Search results for "Alcohol abuse"
Broad efforts needed to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths
Internists can intervene in alcohol-related traffic deaths by counseling patients against riding with impaired drivers, promoting local sobriety checkpoints, and supporting mass-media campaigns against alcohol-impaired driving, among other measures.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/05/broad-efforts-needed-to-reduce-alcohol-related-traffic-deaths.htm
1 May 2018
Cause of chronic pancreatitis can be hard to pinpoint
This issue includes stories on diagnosing chronic pancreatitis and on transitioning medical practices into care teams.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/01/editors.htm
1 Jan 2014
Are scribes a potential boon or bane for primary care?
Many doctors feel that the presence of another person in the exam room will have a negative impact on the physician-patient relationship and is antithetical to their training. Will scribes ever carve out a place in primary care?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/02/editors.htm
1 Feb 2012
ACP's Washington office reviews its own ‘seven days in May’
A recent week provides a great example of how ACP's Washington office supports College advocacy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/washington.htm
1 Jul 2013
Endo ‘08: new research ignites debate about best A1C goals
From diabetes and dyslipidemia to hormones and hirsutism, the Endocrine Society's 90th annual meeting in San Francisco last June was a wellspring of new information and fresh debate.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/endo.htm
1 Sep 2008
Don't be anxious about psychiatric diagnoses
Tips can help physicians with the screening and treatment of mental disorders seen in primary care, including somatoform, bipolar and anxiety disorders.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/06/psychiatry.htm
1 Jun 2013
About 30% of the U.S. population misusesalcohol, according to ...
O’Connor’schapter on alcohol abuse and dependencein Goldman’s Cecil Medicine, 24th edition. ... J Am Coll Cardiol.2010;55:1336-8. [PMID: 20338494]. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse andAlcoholism.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/acpi-201301-alcohol_t1.pdf
3 Jan 2013
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACPINTERNIST Chronic pancreatitis often first presents in ...
Early symptoms can be confused with those ofother gastrointestinal diseases, experts say, and although chronic alcohol abuse and somedrugs can cause pancreatitis, up to one-third of cases are idiopathic. ... Find in the vertical columns: A commonhydrocarbon solvent of abuse. Bonus clue, find in the vertical columns:Seizing a solution, VOC for AED?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/01/acpi-201401-puzzle_t1.pdf
20 Dec 2013