Search results for "Conference Coverage"
Editor's Note: Zeroing in on SIBO
This issue also covers ethics, decisions aids, and dosing and response to common drugs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/05/editors-note-zeroing-in-on-sibo.htm
1 May 2019
‘Right-to-try’ laws spark debate
This issue covers the ethics of right-to-try laws in the United States, the potential of ransomware to disrupt a physician's office, and conference coverage from infectious disease and cardiology sessions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/right-to-try-laws-spark-debate.htm
1 Jan 2018
Cancer, cardiovascular risks assessed at rheumatology meeting
A summary of approvals, recalls and a record number of deaths and serious injuries reported.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/rheum.htm
1 Jan 2009
Doctor, your weight bias is showing
For heavier patients, interacting with the health care system (judgmental clinicians and the ever-present scale) can be downright daunting.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/02/weight.htm
1 Feb 2017
Conversing about cancer at ASCO conference
Physician-patient communication has been tied to important outcomes, including quality of life, and a variety of strategies to improve communication exist.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/09/conversing-about-cancer-at-asco-conference.htm
1 Sep 2018
Eating disorders may cast a wider-than-expected net
This issue also covers extended lifespans for Down syndrome, the future of primary care, and subclinical hypothyroidism.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/eating-disorders-may-cast-a-wider-than-expected-net.htm
1 Feb 2021
Headaches that should flag further attention
Every patient with a headache needs to have secondary causes ruled out, and the acronym SNOOP4 is easy to adopt and use.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/headaches-that-should-flag-further-attention.htm
1 Jan 2018
A talk on giving talks: Tips to ace medical lectures
Speakers can impact retention, as well as control (at least to some degree) which part of a talk stays with listeners, said one expert lecturer.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/06/talk.htm
1 Jun 2015
Common palliative care practices may lack benefits
Recent research has shown that some of the things physicians thought they were doing to help patients at the end of life are actually ineffective and even potentially harmful.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/01/palliative.htm
1 Jan 2016
Climate change and clinical practice
This issue covers such topics as how internists can address climate health issues in their practice, what internists can do for patients with fibromyalgia, and how to identify and manage resistant hypertension.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/09/editors.htm
1 Sep 2016