Season 40 · Episode 23
NEJM This Week — December 11, 2025
Podcast of news and medicine from the NEJM.
NEJM This Week · The New England Journal of Medicine
December 10, 202527m 17s
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Show Notes
This week, we look at new studies on high-dose influenza vaccines for older adults, antiplatelet therapy after coronary surgery, and HER2-targeted immunotherapy for advanced bladder cancer. We review complex regional pain syndrome and a pediatric case of fever and rash. We also explore FDA innovation and safety, aspirin’s role in metastasis prevention, the meaning of “the good doctor,” smallpox in the Revolution, and how AI may reshape medical science.
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