Search results for "Conference Coverage"
Medicaid expansion raises questions, challenges
This issue includes stories on Medicaid expansion in the states, diabetic foot care and addressing Clostridium difficile in the community.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2013
Potential changes questioned for advanced cardiac life support
The Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines are due out in 2015 and may pose some shocking changes: faster beats-per-minute chest compressions, a de-emphasis on hypothermia, and a new length of time for continuing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/cardiac.htm
1 Apr 2014
Big data offers information, but as yet few answers
This issue also covers prescribing for opioid addiction, conference coverage from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and an urban primary care residency at Johns Hopkins University.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/09/big-data-offers-information-but-as-yet-few-answers.htm
1 Sep 2018
Infectious disease doctors tackle bad bugs with fewer drugs
Annual meeting unveils research, techniques that could help stem the tide of resistance and disease, particularly with the increase of ‘C-diff’.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/idsa.htm
1 Jan 2008
Diabetes debates defy easy resolution
An ever-changing knowledge base without clear consensus makes diabetes management especially challenging.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/09/diabetes.htm
1 Sep 2013
A few tips can improve older patients' memory
Most complaints of memory problems aren't related to cognitive impairments, and as such they can be alleviated with a few simple tips.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/memory.htm
1 Jan 2013
Discussing prognosis: The topic that patients and doctors dread
Physicians may try to overcome their discomfort in talking about death by delivering an overly optimistic prognosis. But the eventual, inevitable decline may actually make the patient feel much worse. An effective strategy incorporates the patient's expectations.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/06/discussion.htm
1 Jun 2011
Creating a practice that's open to GLBT patients
A gay physician offers advice on how to adapt a medical practice to make it more accessible to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered patients. The effort begins in the waiting room and continues through a sometimes complex set of needs for this population.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/GLBT.htm
1 Jan 2013
Speaking of cancer: Tips on how to convey risks to patients
How physicians express cancer risks to patients determines how they might use that knowledge to make decisions about genetics, family history and potential future screens and tests.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/01/risk.htm
1 Jan 2011
To prescribe exercise, start specific and small
Primary care physicians can offer more specific advice when they suggest exercise##mdash;frequency, intensity and type, for example##mdash;to increase their patients' likelihood of following through.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/01/exercise.htm
1 Jan 2014