Search results for "Vaccinations"
CDC issues health advisory on polio vaccination for international travelers
The CDC issued a health advisory last week on polio vaccination for international travelers.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/10/4.htm
10 Jun 2014
Gratitude and thanks for those who vaccinate
A particularly difficult experience is confronting diseases that might have been prevented through vaccination, yet it is care that prevents illness and greater pain.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2018/11/gratitude-and-thanks-for-those-who-vaccinate.htm
1 Nov 2018
New herpes zoster vaccine brings familiar challenges
A new vaccine should be considered the preferred option for prevention of shingles in adults and should be given in place of the existing one, but it brings with it familiar considerations: efficacy, insurance, and patient communication.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2018/02/new-herpes-zoster-vaccine-brings-familiar-challenges.htm
1 Feb 2018
Options vary for acute pain management
This issue covers guidelines on chronic pain, the utility of the bedside exam, and a new shingles vaccination.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2018/02/options-vary-for-acute-pain-management.htm
1 Feb 2018
Is that thing on?
This issue covers patients who record physician visits, early interventions for hepatitis B, and the use of standardized patients in medical education.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2018/04/is-that-thing-on.htm
1 Apr 2018
What economic theory can teach us about retail clinics
As clinicians continue to debate the merits and limitations of retail clinics, it is increasingly clear that they are here to stay. Although some concerns about this trend have merit, retail clinics could also create positive disruption for the medical community.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2016/06/policy.htm
1 Jun 2016
Alcohol treatment may be shifting to primary care
This issue covers topics such as the uptick of alcohol misuse treatment in primary care, the mind-body connection between mental health and heart disease, and ways in which patients can educate each other more effectively about lifestyle maintenance.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2015/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2015
Data drive debate over antivirals, theory vs. practice
Physicians should focus not only on influenza vaccinations but on treating patients who will get the disease whether they have been vaccinated or not.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2014/10/antivirals.htm
1 Oct 2014
ACP, other medical groups urge physicians to strongly recommend HPV vaccination
ACP and 3 other national medical associations have issued a call urging physicians across the United States to educate their patients about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and to strongly recommend vaccination.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/25/6.htm
25 Feb 2014
Influenza featured at infectious disease meeting
A summary of approvals, recalls, warnings and alerts digested by ACP Internist from the Food and Drug Administration's alerts.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2010/01/idsa.htm
1 Jan 2010