Search results for "Substance use"
10 tips for well-being amid COVID-19
The global pandemic has professional and personal consequences for physicians, so experts offer their advice on coping during COVID-19.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/10-tips-for-well-being-amid-covid-19.htm
1 Jul 2020
USPSTF recommends screening for unhealthy drug use in adults
This new statement replaces the 2008 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation, which concluded that the evidence at that time was insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/16/4.htm
16 Jun 2020
ADHD more than a ‘condition of childhood’
Untreated adult patients with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a higher rate of consequences that may result in underachievement. Proper detection can give internists a way to improve their patients' quality of life.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/06/adhd-more-than-a-condition-of-childhood.htm
1 Jun 2020
ACP, other groups focus on effects of the pandemic
ACP praises new coverage of telephone visits and continues to push for personal protective equipment. Recent articles focus on the pandemic's effect on addiction treatment, drug access, and stroke treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/07/1.htm
7 Apr 2020
5 key takeaways from vaping crisis
The electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) crisis has reached critical mass, sending thousands to the hospital and sometimes proving fatal.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/03/5-key-takeaways-from-vaping-crisis.htm
1 Mar 2020
Should American health care be tweaked, or overhauled?
If the former, then only modest, incremental policies may be needed to expand coverage at the edges and to lower out-of-pocket costs. If the latter, then more ambitious policies to fundamentally change how health care is financed, delivered, and covered would be needed.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/01/should-american-health-care-be-tweaked-or-overhauled.htm
1 Jan 2020
Prevent, recognize impairment
Professional duties require physicians to recognize and address physician illness and impairment, but it is often difficult to recognize a colleague's condition and find an appropriate way of reporting and resolving it.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/prevent-recognize-impairment.htm
1 Sep 2019
Addressing the gut-brain connection in IBS
While psychotherapies are effective treatments for some digestive disorders, stigma around both functional gut disorders and mental health diagnoses limits uptake, both for physicians and patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/addressing-the-gut-brain-connection-in-ibs.htm
1 Sep 2019
ACP, others issue call to action on firearms injuries, deaths
Policy recommendations from the American College of Physicians and other physician and public health groups include comprehensive criminal background checks for all firearm purchases.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/13/1.htm
13 Aug 2019
Naloxone is underprescribed to high-risk patients, CDC says
Naloxone prescriptions more than doubled between 2017 and 2018 but still only one in 69 patients receiving high-dose opioids gets a naloxone prescription.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/13/2.htm
13 Aug 2019