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Binge drinking shows potential to predict alcohol problems in people who drink moderately

Compared with a regular pattern of drinking, a binge pattern of drinking was independently and significantly associated with an increase in the number of alcohol problems nine years later, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/06/21/4.htm
21 Jun 2022

Silent epidemic: Alcohol and preventable death, despair

Alcohol use disorder is often linked to poverty, unemployment, social isolation, and other social determinants of health, and medicine must address these underlying factors to genuinely reduce the risks associated with alcohol.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/silent-epidemic-alcohol-and-preventable-death-despair.htm
1 Jul 2023

Alcohol use, misuse recently on the rise

With routine use of a short screening tool, primary care physicians could more frequently flag emerging alcohol issues.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/03/alcohol-use-misuse-recently-on-the-rise.htm
1 Mar 2023

ATS/IDSA release clinical practice guideline on diagnosing, treating CAP

The new American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guideline updates the 2007 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guideline, and changes include a different perspective on macrolides.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/08/4.htm
8 Oct 2019

Obituaries

John J. Hoesing, FACP, and Stephen M. Ayres, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/obituaries.htm
1 Feb 2010

Gabapentin reduced drinking, cravings, sleep and mood problems in alcoholics

Treatment with gabapentin reduced alcohol consumption and relapse-related symptoms in patients with alcohol dependence, a recent single-center study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/12/2.htm
12 Nov 2013

Treat addicted patients for the long-term

Diagnosing addictions are often based on one question. An expert offers advice to make that one question count, and to move from diagnosis to treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/addiction.htm
1 Jun 2009

Task Force recommends screening all adults for alcohol misuse

Clinicians should screen all adults 18 and over, including pregnant women, for alcohol misuse and should provide brief behavioral counseling interventions to patients engaged in risky or hazardous drinking, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently announced.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/14/2.htm
14 May 2013

Evaluating alcohol use in ‘Dry January’

With the pandemic's effects on drinking as a backdrop, public health initiatives like “Dry January” may be enticing to patients who want to pause their drinking and examine their habits.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/01/evaluating-alcohol-use-in-dry-january.htm
1 Jan 2022

MKSAP Quiz: 12-hour history of fever, myalgia, headache, and a rash

A 20-year-old female college student is evaluated in December because of a 12-hour history of fever, myalgia, headache, and a rash. Temperature is 38.8 °C (101.8 °F), blood pressure is 90/45 mm Hg, pulse rate is 112/min, and respiration rate is 24/min. A petechial rash most prominent on the lower extremities is present. What is the most likely diagnosis?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/23/3.htm
23 Aug 2011

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