Search results for "Endocrinology"
MKSAP Quiz: weight loss, heat intolerance and tremor
Flexible anxiety treatment delivers better than usual care
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/25/3.htm
25 May 2010
What's new in ACP Hospitalist
What's new in ACP Hospitalist and other College publications, including a review of the impact of ICU glucose control for critically ill patients and the highly anticipated launch of MKSAP 15.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/highlights.htm
1 Jul 2009
L-thyroxine did not improve symptoms or tiredness in older patients with subclinical hypothyroidism
Patients who were treated with thyroid medication instead of placebo did not experience significantly greater improvement in symptoms or quality of life regardless of the severity of their symptoms before treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/05/2.htm
5 May 2020
ACP releases Spanish-language edition of MKSAP 18
The Spanish-language version will help Latin American and Spanish internists, subspecialists, and primary care physicians upgrade their knowledge and prepare for board certification.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/17/6.htm
17 Dec 2019
MKSAP Quiz: maintaining bone health
A 54-year-old woman comes to the office for advice regarding maintaining bone health. She has no history of fracture. The patient recently had a lumpectomy and radiation therapy to treat breast cancer, is currently taking tamoxifen, and will begin taking an aromatase inhibitor in 2 months. She underwent menopause at age 52 years and has persistent hot flushes. Her risk factors for osteoporosis include a slim body habitus and a mother who had a hip fracture at age 67 years. Following a physical exam, lab results and a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scan, what pharmacologic agents can be started in this patient?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/10/3.htm
10 Mar 2015
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/02/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Feb 2020
What to do when one expects everything to fit, but it doesn't
James Hennessey, FACP, reports on a young woman's elevated testosterone level, and how he made a diagnosis even though the lab results and imaging conflicted. Our diagnostic experts consider confirmation bias and how this internist sidestepped being misled.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/mindful.htm
1 Jan 2010
MKSAP Quiz: spontaneous hypokalemia and hypertension
A 59-year-old man is evaluated for recently discovered spontaneous hypokalemia and hypertension. The patient had normal blood pressure at a visit 1 year ago. He has no symptoms and takes no medications. What is the most appropriate initial treatment?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/18/3.htm
18 Sep 2012
Two-pronged plan to attack prediabetes
Until recently, internists had very little guidance on how to treat prediabetes and reduce the risk of the full-blown disease. The most recent advice: Treat it early, with simple lifestyle changes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/prediabetes.htm
1 Oct 2008
Hunting for causes, cures and small game
D. Lynn Loriaux, MACP, talks about how he transitioned from forestry to husbandry to internal medicine, hiw skills at the trumpet, and searching for cures to endocrine diseases at the Institutes of Health.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/profile.htm
1 Jun 2009