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ADA updates diabetes standards of care for 2023
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has changed its recommendations on hypertension cutoffs, use of statins, and treatment of patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease, among other topics.
Digital decision aid may be useful for older adults with CKD
A randomized controlled trial found that a web-based decision aid tailored to older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) improved decision quality and clarified treatment preferences.
MKSAP Quiz: 2-year history of worsening hot flashes
A 56-year-old woman is evaluated for a 2-year history of worsening hot flashes and night sweats. She reports that the night sweats awaken her several times nightly, resulting in fatigue and missed work. Following a physical exam, what is the most appropriate treatment?
Room for improvement in clinicians' weight-loss advice for patients with obesity, study finds
An analysis of audio recordings of consultations from the Brief Interventions for Weight Loss trial found that primary care clinicians who were trained to provide weight-loss advice in around 30 seconds commonly advised a general “Eat less, do more” approach.
ACP's 2022 End of Year Advocacy Highlights
ACP has addressed critical issues affecting internal medicine physicians, patients, and health care this year.
Newly revised ACP Advance curriculum now available
The ACP Advance Quality Improvement (QI) curriculum provides internal medicine physicians and their teams with a series of interactive online modules to help with implementing a QI project at the practice level.
And the winner is …
ACP Internist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.