NEJM This Week - May 18, 2017




NEJM This Week show

Summary: Featuring articles on KIT inhibition by imatinib in severe asthma, treating eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, evacetrapib in high-risk vascular disease, exercise training in dieting obese older adults, and ularitide in acute heart failure; a review article on the physiological effect of chronic hypoxia; a case report of a woman with skin lesions after travel abroad; and Perspective articles on physicians, firearms, and free speech; on the the committed perspective; on creating a real-world information economy; and on a letter to a young female physician.