NEJM Interviews

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NEJM Interview: Dr. Pieter Cohen on the regulation of dietary supplements. Feb 01, 2012

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Dr. Pieter Cohen is a primary care physician at Cambridge Health Alliance in Somerville, Massachusetts, and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.A. Cohen. Assessing Supplement Safety - The FDA's Controversial Proposal. N Engl J Med 2012;366:389-91.

NEJM Interview: Michael Chernew on the Medicare's physician-payment system and the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. Jan 25, 2012

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Michael Chernew is a professor of health care policy in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Alhassani, A. Chandra, and M.E. Chernew. The Sources of the SGR "Hole". N Engl J Med 2012;366:289-91.

NEJM Interview: Cynthia Jackevicius on generic drugs and health care costs. Jan 18, 2012

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Cynthia Jackevicius is an associate professor of pharmacy practice at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, and an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.A. Jackevicius et al. Generic Atorvastatin and Health Care Costs. N Engl J Med 2012;366:201-4.

NEJM Interview: I. Glenn Cohen on the constitutional challenge of the Affordable Care Act that will heard by the United States Supreme Court in March. Jan 11, 2012

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I. Glenn Cohen is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, both at Harvard Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. I.G. Cohen and J.F. Blumstein. The Constitutionality of the ACA's Medicaid-Expansion Mandate. N Engl J Med 2012;366:103-4.

NEJM Interview: Allan Brandt on the history of the Journal as a window into the history of medicine, science, and society. Jan 04, 2012

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Allan Brandt is a Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical Schooland Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. Brandt A. A Reader's Guide to 200 Years of the New England Journal of Medicine. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Schwartz on the history of cancer research. Dec 21, 2011

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Dr. Robert Schwartz is a professor emeritus of medicine at Tufts Medical School, and a former deputy editor at the Journal, both in Boston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. Supplement to: Schwartz R. The Emperor of All Maladies - The Beginning of the Beginning. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2353-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Elliot Israel on the risks and benefits of long-acting beta agonists in the treatment of asthma and COPD. Dec 14, 2011

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Dr. Elliot Israel is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Clinical Research in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital, both in Boston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. Supplement to: Chowdhury B et al. The Risks and Benefits of Indracaterol - The FDA's Review. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2247-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on the evolving approach to drug safety in the United States Dec 07, 2011

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Dr. Jerry Avorn is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital, both in Boston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. Supplement to: Avorn J. Learning about the Safety of Drugs - A Half-Century of Evolution. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2151-3.

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