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Proteinuria predicts mortality in kidney patients
Proteinuria predicts mortality in kidney patients Federal government expands mental health parity coverage
Federal government expands mental health parity coverage
MKSAP Quiz: diagnostics for viral hepatitis
MKSAP Quiz: diagnostics for viral hepatitis
Antidepressant may help cognitive recovery after stroke
Antidepressant may help cognitive recovery after stroke
Internists should follow up with prostate cancer patients receiving ADT
Internists should follow up with prostate cancer patients receiving ADT
Some H1N1 vaccine to expire next week Didanosine gets labeling change Hemodialysis system recalled
Some H1N1 vaccine to expire next week
ACP EVP stays on with National eHealth Collaborative as board member New trivia game by ACP on Facebook Fellow chosen by New Jersey governorFor the record
Didanosine gets labeling change
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Hemodialysis system recalled
The Aquarius Hemodialysis System is being recalled due to reports of clinically significant fluid imbalance and the potential for users to repeatedly override the fluid imbalance alarm, the FDA announced last week.
ACP EVP stays on with National eHealth Collaborative as board member
ACP Executive Vice President and CEO John Tooker, MBA, FACP, continues his commitment to the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) as one of nine newly elected members of the Board of Directors.
New trivia game by ACP on Facebook
Test your knowledge and have fun at the same time. Try out ACP's new Facebook trivia game, “Are you an internist?”
Fellow chosen by New Jersey governor
Last week, Poonam Alaigh, FACP, director of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, was named commissioner of the New Jersey Health and Senior Services Department by Gov. Chris Christie.
For the record
The “Test yourself” item in last week's ACP InternistWeekly contained an error. The last sentence of the critique should have read “Thiazide-type diuretics should generally be used as initial therapy for most patients with hypertension, either alone or in combination with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, an angiotensin receptor blocker, a ß-blocker, or a calcium-channel blocker,” not “and angiotensin receptor blocker …”. The sentence has been corrected.
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ACP InternistWeekly wants readers to create captions for this cartoon and help choose the winner. Pen the winning caption and win a $50 gift certificate good toward any ACP product, program or service.