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NEJM This Week — November 20, 2025
Season 40 · Episode 20

NEJM This Week — November 20, 2025

Podcast of news and medicine from the NEJM.

NEJM This Week · The New England Journal of Medicine

November 19, 202523m 53s

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Show Notes

This week, we look at new research on potassium optimization in patients with defibrillators, reducing antihypertensive therapy in nursing homes, an mRNA influenza vaccine, and belzutifan for rare neuroendocrine tumors. We review long QT syndrome and present a case of abnormal behavior and seizures in a young man. We also explore perspectives on primary care reform, tobacco cessation in HIV and tuberculosis care, corporate control in health care, and the simple power of compassion with ice cream.

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