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Climate change and clinical practice
This issue covers such topics as how internists can address climate health issues in their practice, what internists can do for patients with fibromyalgia, and how to identify and manage resistant hypertension.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/09/editors.htm
1 Sep 2016
Learn the latest on excessive alcohol use, opioid use disorder
This month's issue addresses alcohol use and misuse, prescribing buprenorphine, and improving health care's response to future pandemics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/03/learn-the-latest-on-excessive-alcohol-use-opioid-use-disorder.htm
1 Mar 2023
Internal Medicine Meeting 2016 goes to Washington
This issue covers topics such as the proper way to do a neurological workup, recently approved forms of insulin, and how to address nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/07/editors.htm
1 Jul 2016
Pandemic heightens focus on physician well-being
This issue also covers gender equity in medicine, COVID-19 vaccination, and sleep in the elderly, among other topics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/pandemic-heightens-focus-on-physician-well-being.htm
1 Jan 2021
More debate about mammography
This issue covers the debate about breast cancer screening, medication adherence, and the ethics of students who follow up on patients by using the electronic medical record.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/03/editors.htm
1 Mar 2017
States step in on opioid prescribing
This issue covers such topics as legislative issues regarding prescribing, potential overdoses by patients taking narcotics, and a new way to look at overall health.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2016
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://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/is-that-thing-on.htm
1 Apr 2018
CBT for comorbid heart failure and depression may only work for the latter
The authors described the reduced anxiety and fatigue, improved social functioning, and better health-related quality of life as especially encouraging results in light of the negative findings of other trials.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/06/6.htm
6 Oct 2015
Physicians pushing back on burnout
This issue covers such topics as making systemic changes to fight physician burnout, planning for end-of-life care, and addressing e-cigarettes with patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/editors.htm
1 Nov 2016
Increasing help for physician impairment
This issue also covers new drugs for depression, conference coverage about gastroenterology, and escalating generic drug prices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/increasing-help-for-physician-impairment.htm
1 Sep 2019