Search results for "conference coverage"
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
Rheumatologists consider cancer, cardiovascular disease
Conference coverage addressing highlights: TNF-antagonists don't increase cancer risk, Patients with RA have about the same risk of developing cardiovascular disease as type 2 diabetics, and an association between arthritis and periodontal disease.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/02/rheumatology.htm
1 Feb 2009
Explaining the increase of eosinophilic esophagitis
The prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis, a disease virtually unknown 25 years ago, has risen dramatically as more endoscopies are done and more early-life exposures occur that can induce the condition.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/explaining-the-increase-of-eosinophilic-esophagitis.htm
1 Sep 2019
Recognize and react is theme underlying latest stroke studies
Conference coverage focuses on studies about abdominal obesity, symptoms and the importance of dialing 911 first.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/three.htm
1 May 2008
Medical homes for homeless patients during COVID-19
This issue also covers racial disparities and COVID-19, conference coverage on diabetes and LGBTQ care, and myocardial infarction in the elderly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/medical-homes-for-homeless-patients-during-covid-19.htm
1 Sep 2020
Practice management experts urge docs to use the Web
Susan R. Miller, RN, suspected that business was being lost during the office's peak calling periods. So she did a study.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/web.htm
1 Feb 2008
Solution to resistant hypertension sometimes hides in plain sight
This issue also addresses stories about osteoarthritis, race and clinical algorithms, and follow-up care for thyroid cancers.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/solution-to-resistant-hypertension-sometimes-hides-in-plain-sight.htm
1 May 2021
Medicine and management: hits from Hospital Medicine
An expert discusses managing aortic dissection as a disease for life. Also, highlights from Hospital Medicine 2009 discuss caring for the pregnant patient, documenting care for the best reimbursement and ways to improve handoffs from shift to shift.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/shm.htm
1 Jul 2009
Recalls of generic drugs raise safety concerns
This issue also includes stories on antibiotic stewardship and point-of-care ultrasound, as well as conference coverage from the American Public Health Association and CHEST.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/01/recalls-of-generic-drugs-raise-safety-concerns.htm
1 Jan 2020
Addressing the gut-brain connection in IBS
While psychotherapies are effective treatments for some digestive disorders, stigma around both functional gut disorders and mental health diagnoses limits uptake, both for physicians and patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/addressing-the-gut-brain-connection-in-ibs.htm
1 Sep 2019