in Australia / COVID-19 After Vaccination & Viral Load / Rheumatology & Critical Care Opportunities
Here's what we chose for you from NEJM Group today: NEJM Audio Interview: Firearm Regulation in Australia: Dr. Joel Negin discusses the anniversary of sweeping...
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Interview: How Equity Intersects with Community Health
This is the fourth of four Clinical Conversations interviews on race and clinical equity in the U.S. We talk with Dr. Joseph Betancourt, an internist...
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Little Drawback to Delayed Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections
For patients with respiratory infections, delaying antibiotics could be a safe way to reduce antibiotic use, according to a study in The BMJ. Researchers analyzed...
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Vaccines Protect Against COVID-19–Related Hospitalization in Older Adults
Among hospitalized older adults with COVID-19–like illness, those who tested negative for COVID-19 were far more likely to have been vaccinated than...
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Your NEJM Group Today: Scalp & Face Rash Case / Non-Drug Interventions for Depressive Symptoms in Dementia / OB/GYN & Neuro Opportunities
See what's happening around NEJM Group: NEJM Primary Care/Hospitalist Page: Case record: A 78-year-old man was admitted with a forehead and scalp...
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