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Online CBT improved high-impact chronic pain

Telephone/videoconference cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based chronic pain treatment with a health coach led to a clinically significant reduction in chronic pain severity compared to usual care, a trial found.

ATS updates guideline on community-acquired pneumonia

The guideline from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) addresses use of lung ultrasound and antibiotics in outpatients and inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.

MKSAP Quiz: Progressive cervical lymphadenopathy

A 21-year-old patient is evaluated for cervical lymphadenopathy that has progressed over the past 2 months. They have no other medical problems and take no medications. Following a physical exam, lab studies, and a CT, what is the most appropriate treatment?

CV risk factors, mortality rate vary among Asian Indian, Chinese, and Filipino American adults

Filipino American men had the highest cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate, at 248.3 per 100,000 people, compared with all other groups studied, an analysis of CDC data showed.

Nighttime systolic BP associated with cardiac events in heart failure

Patients with heart failure who had a median systolic blood pressure (BP) of 100 mm Hg overnight had a higher incidence of cardiac events than those with a median of 117 mm Hg or 136 mm Hg.

Call for spring 2026 Board of Governors resolutions

The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the spring 2026 Board of Governors Meeting is Sept. 26, 2025.

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.