Search results for "Asthma"
Catch up on new COPD guidelines
Updated guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease revised the definition and staging of the condition, and an expert offers tips for optimal care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/06/catch-up-on-new-copd-guidelines.htm
1 Jun 2018
Clearing the air about climate change
Climate change is a public health issue, and physicians should be aware of the potential medical consequences and be able to communicate those to patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/09/climate-change.htm
1 Sep 2016
New COPD treatment, warnings on insomnia and migraine drugs
This regulatory update covers approval of a combined long-term maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, warnings against driving after taking insomnia drugs and on use of migraine drugs in pregnant women, and more.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/fda.htm
1 Jul 2013
ACP supports CDC's smoking cessation initiative, “Talk With Your Doctor”
The American College of Physicians and four other medical associations representing a total of more than 600,000 physicians are supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) initiative “Talk with Your Doctor,” a smoking cessation program that is part of the CDC's national tobacco education campaign, “Tips from Former Smokers.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/04/10.htm
4 Jun 2013
Internal medicine can slow climate change, improve health
ACP is once again proactively addressing an issue of importance to human health: climate change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/07/presidents.htm
1 Jul 2016
New diabetes drug, LABA for COPD, skin antibiotic approved
This update covers approval of a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor for diabetes, a once-daily long-acting beta-adrenergic agonist (LABA) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a new intravenous drug for bacterial skin and skin-structure infections.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/10/fda.htm
1 Oct 2014
Ranitidine pulled from market; COVID-19 updates
This column reviews details on recent recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/06/ranitidine-pulled-from-market-covid-19-updates.htm
1 Jun 2020
Use your hands, not just your mind, at Internal Medicine 2010
Preview upcoming attractions and sessions of the College's annual meeting, being held this year in Toronto. Find events occurring at the meeting, or for those not going, find out how to follow news as it happens.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/internal.htm
1 Mar 2010
New model predicts future risk of VTE
Researchers have devised a new algorithm to predict a patient's risk of developing venous thromboembolism in the next five years, based on simple clinical variables.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/23/4.htm
23 Aug 2011
Internists healing tsunami's aftereffects
Six months after an earthquake and tsunami, Japan's populace and its clinicians are sizing up the long-term health effects of the physical injuries, the mental trauma and the damage to the nation's health care facilities. Internists describe the aftermath in their own words.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/09/japan.htm
1 Sep 2011