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Vitamin D guidelines advise on dietary intake, screening for deficiency
New guidelines from the Endocrine Society offer recommendations on evaluation, treatment and prevention of vitamin D deficiency.
Major medical societies update performance measures for coronary artery disease, hypertension
New performance measures for adults with coronary artery disease and hypertension are meant to provide a patient-centered focus and give practitioners and institutions tools to measure and improve care quality.
MKSAP Quiz: 6-month history of progressive weakness
A 61-year-old man is evaluated in the office for a 6-month history of progressive weakness of the lower extremities. This week's MKSAP Quiz asks readers to determine the best diagnostic test for this patient.
Plantar wart treatment options equally effective
Cryotherapy and salicylic acid had similar, and low, rates of success in treating plantar warts, a new study found.
Reduced kidney function, albuminuria strongly associated with atrial fibrillation
Patients with kidney damage, manifested as microalbuminuria or macroalbuminuria, or decreased kidney function had a higher atrial fibrillation risk, researchers concluded.
Simvastatin to carry warning about myopathy
The cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin will be required to carry a warning about the risk of muscle injury or myopathy, the FDA announced last week.
College Fellow recognized for humanism in medicine
Susan Hingle, FACP, recently received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
Former College president appointed to MedPAC
The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently announced that William J. Hall, MACP, will be one of two new members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
ACP offers low back pain guidelines pocket card and digital version
ACP and the International Guidelines Center have released a new Low Back Pain GUIDELINES Pocketcard™, adapted from ACP's guidelines and best practice advice.
Subjects sought for study of chronic kidney disease in adult type 2 diabetes patients
The National Kidney Foundation is looking for primary care physicians and their patients to participate in a multi-site cross-sectional study to estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in adult type 2 diabetes patients.
And the winner is …
ACP InternistWeekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.