NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 357, No. 18.
This summary covers the issue of November 1, 2007. Featured are articles on zoledronic acid in reducing mortality after hip fracture, adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer with S-1, incidental findings on brain MRI in the general population, and visualizing out-of-body experience in the brain; review articles on the assessment of patients’ competence to consent to treatment and on leukotrienes; a Clinical Problem-Solving article describing a condition that is no respecter of age; and Perspective articles on the challenge of rising health care costs and on scrutinizing the influential relationships of doctors and drug companies.
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