Search results for "Smoking cessation"
Who needs a screening pelvic exam anyway?
Incongruous reviews, recommendations, and guidelines about the necessity of an annual pelvic screening have led internists to have discussions with female patients about their preferences.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/09/who-needs-a-screening-pelvic-exam-anyway.htm
1 Sep 2017
Study links increased e-cigarette use to increased smoking quit rates in U.S.
Researchers compared smoking cessation rates of survey respondents who reported smoking cigarettes in the 12 months before the survey. Each survey had between 20,000 and 40,000 respondents who smoked, with declining sample sizes over time, largely due to declining smoking prevalence.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/01/4.htm
1 Aug 2017
Guideline-based care underused for PAD, study says
Interventions to optimize secondary prevention, such as physician note “checklists” or other systematic prescription programs, might improve medication use and lifestyle counseling.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/02/4.htm
2 May 2017
Label change for pioglitazone-containing medications
This column reviews a label change for medicine that contain pioglitazone and a new indication for empagliflozin.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/02/fda.htm
1 Feb 2017
New assessment tool may improve predictions of CV risk, impact of preventive treatments
The new three-step tool aims to provide a framework for delivering appropriate risk-reducing strategies to Medicare patients with a 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk greater than 30%.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/08/4.htm
8 Nov 2016
How should internists address e-cigarette use?
Inconsistent data have divided expert opinion on the safety of electronic nicotine delivery systems.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/ecigarettes.htm
1 Nov 2016
Physicians pushing back on burnout
This issue covers such topics as making systemic changes to fight physician burnout, planning for end-of-life care, and addressing e-cigarettes with patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/editors.htm
1 Nov 2016
System-wide changes improve diabetes care
To improve metrics of diabetes care, 4 employed primary care practices at a health system in Texas worked to systematically improve HbA1c testing and started a “Saving Toes” campaign.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/09/success.htm
1 Sep 2016
Revascularization may offer patients with claudication more improvement in patient self-reported outcomes than medical management, study finds
It may be premature for interventionalists to treat more patients with claudication and measure patient-reported outcomes during the process, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/23/2.htm
23 Aug 2016
Pearls for lowering lipids
New guidelines recommend basing treatment decisions on levels of risk rather than LDL targets.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/07/lipids.htm
1 Jul 2016