http://content.nejm.org/Browse NEJM’s most-viewed clinical and medical articles to see what your colleagues are viewing most often. These clinical and medical articles are listed in rank order, and the list is updated daily.http://content.nejm.org/icons/nejm_name_220.gifhttp://content.nejm.org/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:30:01 GMTThe New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.en-usExcessive alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States.12 Alcohol-associated mortality is disproportionately high among young people, and approximately 30 years of life are...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2758?ssource=mfvReview ArticleMichael R. Lucey, M.D., Philippe Mathurin, M.D., Ph.D., and Timothy R. Morgan, M.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2758?ssource=mfvBackground: Patients with a myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation who present to hospitals that do not have the capability of performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) often cannot undergo timely primary...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2705?ssource=mfvOriginal ArticleWarren J. Cantor, M.D., David Fitchett, M.D., Bjug Borgundvaag, M.D., John Ducas, M.D., Michael Heffernan, M.D., Eric A. Cohen, M.D., Laurie J. Morrison, M.D., Anatoly Langer, M.D., Vladimir Dzavik, M.D., Shamir R. Mehta, M.D., Charles Lazzam, M.D., Brian Schwartz, M.D., Amparo Casanova, M.D., Ph.D., and Shaun G. Goodman, M.D., for the TRANSFER-AMI Trial InvestigatorsThu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2705?ssource=mfvA 9-year-old boy ingested 23 magnets (Panel A). Four days later, he had clinical and surgical evidence of intestinal perforation and peritonitis due to pressure necrosis of the bowel. In...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2770?ssource=mfvImages in Clinical MedicineLuigi Avolio, M.D., Giuseppe Martucciello, M.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2770?ssource=mfvA 60-year-old white man presents for evaluation of progressive dyspnea. He is a former smoker with a 20-pack-year smoking history and a 10-year history of diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2749?ssource=mfvClinical PracticeEdwin K. Silverman, M.D., Ph.D., and Robert A. Sandhaus, M.D., Ph.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2749?ssource=mfvDr. Jordan M. Cummins (Dermatology): A 79-year-old woman was admitted to the burn unit of this hospital because of a blistering cutaneous eruption. Five days before admission, itching on her...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2771?ssource=mfvCase Records of the Massachusetts General HospitalMathew M. Avram, M.D., J.D., and Mai Hoang, M.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2771?ssource=mfvAn 88-year-old man presented with diffuse, painless swelling of the lateral borders of his tongue (Panel A). The swelling had been slowly increasing during the previous 20 years. Yellowish tumors...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/e33?ssource=mfvImages in Clinical MedicineHiroshi Murakami, M.D., Naoki Tamasawa, M.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/e33?ssource=mfvPrimary care in the United States needs a lifeline. In 2009, for the 12th straight year, the number of graduating U.S. medical students choosing primary care residencies reached dismally low...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2693?ssource=mfvPerspectiveThomas Bodenheimer, M.D., Kevin Grumbach, M.D., Robert A. Berenson, M.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2693?ssource=mfvAs Americans debate health care reform, it is easy to forget that success may depend as much on the availability of primary care physicians for adults as on the specifics...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2696?ssource=mfvPerspectiveRobert Steinbrook, M.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2696?ssource=mfvBackground: Prophylactic cranial irradiation has been a standard treatment in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who are at high risk for central nervous system (CNS) relapse. We conducted...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2730?ssource=mfvOriginal ArticleChing-Hon Pui, M.D., Dario Campana, M.D., Ph.D., Deqing Pei, M.S., W. Paul Bowman, M.D., John T. Sandlund, M.D., Sue C. Kaste, D.O., Raul C. Ribeiro, M.D., Jeffrey E. Rubnitz, M.D., Ph.D., Susana C. Raimondi, Ph.D., Mihaela Onciu, M.D., Elaine Coustan-Smith, M.S., Larry E. Kun, M.D., Sima Jeha, M.D., Cheng Cheng, Ph.D., Scott C. Howard, M.D., Vickey Simmons, R.N., Amy Bayles, C.P.N.P., Monika L. Metzger, M.D., James M. Boyett, Ph.D., Wing Leung, M.D., Ph.D., Rupert Handgretinger, M.D., James R. Downing, M.D., William E. Evans, Pharm.D., and Mary V. Relling, Pharm.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2730?ssource=mfvReperfusion therapy has represented a great leap forward in the management of myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation. Its goal is early and complete recanalization of the infarct-related artery to salvage...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2779?ssource=mfvEditorialFreek W.A. Verheugt, M.D.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/26/2779?ssource=mfv