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Pathway offers practical approaches to monitoring for poststroke arrhythmia
The guidance from the American College of Cardiology involves a three-step pathway including multidisciplinary evaluation, risk assessment, and selection of a monitoring strategy.
Statins do not appear to affect kidney function in older adults
A post hoc analysis of data from a randomized trial found no association between statin use and change in estimated glomerular filtration rate, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio, or incident chronic kidney disease in adults ages 65 years or older.
MKSAP Quiz: Prostate cancer
A 51-year-old man is evaluated following biopsy of the prostate gland. His father died of prostate cancer at the age of 60 years, and his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 45 years. What is the most appropriate management?
Educational intervention improved weight bias among clinicians
The four-hour course on weight bias significantly reduced clinicians' self-reported negative stereotypes about obesity and increased rates of obesity diagnosis and obesity-related referrals over 12 months, a study found.
Article, podcast discuss gratitude, collaboration in medicine
Janet Jokela, MD, MPH, MACP, reflects on the past year and the year ahead in her latest column and podcast on KevinMD.
Put words in our mouth
I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP wants readers to create captions for our new cartoon and help choose the winner. Pen the winning caption and win a $50 gift certificate good toward any ACP product, program, or service.