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Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/09/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Sep 2021
Call for spring 2018 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/2017/07/25/5.htm
25 Jul 2017
Detecting depression just as important in the elderly
Raising the issue of mental health is key in the elderly, by asking patients how often they talk to other people, if they're getting help with daily activities, or if they are feeling isolated.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/02/detecting-depression-just-as-important-in-the-elderly.htm
1 Feb 2022
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
Different patients, different doses
Some patients may metabolize certain drugs differently, requiring primary care physicians to know any safety or dosing issues for the most commonly used drugs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/05/different-patients-different-doses.htm
1 May 2019
Post-COVID-19 clinic director offers tips on lingering symptoms
The first step to treating patients with postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) is simple, one expert said: Believe them.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/post-covid-19-clinic-director-offers-tips-on-lingering-symptoms.htm
1 Jun 2022
Migraine model predicts future episodes based on daily stress moderately well
While short-term prediction of headaches in persons with migraine using daily stress inventories has potential, further refinement is needed.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/18/4.htm
18 Jul 2017
Task Force lowers age for colorectal cancer screening to begin
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended colorectal cancer screening begin at age 45 years based on an evidence review finding with moderate certainty that the net benefit is moderate to substantial.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/25/4.htm
25 May 2021
What to do when one expects everything to fit, but it doesn't
James Hennessey, FACP, reports on a young woman's elevated testosterone level, and how he made a diagnosis even though the lab results and imaging conflicted. Our diagnostic experts consider confirmation bias and how this internist sidestepped being misled.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/mindful.htm
1 Jan 2010
Call for fall 2023 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. The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting is March 30.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/01/24/5.htm
24 Jan 2023