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ACP's sleep apnea guideline recommends weight loss and CPAP as initial therapies

All overweight and obese patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be encouraged to lose weight and use continuous positive-airway pressure (CPAP) or, if preferred, mandibular advancement devices, according to a new ACP guideline.

For substance abuse, chronic care management no better than usual care

Persons with substance abuse problems who received chronic care management, including relapse prevention counseling and medical, addiction and psychiatric treatment, were no more abstinent than those who received usual primary care, a study found.

MKSAP Quiz: 6-year history of Sjögren syndrome

A 56-year-old woman is evaluated during a follow-up visit for a 6-year history of Sjögren syndrome treated with low-dose hydroxychloroquine and cyclosporine eyedrops. She has had two episodes of cutaneous vasculitis, which resolved with corticosteroids. Following a physical exam and lab results, what is the most appropriate management?

Score predicts diabetes remission after Roux-en-Y surgery

Researchers created a new score, based on four variables, which can help predict whether a patient will have remission of type 2 diabetes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.

CDC: C. diff, CRE and drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae top list of bacterial threats to U.S. health

Clostridium difficile, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), and drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the most urgent bacterial threats to health in the U.S., the CDC said last week in a report.

MRSA declined between 2005 and 2011, especially hospital-onset infections

There were fewer invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the U.S. in 2011 than in 2005, and the reduction was greatest for health care-associated infections, a new study found.

ACP and AAIM release updated version of High Value Care Curriculum

ACP and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) have released a new version of their High Value Care Curriculum, a jointly developed instructional program to train resident physicians to be good stewards of limited health care resources.

I.M. a specialist

Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, a past chair of ACP's Board of Regents, a practicing internist in Cranston, R.I., and a member of ACP Internist's editorial board, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.com in a post about what it means to be an internal medicine specialist.

And the winner is …

ACP InternistWeekly 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.