NEJM This Week — August 20, 2020

Featuring articles on evinacumab for familial hypercholesterolemia, the effects of diet vs. gastric bypass in diabetes, drug-coated balloons for dysfunctional dialysis arteriovenous fistulas, fracture risk vs. fracture prevention with bisphosphonates, and the challenges of “return to work” in an ongoing pandemic; a review article on trigeminal neuralgia; a case report of a woman with altered mental status and weakness on the left side; and Perspective articles on low-threshold buprenorphine initiation, on when prescribing isn’t enough, on the death throes of Mercy, and on when the EMR stole a doctor’s pen. Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 383, No. 8.