Current Issue - November/December 2008
Featured Articles
Gender gap increases women's heart risks
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.
Overcoming colonoscopy’s image problem
Colon cancer screening saves lives, but internists have to overcome patients' initial unease with the test. They also need to sort through the multiple guidelines released in 2008 and help their patients choose among the many screening regimens.
'Gently does it,' caring for adults with autism
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
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
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?
Practice Management
Practice Rx
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.
CPII Tips
Don't let employee theft happen to you. Simple internal controls and checks prevent temptation.
ACP Internist Staff Columns
Web Watch
Internist creates a talk-show format for his podcasts to link internists with one another.
Cartoon Caption Contest
The winner of the $100 ACP gift certificate, as chosen randomly among all voters, is Malvinder S. Parmar, FACP, medical director of the Medical Program (Internal Medicine), Timmins and District Hospital, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Congratulations to all those who submitted captions and voted this year.
"I don't care which one you use; just get it over with."
53.5% of voters overwhelmingly chose this caption among the three top vote getters from 2008. The contest resumes in the Jan. 13 issue of ACP InternistWeekly.
ACP Internist Weekly
From the December 23, 2008 edition
- Heart disease deaths drop but obesity, inactivity still major risks
- Stress leads to unhealthy behaviors that lead to CV disease
- IBS guidelines recommend testing for celiac disease, using anti-depressants
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