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“Sharing Our Stories” spotlights internists' careers, lives, and advice
Highlights include a series of videos featuring Faith T. Fitzgerald, MD, MACP, who has been honored and recognized for her diagnostic, patient care, and teaching skills.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/13/6.htm
13 Jun 2017
Championing well-being amid COVID-19
Throughout the pandemic's constant challenges, ACP members have taken care of each other by creating supportive spaces, working together, telling stories, and even climbing mountains.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/championing-well-being-amid-covid-19.htm
1 Mar 2022
Be wary of benzodiazepines' side effects
Alternative strategies are increasingly recommended when managing conditions like insomnia and anxiety in elderly patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/02/be-wary-of-benzodiazepines-side-effects.htm
1 Feb 2022
Working to bridge medicine's stubborn gender wage gap
Women now outnumber men in U.S. medical schools, but after training, they can expect to earn significantly less.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/09/working-to-bridge-medicines-stubborn-gender-wage-gap.htm
1 Sep 2022
ACP releases 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Executive Vice President
In conjunction with the release of the Annual Report, ACP will hold a Town Hall webinar on Wednesday, July 24, at 6 p.m. ET.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/02/1.htm
2 Jul 2019
Palliative care for a pandemic
Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, discusses how palliative care can be applied to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/05/palliative-care-for-a-pandemic.htm
1 May 2020
Reviews find little to no evidence of adverse health effects from meat consumption
Researchers conducted five separate reviews looking for associations between meat consumption and outcomes, including mortality and cancer incidence, and produced a guideline based on their findings.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/01/1.htm
1 Oct 2019
White House lauds ACP Master for work on AIDS
What's new from other areas of The College's Medical Knowledge and Education offerings.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/07/collegenews.htm
1 Jul 2008
Discussion of stopping cancer screening may go best when focused on lack of benefit instead of limited life expectancy
Survey respondents' most preferred phrase was “your other health issues should take priority”; the least preferred choice was “the doctor does not give an explanation.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/03/4.htm
3 Jul 2018
ACP's 2017 member survey results now available
The opinions give ACP direction and feedback on how to improve and best meet the needs of internal medicine physicians.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/06/2.htm
6 Feb 2018