Search results for "healthy"
Shorter regimens can boost adherence in latent TB infection
Treatment is essential to reducing disease incidence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/01/shorter-regimens-can-boost-adherence-in-latent-tb-infection.htm
1 Jan 2020
Vitamin D didn't increase BMD in healthy, nonelderly adults
Vitamin D supplementation doesn't improve bone mineral density (BMD) in healthy adults, a new systematic review and meta-analysis concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/22/2.htm
22 Oct 2013
Sustained change a challenge for health
Health-linked incentives have become increasingly common, particularly by employers. But researchers are still trying to sort out what type and design of incentives are most effective and whether they hold significant potential to achieve both short- and long-term behavioral changes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/05/lifestyle.htm
1 May 2016
Advance care planning should be a standard
Good advance care planning should happen early in the treatment process to ensure that any treatment reflects the patient's values, goals, hopes, and fears.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/end-of-life.htm
1 Nov 2016
ACP issues policy recommendations on retail health clinics
Retail health clinics should serve as an episodic alternative to care from an established primary care practice for relatively healthy patients without complex medical histories, among other recommendations.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/20/2.htm
20 Oct 2015
Internal medicine can slow climate change, improve health
ACP is once again proactively addressing an issue of importance to human health: climate change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/07/presidents.htm
1 Jul 2016
Medicare's wellness coverage offers critical services
Physicians must understand the requirements for billing for Medicare-covered preventive services, such as the “Welcome to Medicare” exam and Annual Wellness Visit (AWV).
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/02/medicares-wellness-coverage-offers-critical-services.htm
1 Feb 2023
Incentives research must balance carrots and sticks
This issue covers topics such as offering incentives to help patients change their lifestyles, treating depression and its extensive influence on overall health, and new modalities for treating allergies.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/05/editors.htm
1 May 2016
Prediabetes: What can doctors call it?
Internists know to screen patients for diabetes, but may be unsure how to manage patients whose blood glucose levels are higher than normal but fall below the cutoff of the disease.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/prediabetes-what-can-doctors-call-it.htm
1 Jul 2017
Health policy after the election
The 2016 elections will have huge consequences for health policy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2016