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ACP offers recommendations on health care equality for LGBT patients

ACP has released a new policy position paper offering recommendations on achieving health care equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients.

Falls a common cause of injury deaths in elderly adults

Falls are a common cause of injury-related deaths in adults age 65 and older, according to a new federal data brief.

ACP celebrates 100 years

2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the American College of Physicians.

MKSAP Quiz: redness at the site of a mosquito bite

A 25-year-old woman is evaluated for redness that developed over her right leg at the site of a mosquito bite. She is otherwise healthy and takes no medications. Following a physical exam, what is the most appropriate empiric outpatient therapy?

Digoxin may be linked to increased mortality risk

Digoxin may be associated with increased mortality risk, especially in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Fecal transplants for recurrent C. diff may resolve symptoms with few adverse events

Low-strength evidence shows fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) effectively treats recurrent Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs), with few short-term adverse events, a review found.

New guideline published on management of unprovoked first seizure

Physicians treating adults with an unprovoked first seizure should inform them that their seizure recurrence risk is greatest, between 21% and 45%, within the first 2 years, according to a joint guideline by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

A brief history of the EHR

Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, a past chair of ACP's Board of Regents, a practicing internist in Cranston, R.I., and a member of ACP Internist's editorial board, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.com in a post about electronic health records.

Put words in our mouth

ACP Internist Weekly wants readers to create captions for our new cartoon and help choose the winner. Pen the winning caption and win a $50 gift certificate good toward any ACP product, program or service.