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Women's Health

Gender gap increases women's heart risks

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.

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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.

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Perspectives

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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.

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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?

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Latest Blog Posts

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Race and the clinical exam
Posted Nov 20 at 3:03 PM by W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD
Dr. Robot to the rescue
Posted Nov 20 at 12:50 PM by Stacey Butterfield
Data-mining goes down in court
Posted Nov 19 at 2:00 PM by Stacey Butterfield
He's not done yet.
Posted Nov 18 at 11:36 AM by Stacey Butterfield
Unhappy docs
Posted Nov 18 at 9:45 AM by Stacey Butterfield

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.

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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.

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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.

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ACP Internist Weekly

From the November 18, 2008 edition

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Cartoon Caption Contest

ACP InternistWeekly's cartoon caption contest continues. ACP staff has selected three finalists for the latest contest and is now asking readers to vote for their favorite caption to determine the winner.


Go online to view the cartoon and pick the winner, who receives a copy of "Medicine in Quotations," ACP's comprehensive collection of famous sayings relating to sickness and health, disease and treatment and a portrait of medicine throughout recorded history.


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