NEJM This Week — September 25, 2025

This New England Journal of Medicine podcast episode, released on September 25th, 2025, covers a range of medical topics including heart failure treatment with digitoxin, provoked venous thromboembolism, chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment, and early tyrophoban infusion for acute ischemic stroke. It also features a review article on improving diagnostic equity in medical education, a case report on embolic stroke and left ventricular apical aneurysm, and articles on the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award. Additionally, the podcast includes perspectives on structural and scientific racism, the Gates Foundation's final chapter, and a narrative piece about a doctor and a patient.