Introduction

4Abstracts is an e-mail service that provides overviews of abstracts of medical articles. Nowadays the number of articles published is high and it is hard to keep up with the increase of medical knowledge and innovations. However, we think that everyone in health care should be up to date.A team of young doctors and medical students thought of a way to facilitate this need and they proposed a free e-mail service that provides an overview of the four leading medical journals. 4Abstracts is a free e-mail service that provides a weekly overview of abstracts of original articles, trials and reviews from several scientific journals, divided in several specific specialties of medicine. This way busy clinicians will save time, they will be informed more easily and they may read articles they normally would have missed.

4Medicine

4M is short for 4Medicine. 4M is a free email service that gives you a weekly overview of the last published abstracts of original articles, trials and reviews in the four leading medical journals, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The BMJ, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. It's easy to do and knowledge is for everyone, so sign up now.

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4Cardiology

4C is short for 4Cardiology. 4C is a free email service that gives you a weekly overview of the latest published articles in four leading journals in the field of cardiovascular medicine. European Heart Journal, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Heart. Sign up and stay updated on the latest insights in cardiovascular research. It's easy to do and knowledge is for everyone, so sign up now.

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4ClinicalPharmacology

4CP stands for 4ClinicalPharmacology; it’s a free email service that brings you a monthly update of published abstracts of original articles, trials and reviews in 4 prominent journals in clinical pharmacology covering PK/PD including therapeutic drug monitoring, education, drug adherence, novel drugs, drug safety and more. It's easy to do and knowledge is for everyone, so sign up now.

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4NeuroSurgery

4NS is short for 4Neurosurgery. 4NS is a free email service that gives you a monthly summary of the latest published abstracts of original articles, reviews, and trials in the four leading neurosurgical journals: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; Acta Neurochirurgica; Neurosurgery; and Journal of Neurosurgery. It’s easy to do and knowledge is for everyone, so sign up now.

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4GastroHepatology

4GH is short for 4Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 4GH is a free email service that gives you a monthy overview of the last published abstracts of original articles, trials and reviews in the four leading medical journals in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, GUT, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Journal of Hepatology. It's easy to do and knowledge is for everyone, so sign up now.

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4Geriatrics

4Ger is short for 4Geriatrics. 4Ger is a free email service that gives you a monthly overview of the most interesting abstracts of original articles and reviews published in four prominent geriatric journals: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, Alzheimer's and Dementia, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. It’s easy to do and knowledge is for everyone, so sign up now.

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Introduction
4Medicine
4Cardiology
4ClinicalPharmacology
4NeuroSurgery
4GastroHepatology
4Geriatrics

Founders

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R.S. van Onkelen MD, PhD, MSc
R.S. van Onkelen is one of the founders of 4Abstracts and her parts. He works in the UMCG at the Department of Surgery.
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J.A. Lafranca MD, PhD, MSc
J.A. Lafranca is founder of 4Abstracts and her parts. He is also responsible for the website and technical logistics. He has a PhD in Transplant Surgery and an MSc in Healthcare Management. He works as Chief Operational Officer at GeriCall and is owner of PhoenixWeb Media

What is 4Abstracts?

Nowadays the number of articles published is high and it is hard to keep up with the increase of medical knowledge and innovations. However, we think that everyone in health care should be up to date. A team of young doctors and medical students thought of a way to facilitate this need and they proposed a free e-mail service that provides an overview of the leading medical journals specific to their field.

4Abstracts is a free e-mail service that provides a weekly overview of abstracts of original articles, trials and reviews from several scientific journals. This way busy clinicians will save time, they will be informed more easily and they may read articles they normally would have missed.

It's easy to do and knowledge is for everyone, so sign up now.
4Abstracts Recent news
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News
New editors
June 24, 2025
Welcome Anne Levering @4Medicine
A.D. Levering is an editor of 4M. She studies medicine at the University of Groningen.
Welcome Anne Levering @4Medicine
June 23, 2025
Welcome Leah Mutlu
L. Mutlu is editor of 4M. She studies Medicine at the University of Amsterdam.
Welcome Leah Mutlu
June 22, 2025
Welcome Tim
Tim Swaab is Editor in Chief of 4T. He is currently a PhD-candidate at the Department of Surgery at the University Medical Center Groningen. The main focus of his doctoral research is pancreas transplantation, specifically preoperative imaging and molecular diagnostics.
Welcome Tim
May 23, 2025
Welcome Juul Aarts @4CP
J.W. Aarts is editor of 4CP. She works as a clinical pharmacist in training at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre.
Welcome Juul Aarts @4CP
May 21, 2025
Welcome Heleen!
H.A. Crommelin is editor of 4CP. She works as a clinical pharmacologist and hospital pharmacist at the University Medical Centre Utrecht.
Welcome Heleen!
January 03, 2019
New website online!
After five years, we have a brand new website! Including brand new logos and a new style. Feel free to leave a comment or message for feedback! Currently we have about 6000 unique subscribers in total! No need to say we are very proud of this result!
New website online!
December 06, 2018
Relaunch 4NeuroSurgery
Although it is not a new spin-off, we do hope we can succesfully launch after some time! We are talking about 4Neurosurgery (4NS)! We will soon start with sending our issues, make sure you are subscribed! 4NS is a free email service that gives you a monthly summary of the latest published abstracts of original articles, reviews, and trials in the four leading neurosurgical journals: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; Acta Neurochirurgica; Neurosurgery; and Journal of Neurosurgery.
Relaunch 4NeuroSurgery
October 04, 2018
New to the family: 4Cardiology!
Our latest addition is 4Cardiology (4C)! We will soon start with sending our issues, make sure you are subscribed! 4C is short for 4Cardiology. 4C is a free email service that gives you a weekly overview of the latest published articles in four leading journals in the field of cardiovascular medicine. European Heart Journal, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Heart. Sign up and stay updated on the latest insights in cardiovascular research.
New to the family: 4Cardiology!
September 03, 2018
Launch of 4ClinicalPharmacology!
Our latest addition to the 4Abstracts family is 4ClinicalPharmacology (4CP)! We will soon start with sending our issues, make sure you are subscribed! 4CP is a free email service that brings you a monthly update of published abstracts of original articles, trials and reviews in 4 prominent journals in clinical pharmacology covering PK/PD including therapeutic drug monitoring, education, drug adherence, novel drugs, drug safety and more.
Launch of 4ClinicalPharmacology!