Search results for "Conference Coverage"
Moving toward effective physical activity counseling
Physicians should determine patients' aerobic fitness, which may be an even better indicator of their risk for heart disease and premature death than smoking and hypertension, according to a scientific statement.
February 2017
Creating a practice that's open to GLBT patients
Based on that “official” experience, he offered some tips to conference attendees on making a physician practice welcoming to patients of all sexual orientations.
January 2013
Internal medicine looks ahead
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2021/07/internal-medicine-looks-ahead.htm. This issue addresses ACP's virtual meeting for student members, advances in heart failure comanagement, and conference coverage. ... Our conference coverage is from Digestive
July 2021
Speaking of cancer: Tips on how to convey risks to patients
conference, held in Philadelphia in November 2010. ... speaker at the conference.
January 2011
Information plus documentation a must for informed consent
Documentation of informed consent is an important deterrent to malpractice and negligence claims. One physician describes how his informed consent process was the deciding factor in a missed case of prostate cancer, and outlines how any physician
January 2012
Influenza featured at infectious disease meeting
During a press conference, he offered some reassurance to anyone worried about the strength of the anti-vaccine movement. ... In general, most voluntary programs have not hit high rates of coverage and really require a great deal of resources,” Dr.
January 2010
Taking stock of telemedicine
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2020/10/taking-stock-of-telemedicine.htm. This issue also covers intimate partner violence, narrative medicine, and conference coverage from two medical society meetings. ... Our conference coverage this issue is from
October 2020
Cognitive strategies take good physicians to greatness
On-the-job learning, feedback, simulation, and deliberate practice can take a good clinician to the next level.
May 2014
‘Geriatric tsunami’ carries elderly obesity
By 2030, more than 20% of the U.S. population is expected to be over the age of 65, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The expected rise in functional impairment in later years can be staved off with a healthy lifestyle.
February 2017
Look for subtle differences when evaluating acute diarrhea
For the few cases of diarrhea severe enough to warrant medical attention, consider infections, toxicity, food allergies and medicine reactions, says a speaker from Internal Medicine 2009.
September 2009