http://content.nejm.org/Browse NEJM’s most blogged medical articles to get an idea of what others in the medical community identify as relevant and interesting Journal articles. These medical articles cover a range of topics. Articles are listed in rank order, and the list is updated weekly.http://content.nejm.org/icons/nejm_name_220.gifhttp://content.nejm.org/Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.en-usBackground: Breast cancer is thought to result from excessive cumulative exposure to ovarian hormones. Different predictors of hereditary and sporadic breast cancer suggest different pathogenic mechanisms. Affected twin pairs may...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/23/2313?ssource=mfbOriginal ArticleAnn S. Hamilton, Ph.D., and Thomas M. Mack, M.D., M.P.H.Thu, 05 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/23/2313?ssource=mfbAt 2 a.m. on July 27, 1996, I stood in the ambulance bay of Grady Memorial Hospital, awaiting the first of 35 severely injured bombing victims who would be brought...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/13/1300?ssource=mfbPerspectiveArthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H.Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/13/1300?ssource=mfbBackground: We investigated whether a novel, synthetic, peptide-based erythropoietin-receptor agonist (Hematide, Affymax) can stimulate erythropoiesis in patients with anemia that is caused by antierythropoietin antibodies. In this open-label, single-group...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/19/1848?ssource=mfbOriginal ArticleIain C. Macdougall, M.D., Jerome Rossert, M.D., Nicole Casadevall, M.D., Richard B. Stead, M.D., Anne-Marie Duliege, M.D., Marc Froissart, M.D., and Kai-Uwe Eckardt, M.D.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/19/1848?ssource=mfbRecombinant human erythropoietin is arguably the most successful therapeutic application of recombinant DNA technology to date. Since the initial reports — which appeared 22 and 23 years ago12 — documented...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/19/1901?ssource=mfbEditorialH. Franklin Bunn, M.D.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/19/1901?ssource=mfbOn April 17, 2009, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed two cases of swine influenza in children living in neighboring counties in California.1 Here we...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/3/279?ssource=mfbReview ArticleShanta M. Zimmer, M.D., and Donald S. Burke, M.D.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/3/279?ssource=mfbBackground: Dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States but is underrecognized as a terminal illness. The clinical course of nursing home residents with advanced dementia has...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/16/1529?ssource=mfbOriginal ArticleSusan L. Mitchell, M.D., M.P.H., Joan M. Teno, M.D., Dan K. Kiely, M.P.H., Michele L. Shaffer, Ph.D., Richard N. Jones, Sc.D., Holly G. Prigerson, Ph.D., Ladislav Volicer, M.D., Ph.D., Jane L. Givens, M.D., M.S.C.E., and Mary Beth Hamel, M.D., M.P.H.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/16/1529?ssource=mfbBackground: Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has traditionally been performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG). CABG without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) might reduce the number of complications related...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/19/1827?ssource=mfbOriginal ArticleA. Laurie Shroyer, Ph.D., Frederick L. Grover, M.D., Brack Hattler, M.D., Joseph F. Collins, Sc.D., Gerald O. McDonald, M.D., Elizabeth Kozora, Ph.D., John C. Lucke, M.D., Janet H. Baltz, R.N., and Dimitri Novitzky, M.D., Ph.D., for the Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study GroupThu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/19/1827?ssource=mfbThe 2009 federal stimulus package included $1.1 billion to support comparative-effectiveness research about medical treatments. No money has been allocated — and relatively little would be needed — to disseminate...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/18/1717?ssource=mfbPerspectiveLisa M. Schwartz, M.D., Steven Woloshin, M.D.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/18/1717?ssource=mfbProspects for the enactment of some reform look good, but comprehensive, sustainable reform of the health care system must wait for another day. Republican support for President Barack Obama's ambitious...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/18/1720?ssource=mfbPerspectiveVictor R. Fuchs, Ph.D.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/18/1720?ssource=mfbBackground: Following the release of the 2002 report of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial of estrogen plus progestin, the use of menopausal hormone therapy in the United States decreased...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/6/573?ssource=mfbOriginal ArticleRowan T. Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D., Lewis H. Kuller, M.D., Dr.P.H., Ross L. Prentice, Ph.D., Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D., JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H., Margery Gass, M.D., Aaron K. Aragaki, M.S., Judith K. Ockene, Ph.D., Dorothy S. Lane, M.D., Gloria E. Sarto, M.D., Aleksandar Rajkovic, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Schenken, M.D., Susan L. Hendrix, D.O., Peter M. Ravdin, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas E. Rohan, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., Shagufta Yasmeen, M.D., and Garnet Anderson, Ph.D., for the WHI InvestigatorsThu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/6/573?ssource=mfb