Search results for "Substance Abuse"
Clearing up confusion over Medicare coverage for vaccines
Medicare's vaccination payments covered in a variety of ways.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/nine.htm
1 Mar 2008
Community projects rely on local doctors for larger success
More than 40 million American adults don't receive health-related services.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/fifteen.htm
1 May 2008
Post-war, vets face new battle with PTSD
While the military screens soldiers returning from combat, post-traumatic stress disorder can show up months or years after, when the person may have left the military health system and returned to private care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/ptsd.htm
1 Sep 2008
Asking right questions key to detecting abuse
Unexplained bruising or injuries are red flags for intimate partner violence, but less obvious signs might include chronic pain, depression or anxiety. Experts advise how to help victims at risk.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/03/abuse.htm
1 Mar 2009
In the News
New opioid therapy guidelines released; PFO closure may help migraines.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/in-the-news.htm
1 Apr 2009
Treat addicted patients for the long-term
Diagnosing addictions are often based on one question. An expert offers advice to make that one question count, and to move from diagnosis to treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/addiction.htm
1 Jun 2009
Rethinking the value of the annual exam
Patients expect it and internists won't let it go. But does the evidence support the need for the periodic health exam? Experts weigh in on the value of regularly seeing a patient on a preventive basis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/annual.htm
1 Jan 2010
Higher doses of prescribed opioids associated with increased overdose risk
AHA sets new criteria and goals for cardio health
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/01/26/4.htm
26 Jan 2010
Proposed updates for DSM-5 released
Rosuvastatin approved for patients without heart diseaseAED, IV equipment recalled
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/16/6.htm
16 Feb 2010
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to the ACP InternistWeekly item about lower pay driving physicians to cut their hours, and to the cover story that questioned the value of the annual physical exam.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/letters.htm
1 Apr 2010