A key measure of kidney function and a risk calculator for vaginal birth after cesarean delivery are among the many tools that have long contributed to health and health care inequities for Black patients.

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2405797.

Claims that Black people had lower lung capacity than White people led to race-adjusted spirometry and poorer care for Black patients with lung disease. New equations are starting to change that.

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2405796.

A new strain of H5N1 influenza is spreading in dairy cows in the United States. Will it cause an epidemic in humans? And what does our public health system need to do in order to be ready if it does?

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2405795.

In the face of a growing childhood obesity epidemic, some parents and clinicians are turning to new tools such as GLP-1 receptor agonists. This episode explores the implications of that trend.

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400703.

This episode considers a new treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the world’s most common inherited heart condition, which most affected people don’t even realize they have.

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400702.

This episode examines CAR T-cell therapy’s early successes, broader promise, and emerging risks, as the FDA considers reports of occasional secondary cancers.

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400701.

This episode explores the fastest-growing neurologic condition in the world, Parkinson’s disease. What have we learned in recent years, and where are the greatest hopes for the future?

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2414003.

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.

This episode of “Intention to Treat” tells the story of the Freedom House Ambulance Service — 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.

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.