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Call for fall 2016 Board of Governors resolutions
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/26/6.htm
26 Jan 2016
First device approved to treat congenital heart disease
This column reviews details on recent recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/first-device-approved-to-treat-congenital-heart-disease.htm
1 May 2021
Warnings on testosterone, new antibiotic approved
This update covers a label change on testosterone products clarifying that they are approved only for men who have low testosterone levels, as well as the approval of ceftazidime-avibactam (Avycaz) to treat complicated intra-abdominal infections.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/05/fda.htm
1 May 2015
Shifting standards for hypertension
New hypertension guidelines are being developed by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) that will incorporate new study results. At issue is how these results apply to the many types of patients who walk through the office door, including those with diabetes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/03/hypertension.htm
1 Mar 2016
Standard triple therapy may no longer be best for H. pylori eradication treatment
Standard triple treatment may be losing effectiveness in most areas of the world due to increasing resistance to clarithromycin and metronidazole.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/25/2.htm
25 Aug 2015
Bringing medicine to the streets
A newly formed street medicine fellowship is allowing academic centers and cities to bring care to homeless patients instead of waiting for them to present to a hospital or shelter.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/bringing-medicine-to-the-streets.htm
1 Jul 2019
ACP update about ABIM's MOC program and introduction of the ACP MOC Navigator
ACP CEO Steven Weinberger, MD, FACP, sent an email to members on Oct. 24 that detailed 2 important developments regarding the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/28/6.htm
28 Oct 2014
Members invited to take survey on specialty choice satisfaction
ACP is giving members access to a survey instrument currently in use in the United Kingdom that proposes the best and worst fits of medical specialties based on responses to a questionnaire regarding professional and personal preferences.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/08/11.htm
8 Mar 2011
Meds don't increase suicide risk for epileptics, but may for depressed
FDA approves vaccines for next flu season
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/10/5.htm
10 Aug 2010
Safe prescribing can lessen overdose risk
In what one commentator called an “appalling” finding, 90% of patients in a recent study admitted to a hospital with a prescription opioid overdose eventually received another opioid prescription##mdash;often from the same clinician. Efforts to improve safe prescribing hope to fix the problem.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/10/overdose.htm
1 Oct 2016