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Differentiating ‘dizziness' and vertigo | ACP Internist
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Differentiating ‘dizziness' and vertigo. Because patients use these two terms to describe a broad range of sensations, the symptom can pose a diagnostic challenge. By Terri D’Arrigo. Izziness is common in internal medicine patients, accounting for up to 5% of visits to primary care clinics, according to a paper in the August 15, 2010,. Disequilibrium, which is more a gait or st...
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Provides news and information for internists about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP. Published 10 times per year, the print edition of. Is available as a free subscription for ACP Members only. Available to the public, the online edition of. Includes additional features like newsletter and blog posts. ACP ID (if known). ACP I...
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Feeding nutrition into your practice | ACP Internist
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Feeding nutrition into your practice. Internists routinely ask patients about smoking and drinking, but should they also ask about eating habits? Nternists routinely ask patients about smoking and drinking, but should they also ask about eating habits? A lack of time and lack of training are two major obstacles to nutrition counseling in primary care. Photo by iStock. However, ...
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Medical schools respond to the opioid epidemic | ACP Internist
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Medical schools respond to the opioid epidemic. Until very recently, medical schools offered little or no training in addiction medicine. Sea change in Massachusetts. Ldquo;Teaching these competencies in medical school is crucial, while students are developing lifelong practice habits and before they begin prescribing,” she emphasized. Stepwise progress at Case Western. Change ...
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Climate change and consultation training | ACP Internist
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Letters to the Editor. Climate change and consultation training. Readers weigh in on climate change and the best way to prepare med students as future consultants. The article “ Clearing the air about climate change. The ACP position paper on climate change, published online. Annals of Internal Medicine. Annals of Internal Medicine. Ldquo;Lipid change causes heart attacks.&...
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Corticosteroids have fallen out of favor for COPD care | ACP Internist
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Corticosteroids have fallen out of favor for COPD care. A single study has gone a long way toward changing clinical practices. Nvision yourselves one year ago, Jean Bourbeau, MD, instructed attendees at CHEST 2016, before asking which medications they would prescribe to a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). New England Journal of Medicine. He, and most of...
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Issue, Newsletter, and Article Archives. Articles Curated by Type. And American College of Physicians. Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness.
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Advice for physicians requesting air medical transport | ACP Internist
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Advice for physicians requesting air medical transport. When picturing air medical transport, many people think of helicopters, but there are often other options. Atients' air transport options aren't something that clinicians typically know much about, Ryan Deedo, MD, told attendees at CHEST 2016, held in Los Angeles in October. When picturing air medical transport, most peopl...
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Warning on steroids; approval for soft-tissue sarcoma drug | ACP Internist
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Current Issue March 2017. Details debated in breast screening. Internal Medicine Meeting News. Sign Up for Clinical Newsletters. Warning on steroids; approval for soft-tissue sarcoma drug. This column reviews a warning on testosterone and other anabolic androgenic steroids and approval of a new drug to treat certain adults with soft-tissue sarcoma. A new warning on testosterone and other anabolic androgenic steroids. If they suspect abuse. A new boxed warning on the Essure permanent birth control system.