NEJM Interviews

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NEJM Interview: Dr. Steven DeKosky on youth football, head injuries, and a recent American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement. Feb 03, 2016

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Dr. Steven DeKosky is interim executive director of the McKnight Brain Institute and a professor of neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.E. Bachynski. Tolerable Risks? Physicians and Youth Tackle Football. N Engl J Med 2016;374:405-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Daniel Alford on how prescriber education can help address the epidemic of prescription-opioid misuse. Jan 27, 2016

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Dr. Daniel Alford is an associate professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.P. Alford. Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain - Achieving the Right Balance through Education. N Engl J Med 2016;374:301-3.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Scott Podolsky on the history of weak oversight of homeopathic remedies in the United States and what the future may hold. Jan 20, 2016

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Dr. Scott Podolsky is an associate professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.H. Podolsky and A.S. Kesselheim. History of Medicine: Regulating Homeopathic Products - A Century of Dilute Interest. N Engl J Med 2016;374:201-3.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Terri Fried on different approaches to shared decision making driven by different clinical circumstances. Jan 13, 2016

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Dr. Terri Fried is a professor of medicine and a geriatric medicine specialist at the Yale School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.R. Fried. Shared Decision Making - Finding the Sweet Spot. N Engl J Med 2016;374:104-6.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Timothy Jost on a lawsuit brought by the House of Representatives over the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing-reduction program. Jan 06, 2016

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Prof. Timothy Jost is a professor of law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.S. Jost. The House and the ACA - A Lawsuit over Cost-Sharing Reductions. N Engl J Med 2016;374:5-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Neumann on the use of various new value-based frameworks for assessing drugs and drug prices. Dec 30, 2015

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Dr. Peter Neumann is director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Neumann and J.T. Cohen. Measuring the Value of Prescription Drugs. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2595-7. R.C. Young. Value-Based Cancer Care. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2593-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Michele Heisler on attacks on physicians and health care facilities in Syria and the response from the international community. Dec 23, 2015

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Dr. Michele Heisler is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and a board member at Physicians for Human Rights. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Heisler, E. Baker, and D. McKay. Attacks on Health Care in Syria - Normalizing Violations of Medical Neutrality? N Engl J Med 2015;373:2489-91.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Charlotte Haug on the growing number of article retractions attributable to peer-review fraud. Dec 16, 2015

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Dr. Charlotte Haug is an international correspondent for the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.J. Haug. Peer-Review Fraud - Hacking the Scientific Publication Process. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2393-5.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Alexander Capron on proposed changes to regulations governing human-subjects research. Dec 09, 2015

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Prof. Alexander Capron is a professor of law and medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.L. Hudson and F.S. Collins. Bringing the Common Rule into the 21st Century. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2293-6. E.J. Emanuel. Reform of Clinical Research Regulations, Finally. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2296-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the ways in which new evidence has improved our strategies for treating and preventing HIV infection. Dec 02, 2015

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Dr. Anthony Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Fauci and H.D. Marston. Ending the HIV-AIDS Pandemic - Follow the Science. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2197-9.

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