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Make your voice heard: Join ACP and the physician movement #ThisIsOurLane
The hashtag #ThisIsOurLane is being used to tag tweets where physicians call attention to the impact of firearm violence on their patients.
Updated guideline on cholesterol management focuses on detailed risk assessment
The guideline from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association recommends that physicians talk to patients about risk-enhancing factors that can help provide a more personalized risk assessment, in addition to such traditional risk factors as smoking and high blood pressure.
MKSAP Quiz: Decreased exercise tolerance, ice cravings
A 28-year-old woman is evaluated for decreased exercise tolerance and ice cravings for the past several weeks. Medical history is notable for Crohn colitis diagnosed 6 years ago. Her symptoms flared 3 months ago with increased abdominal pain and diarrhea, and she began therapy with azathioprine and infliximab. Following a physical exam and lab studies, what is the most appropriate treatment?
Diabetes outcomes similar when primary care provided by NPs, PAs, or physicians, study finds
More care by nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) may be a way to expand primary care access while maintaining quality standards.
IDSA issues new clinical practice guideline for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy
The new guideline updates 2004 recommendations from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) with evidence from recent research, particularly on the safety of outpatient parenteral therapy.
New ACP-Curbsiders podcast episode available, ‘Hidden Curriculum’
The formal curriculum of medical education must be reinforced and enhanced by the hidden curriculum conveyed in medical schools, residency programs, hospitals, clinics, and team rooms.
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