Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
Be mindful of menopause in women with HIV
As the population ages, menopause impacts HIV care, and vice versa.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/02/be-mindful-of-menopause-in-women-with-hiv.htm
1 Feb 2025
Report outlines alcohol's health effects, seeks public comment
New research causally links alcohol, including nonexcessive as well as excessive use, with more than 200 health conditions, including infectious diseases, malignant neoplasms, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, mental and behavioral disorders, metabolic disorders, and injuries.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/01/21/4.htm
21 Jan 2025
DoxyPEP effective for preventing syphilis, chlamydia
Two studies of early uptake of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) found decreases in sexually transmitted infections at both the population and the clinic level.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/01/14/2.htm
14 Jan 2025
Obituaries
The College notes the passing of Herbert Rothenberg, MD, MACP, and Alexander Sloan Townes, MD, MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/01/obituaries.htm
1 Jan 2025
Broad-spectrum antibiotics dispensed to almost half of healthy adult outpatients with CAP
An analysis of oral antibiotic regimens dispensed to healthy outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in 2007 through 2019 found that 48% got broad-spectrum drugs and that they had significantly higher rates of adverse drug events than patients who got macrolide monotherapy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/10/29/4.htm
29 Oct 2024
Stamping out STIs
Combating sexually transmitted infections (STIs) involves recognizing disparities, addressing the stigma that surrounds sexual health care, and viewing testing and treatment as a comprehensive care package rather than individual concerns, experts said.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/stamping-out-stis.htm
1 Oct 2024
New primary care guidance released on HIV care
The 2024 update from the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America offers more focus on patient-centered HIV care and new recommendations on immunizations, cancer screening, and sexually transmitted infections, among other topics.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/10/22/1.htm
22 Oct 2024
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination candidates for College governance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/11/nominees-named-for-college-officer-and-regent-positions.htm
1 Nov 2024
Studies describe H5N1 avian influenza cases of 2024
Almost all H5N1 cases reported to the CDC in recent months were associated with animal exposure and led to mild illness, but a Canadian adolescent got severely ill with a variant that showed significant mutations, new research revealed.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/01/07/1.htm
7 Jan 2025
Human, animal experts offer advice on H5N1
ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine gathered experts for a case-based discussion on H5N1 avian influenza.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/human-animal-experts-offer-advice-on-h5n1.htm
1 Oct 2024