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āWelcome to āIntention to Treat,ā a podcast exploring the critical issues shaping medicine today. In a new 8-week series,Ā The Race Equation, we confront harmful assumptions about race in clinical medicineāfrom diagnostic algorithms to guidelinesāexploring how these practices took hold,Ā why theyĀ endure, and what it will take to change them.Ā ā
Hosted by health care journalist RachelĀ Gotbaum, the āIntention to Treatā podcast from theĀ New England Journal of Medicine delvesĀ intoĀ groundbreaking research and clinical advances while sharing the personal stories from doctors and their patients, offering listeners a behind-the-scenes look at discoveries that are changing medical practice on the front lines of health care.Ā ā
Listen toĀ The Race EquationĀ and follow āIntention to Treatā on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.Ā
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What Exactly Is Long Covid?
Season 1 Ā· Episode 37
mercredi 11 septembre 2024 ⢠Duration 26:03
The millions of people worldwide who are suffering from a vast array of disabling symptoms long after being infected with SARS-CoV-2 may eventually benefit from a new consensus definition of long Covid.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2407614.
Restoring Lost Speech
Season 1 Ā· Episode 36
mercredi 14 août 2024 ⢠Duration 22:02
In recent years, substantial progress has been made in developing brain-computer interfaces that could restore the ability of patients with neurodegenerative diseases and other conditions to communicate.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2407613.
Doctors and Guns
Season 1 Ā· Episode 27
mercredi 13 mars 2024 ⢠Duration 25:38
In this episode, parents who have lost children to gun accidents and physicians working for gun safety discuss the number-one killer of U.S. children and what doctors can do about it.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2314002.
Race Relations and the First Paramedics
mercredi 28 février 2024 ⢠Duration 29:06
This episode of āIntention to Treatā tells the story of the Freedom House Ambulance Service ā a group of Black laypeople in Pittsburgh who underwent intensive training to become the first paramedics in the United States. [Originally aired on May 4, 2023.]
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2303614.
Why Doctors Need to Talk about Death
Season 1 Ā· Episode 26
mercredi 14 février 2024 ⢠Duration 23:23
Highlighting gaps in communication near the end of life, this podcast episode explores a new approach to preparing patients with serious illness and their families for all possible outcomes.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2314001.
Investigating Injustices in the Journal's History, Part 2
Season 1 Ā· Episode 25
mercredi 31 janvier 2024 ⢠Duration 28:40
In the second half of our podcast series on historical injustices, guests Evelynn Hammonds and David Jones examine the racism of post-World War II American medicine and its lessons for the present day.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2314000.
Investigating Injustices in the Journal's History
Season 1 Ā· Episode 24
mercredi 17 janvier 2024 ⢠Duration 21:31
Over its 200-plus years, the Journal has sometimes published articles that have perpetuated injustices against various groups of people. A new Perspective series explores that history and its lessons.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2311329.
Covid Update
Season 1 Ā· Episode 23
mercredi 20 décembre 2023 ⢠Duration 20:41
This episode examines Covid-19 variants that are currently circulating, recommendations for booster shots, and new treatments in the pipeline.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2311327.
Is Xenotransplantation Ready for Prime Time?
Season 1 Ā· Episode 22
mercredi 6 décembre 2023 ⢠Duration 47:23
This episode examines the need for and promise of xenotransplantation, considering first the plight of patients and then the progress being made by researchers.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2309946.
Alzheimerās Update, Part 2
Season 1 Ā· Episode 21
mercredi 22 novembre 2023 ⢠Duration 54:00
This episode explores the current state of research on the multiple likely mechanisms of Alzheimerās disease as well as promising treatments and diagnostics.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2309944.

