Current Issue - May 2012
Featured Articles
Drug Shortages
Drugs come up short for doctors, patients
Drug shortages, especially among injectables and cancer medications, have left physicians and patients alike wondering where their next doses will come from. Even simple antibiotics have become scarce commodities.
Medical Education
Programs start early to promote health careers
Rural facilities are recruiting their next generation of doctors early—from high school. They're offering paid, entry-level jobs to immerse the youngest scholars in a health care environment with the hope they'll pursue careers in the field.
Perspectives
Practical Genomics
Genetic tests are being used more, and they're worth it
Molecular diagnostics tests could cost Americans $15 billion to $25 billion by the end of the next decade. Physicians believe the tests are warranted, although they're skeptical about costs and their ability to interpret them properly for patients.
President's Message
Membership in ACP is now more important than ever
ACP's incoming president urges his fellow physicians to promote membership in the College—the “doctor's doctors” in internal medicine.
Practice Management
FDA Update
Warning about mixing protease inhibitors with statins
This regulatory update includes a warning on combining protease inhibitors and statins, approval of an orphan drug, and steps the FDA is taking to increase the supply of cancer drugs.
CPII Tips
New tool for Annual Wellness Visits
The Health Risk Assessment is a winning proposition for practices to incorporate into their workflow to offer patients a personalized preventive plan and specific action steps to take.
College Watch
Regents Nominations
Governance Committee seeks Regent and Treasurer candidates for 2013
The Governance Committee is beginning the process of seeking Regents and Treasurer to join the Board in May 2013.
Consensus Points
ACP and ACR issue consensus points for mammography screening
A joint set of talking points outlines areas of consensus between the American College of Physicians and the American College of Radiology when it comes to discussing conflicting recommendations on mammography.
ACP Internist Weekly
From the May 22, 2012 edition
- USPSTF recommends against prostate-specific antigen screening
- Statins associated with decreased strokes and death but not increased intracerebral hemorrhage in meta-analysis of randomized trials
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