Search results for "Nutrition"
Registration is open for precourses at Internal Medicine Meeting 2025
The one- and two-day courses cover a variety of internal medicine subjects, including a new course on nutrition in medical practice.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/01/07/6.htm
7 Jan 2025
Addressing abdominal pain's many causes
A session at ACG 2024 covered diagnoses similar to IBS that clinicians should keep on their differential and outlined the role of neuromodulators in treating disorders of the gut-brain interaction.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/01/addressing-abdominal-pains-many-causes.htm
1 Jan 2025
Hypoglycemia associated with food insecurity in older adults with diabetes
A survey of older adults with type 2 diabetes taking insulin or sulfonylureas found that both economic and physical food insecurity were related to increased risk for severe hypoglycemic events.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/05/28/2.htm
28 May 2024
Restoring trust after rough times in residency
The pandemic made many medical trainees less trustful and engaged. A program director talks about how to win them back.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/01/restoring-trust-after-rough-times-in-residency.htm
1 Jan 2025
Vegetarian/vegan diets associated with lower cancer, cardiovascular risk
While an umbrella review found numerous improvements in biomarkers with diets that exclude meat or all animal products, the strength of evidence for these diets was limited, the review's authors concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/05/21/4.htm
21 May 2024
Pearls inform primary care for breast cancer prevention
Counseling women at high risk for breast cancer involves discussing enhanced surveillance, lifestyle interventions, and risk-reducing medications.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/01/pearls-inform-primary-care-for-breast-cancer-prevention.htm
1 Jan 2025
Network of health systems and food organizations addressed food insecurity
A pilot program enabled clinicians to post requests for food delivery on recipients' behalf. Requests were reviewed and claimed by eligible organizations that prepared food boxes, delivered in a median of five days.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/18/4.htm
18 Jul 2023
Intensive food-as-medicine program improves engagement, not glycemic control
Patients with diabetes and food insecurity who received healthy groceries, dietitian consults, nurse evaluations, health coaching, and diabetes education had increased engagement with preventive care but no significant change in HbA1c levels versus usual care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/02/2.htm
2 Jan 2024
Alzheimer's advances pose challenges
A new test and new treatments for Alzheimer's disease may offer patients hope but could also raise more questions than they answer, with careful balancing of risks and benefits required.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/11/alzheimers-advances-pose-challenges.htm
1 Nov 2024
AHA encourages rapid diet assessment in primary care to combat diet-related diseases
For clinicians facing time constraints, several validated screener tools, whether administered in the office or through the EHR, can provide immediate actionable dietary feedback, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/18/5.htm
18 Aug 2020