Search results for "Women's Health"
Comparison of cardiac risk models has implications for statin use in women
The Reynolds Risk Score was better than the Framingham-based model at determining women's cardiovascular risk, according to a large external validation cohort.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/13/4.htm
13 Mar 2012
Task Force advises against vitamin D, calcium for primary prevention of fractures in postmenopausal women
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against taking daily supplementation of 400 IU or less of vitamin D3 and 1,000 mg or less of calcium for the primary prevention of fractures in community-dwelling postmenopausal women.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/26/1.htm
26 Feb 2013
Annual meeting coverage highlights physical, mental conditions
ACP's annual meeting offered a large variety of learning and networking opportunities.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/06/editors.htm
1 Jun 2013
Changing antibiotic prescribing not a one-step process
It's hard for a physician to ‘unlearn’ everything about prescribing antibiotics, but doctors are taking the new lessons to heart in order to stave off antibiotic resistance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/editors.htm
1 Sep 2012
Ask questions to get past social stigma of pelvic floor disorders
John H. Stone, III, MACP; Mark E. Silverman, MACP; and Robert E. Tyson, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/pelvic.htm
1 Jan 2009
Employer exemptions can create gaps in preventive services
The prospect of universal health insurance coverage was threatened when the Supreme Court carved out exemptions to employer-based health coverage, ACP's president says in his column about the College's support of the Affordable Care Act and preventive services without cost sharing.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2014
Overuse of PPIs may raise risk of C. diff infections, fractures
Overuse of PPIs may raise risk of C. diff infections, fracturesFood allergies seem to proliferate, despite lack of evidence, definitions, tests
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/18/1.htm
18 May 2010
Combination hormones for menopause don't reduce CHD risk
Combination hormones for menopause don't reduce CHD riskCVD risk higher in patients with migraines, study finds
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/16/1.htm
16 Feb 2010
Hormone therapy associated with increased invasive breast cancer
Hormone therapy associated with increased invasive breast cancerGuidelines updated for patient selection for cardiac computed tomography
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/26/1.htm
26 Oct 2010
What's new in other College publications
ACP Hospitalist, ACPNet, ACP Press, Annals of Internal Medicine, and others.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/highlights.htm
1 Apr 2009