Blood-pressure reduction is the only proven treatment to prevent stroke. Whether a single pill that combines three antihypertensive drugs at low doses, in addition to standard antihypertensive ...

Post-thrombotic syndrome is common after deep-vein thrombosis and can cause severe symptoms involving the limbs that impair patients’ activity and quality of life. Endovascular therapy can ...

The Trump administration’s wide-ranging actions to dismantle U.S. environmental regulations will cause long-lasting health harms, disproportionately affecting low-income and other vulnerable groups.

Explore this issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 394 No. 5).

The parents of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who was in a persistent vegetative state, objected to her husband's decision to discontinue artificial nutrition, and a protracted legal battle ensued.

To the Editor: The results of the randomized trial by Parienti et al. (Sept. 24 issue) 1 comparing insertion sites for central venous catheterization will help guide clinicians in their choice of ...

A 27-year-old woman presented with a 2-week history of joint pain, fever, sore throat, and a nonpruritic rash that worsened during fever. Laboratory tests showed an elevated ESR and elevated ...

An 18-year-old man presented to the emergency department with generalized tonic–clonic seizures. MRI of the head showed numerous well-defined cystic lesions in the brain that were consistent with ...

The author reviews the history of employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States and outlines how it became the cornerstone of the nation's health care system. He discusses the implications ...

It is regrettable that pulmonary embolism as a discrete cause of sudden cardiac arrest in athletes is not addressed by Lampert and Harmon’s recent review (Jan. 15 issue).1 In an ...

Health worker burnout, exacerbated by Covid-19, is not only about long hours. It’s about the fundamental disconnect between health workers and the mission to serve that motivates them.

An 88-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of recurrent episodes of acute pain in her neck and knees that were associated with fevers of 38 to 39.3°C. She reported no visual symptoms, ja ...