April 2025
Living a longer life with HIV
As HIV increasingly transforms into a chronic condition, internal medicine physicians can focus more on reducing cardiovascular conditions and other age-related diseases.
Primary care preps patients perioperatively
An updated guideline on best practices for perioperative cardiovascular management offers critical changes to how primary care physicians can best assess and prepare patients for noncardiac surgery.
Teamwork needed to fight challenges to rural health care
ACP tackles disparities in rural health through a new policy paper.
Our challenge to live, thrive through ‘interesting times'
As we set our goals for the future of the College, we must also consider in our plans the future of medicine.
Tallying the cardiac risk calculators
Predicting and addressing the cardiac risks a patient faces with surgery have changed a lot since the first calculator for this task was published in 1977.
Postdischarge care: When a phone call is not enough
Postdischarge contact with patients had no significant effect on returns to the ED or the hospital, one study found.
Looking at ‘long COVID,’ five years later
An expert explains progress and knowledge gaps related to postacute sequelae of COVID-19, also known as long COVID.
From head to toe
An expert explains ‘wrinkle signs' as a positive marker for resolving fluid volume.
Get involved in advocacy early and often
Early career physicians can add political advocacy to their armamentarium.
First rapid-acting insulin biosimilar approved
This column reviews recent recalls, alerts, and approvals.
Lessening EHR burden through alert, message settings
As a critical first step, practices and systems should gather data on the frequency and type of each alert or message and actions taken in response to them.
MKSAP Quiz: 2-week history of dysphagia
A 70-year-old woman is hospitalized for a 2-week history of dysphagia to solids and odynophagia. She has locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Following a physical exam and other procedures, what is the most appropriate treatment?
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, I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP.
Updated guidance on HIV, periop management, and more stories
This issue covers HIV, perioperative medicine, and advocacy for early career physicians.