Women's Health
Gender gap increases women's heart risks
By Jessica Berthold
Nearly half the time, the first clue a physician gets that a woman has heart disease is that she drops dead. Updated guidelines now dictate physicians should first screen for a woman's risk factors for heart disease by age 20.
Patient Management
'Gently does it,' caring for adults with autism
By Bonnie Darves
With autism rates at 1 in 150, the odds are good that you have patients with autism in your practice. Here are some practical tips on easing the patient's transition from pediatric to adult care and structuring the office visit.
Perspectives
Mindful Medicine
By Jerome Groopman, FACP and Pamela Hartzband, FACP
In two cases, a patient's use of key words led to anchoring errors in diagnosing an abdominal aortic aneurism and a classic case of intermittent claudication.
Test Yourself
From the MKSAP Case Studies
A 50-year-old black man with ischemic cardiomyopathy presents for a routine follow-up. His medical history is significant for biventricular pacemaker/cardioverter-defibrilator placement and diabetes mellitus. Which medication should be added?
Latest Blog Posts
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- Posted Nov 19 at 2:00 PM by Stacey Butterfield
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- Unhappy docs
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Practice Management
Practice Rx
By Brett Baker
More than 44 million Americans care for an adult family member or friend. Physicians often discuss patient issues with these caregivers and may bill appropriately.
Web Watch
Podcast engages medical bloggers in a virtual talk show
By Jessica Berthold
An internist/blogger creates a talk-show format for his podcasts to link internists with one another.
Rural medicine
Primary care works in cooperative, close-knit North Dakota
By Stacey Butterfield
Eccentricities and efficiencies make North Dakota rise to the top quartiles of health care rankings for access, quality, use, equity and outcomes.
ACP Internist Weekly
From the November 18, 2008 edition
- New ACP guideline on drugs used to treat depressive disorders
- New research released at AHA Scientific Sessions
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