{"title":"Might Hydroxychloroquine Treat Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis","authors":"R. Naismith","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54192","url":null,"abstract":"More-efficacious therapies for progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) remain an unmet need. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is an antimalarial drug that","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74288242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bispecific Antibody Therapy for Relapsed Lymphoma","authors":"Michael E. Williams","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54216","url":null,"abstract":"Bispecific therapeutic monoclonal antibodies are an emerging treatment option for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and multiple","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79520870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autoimmune Encephalitis and Acute Rituximab Treatment","authors":"R. Naismith","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54194","url":null,"abstract":"Few randomized, controlled trials have been conducted to test treatments for the various forms of autoimmune encephalitis (AE). Investigators have now","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85341483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can a Long-Forgotten Antibiotic Be Repurposed Against Lyme Disease?","authors":"G. Sakoulas","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54189","url":null,"abstract":"Lyme disease is increasing in the U.S. due to expansion of vector habitat, human encroachment in previously uninhabited areas, and longer seasonal","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88615985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recovery of Cognitive Functioning in Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis","authors":"R. Naismith","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54193","url":null,"abstract":"Few studies describe the long-term cognitive dysfunction experienced by people with anti–N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis. In","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81631327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting Wheelchair Dependence in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy","authors":"Leana Doherty","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54145","url":null,"abstract":"Although facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is one of the more common forms of muscular dystrophy, we know little about factors that predict","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86360158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Myocarditis After BNT162b2 Vaccine Receipt in Israel","authors":"H. Krumholz, Sm","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54180","url":null,"abstract":"Defining the frequency and severity of myocarditis after vaccination has great public health importance. Two retrospective Israeli studies have","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81390409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Edema as a Side Effect of Gabapentinoid Drugs","authors":"A. Brett","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54218","url":null,"abstract":"Edema is a well-described side effect of gabapentinoid drugs (i.e., gabapentin and pregabalin). In this study from Ontario, Canada, researchers used","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87951447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antihypertensive Augmentation: Maximize Dose or Add a New Med?","authors":"D. Dressler, Mhm, Facp.","doi":"10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM-JW.NA54147","url":null,"abstract":"In drug-treated patients with hypertension whose blood pressure (BP) is inadequately controlled, augmentation strategies include maximizing the dose of","PeriodicalId":19048,"journal":{"name":"NEJM Journal Watch","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79591825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}