Search results for "Diabetes"
Adding cosmetic procedures lifts internists' sagging incomes
Stagnating incomes encourage some primary care physicians to add botulinum toxin injections and chemical peels to their menu of services.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/cosmetics.htm
1 Feb 2008
Letters
Readers respond to Mindful Medicine, Ethics columns.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/letters.htm
1 Feb 2008
Companies may bring genetic scans direct to consumers
The American consumer seems to be growing weary of TV ads for erectile dysfunction drugs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/genomics.htm
1 Feb 2008
ACP chapter meetings are great for CME and for collegiality too
Chapter meetings have underlying similarities and distinctive features, too.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/president.htm
1 Feb 2008
Diabetes project narrows gap between theory and practice
Following a successful first phase, the College's diabetes programs reach out to a wider audience of members, residents and patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/eleven.htm
1 Mar 2008
Working toward health care one step at a time
While the presidential candidates debate different strategies for reforming the ailing U.S. health care system, ACP has been quietly working toward change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/five.htm
1 Mar 2008
Visits can be more productive when patients set the agenda
First in a three-part series: Motivational interviewing is one technique for engaging patients and developing strategies that work.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/twelve.htm
1 Mar 2008
ACPNET brings continuing medical education into the clinic
We all appreciate that studying and learning are lifetime essentials for being a good physician.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/president.htm
1 Mar 2008
Internists taking primary care to the streets
Practicing medicine changes when homeless patients don't have a phone, food or access to first aid. Free health care programs have been converting buses and vans into clinics on wheels as they discover that mobile care is an effective way to reach homeless patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/two.htm
1 Mar 2008
Rosiglitazone controversy has internists scratching their heads
E. Victor Adlin, FACP, an endocrinologist at Temple University School of Medicine, discusses how the rosiglitazone drama has affected internists' prescribing habits.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/special.htm
1 Mar 2008