Search results for "Endocrinology"
Guideline issued on managing osteoporosis in men
The Endocrine Society last week issued a clinical practice guideline on managing osteoporosis in men.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/26/4.htm
26 Jun 2012
Diabetic foot care begins with bare feet
Internists can head up a care team that intervenes early and often in preventing the ulcerations, pressure points and neuropathies that can progress to infection and possibly amputation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/diabetes.htm
1 Oct 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
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Nominations Committee of ACP places in nomination candidates for the position of president-elect, treasurer and other regent nominees.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/11/regents.htm
1 Nov 2009
Screen for cardiovascular risk factors in Cushing's patients who use glucocorticoids
People who use glucocorticoids and exhibit iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome should be aggressively targeted for early screening and management of cardiovascular risk factors, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/07/4.htm
7 Aug 2012
Score predicts diabetes remission after Roux-en-Y surgery
Researchers created a new score, based on four variables, which can help predict whether a patient will have remission of type 2 diabetes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/24/4.htm
24 Sep 2013
MKSAP Quiz: Irregular menses and infertility
What constitutes best management for a 24-year-old woman evaluated for irregular menses and infertility?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/19/3.htm
19 Apr 2011
MKSAP Quiz: drug-resistant hypertension
Wireless hemodynamic monitoring associated with less hospitalizationCardiac resynchronization therapy effective in less symptomatic heart failure
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/3.htm
15 Feb 2011
Obituaries
Robert L. Grissom, MACP; James R. Miller, FACP; and Walter L. Henry, Jr., MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/obituaries.htm
1 Jun 2009
Prediabetes: What can doctors call it?
Internists know to screen patients for diabetes, but may be unsure how to manage patients whose blood glucose levels are higher than normal but fall below the cutoff of the disease.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/prediabetes-what-can-doctors-call-it.htm
1 Jul 2017