Search results for "Nutrition"
Cut costs without cutting corners to keep the office efficient
Today's health care environment demands that physicians wring every last drop of efficiency from their practices. Here's five easy ways to accomplish that.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/MGMA.htm
1 Feb 2011
History will judge outgoing Congress' impact on health reform
One would have to go back more than 45 years to find a Congress that has had as big an impact on health care as the just-departed 111th Congress.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 2011
Warming local anesthetics reduced injection pain
VA establishes Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/6.htm
15 Feb 2011
Treat metabolic syndrome's many components
Metabolic syndrome's prevalence has rapidly advanced in just the past decade. But medical societies don't recommend treating it as a distinct entity. They'd rather that physicians address the individual components of the illness, and encourage lifestyle modifications as the primary way to achieve such a goal.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/03/metabolic.htm
1 Mar 2011
Patients need to be told they are overweight, study finds
Clopidogrel may improve outcomes after CABG in patients with MI
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/08/4.htm
8 Mar 2011
Lower blood pressure targets of unproven value in chronic kidney disease
MKSAP Quiz: bleeding gums and petechiae
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/15/2.htm
15 Mar 2011
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
AHA statement designates optimal triglyceride levels
The American Heart Association has defined the optimal upper limit for fasting triglycerides as 100 mg/dL, while elevated levels are still defined as 150 mg/dL or higher, according to a new scientific statement.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/26/1.htm
26 Apr 2011
Food allergies are a tough nut to crack
As public awareness of food allergies increases, identification and management into adulthood can be difficult to sort out, carrying the risk of misdiagnosis, according to specialists who are trying to improve physician education.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/05/allergies.htm
1 May 2011
Dealing with food allergies, chronic pain
Food allergies can represent a complicated area of diagnosis and treatment for internists.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/05/editors.htm
1 May 2011