American College of Physicians

Doctors should have an honest discussion with patients who exhibit red flags showing that they should not be given opioids, Larry Greenblatt, MD, of Duke University School of Medicine said at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Meredith McCormack, MD, MHS, talked about managing asthma and COPD in the primary care setting and when it’s time to refer a patient to a specialist at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Hepatitis C diagnoses are rarely made by a specialist, said Norman Sussman, MD. He explained how the telehealth program, Project ECHO, can help primary care physicians better manage patients with the virus at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

What was designed to make physicians’ lives easier have caused major frustration. Bob Wachter, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) talked with MD Magazine about the issues surrounding electronic health records (EHRs).

Just how serious is physician burnout? Lisa Ellis, MD, chief medical officer at Medical College of Virginia Physicians (MCVP) at Virginia Commonwealth University, provided some startling statistics at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Physicians have more choices than guidance in picking diabetes drugs.

Robert Roswell, MD, of NYU School of Medicine, discussed how much a physician's gut really comes into play when diagnosing chest pain at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Medicine can be exhausting.Tips on avoiding burnout.

Indwelling catheters are over-used, expert says.

Can anything halt runaway drug prices? ACP asks.

Doug Paauw, MD, attends the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting to provide an update on drug interactions and side effects prominent every year. At this year’s meeting (ACP 2017), Paauw went over some of those serious drug interactions with MD Magazine.

Noted rheumatologist reviews research.

For Americans, a BMI of 25 means they are overweight. However, a BMI of 23.5 means overweight for Asians. David O’Dell, MD, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center explains why this matters at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

When a patient comes strolling into your office at 4:30 p.m. on a Friday wanting an opioid prescription, that could be a red flag, Suresh Reddy, MD, professor of palliative care at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center told MD Magazine.

The Affordable Care Act is still under attack, according to the ACP.

The use of the chest x-ray for diagnosing bacterial pneumonia and the role of antibiotics in infected patients have been hot topics in community-acquired pneumonia. Scott Flanders, MD, gave an update at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Hepatitis C care often doesn't require a specialist.

Physicians can play a role in curbing substance misuse.

NIAID's director announced progress in developing a Zika vaccine.

Diana McNeill, MD, of Duke University Medical Center moderated a panel at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California. The topic of discussion? Personalized care in type 2 diabetes.

Heidi Combs, MD, says that many patients present to the primary care office thinking that they have other health problems when the diagnosis is really anxiety or depression. She discussed the topic at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

When treating elderly patients going under the knife may not always be the ideal solution to a problem. However, in some cases it may be the only option to ensuring a high quality of life for patients.

Changing the way medicine approaches a topic, especially a sensitive one like treating older patients is never easy. However, with more patients living well into their 70s and beyond it is becoming an increasingly important area of care.

Thanks to modern science people are living longer than they ever have before. While that is a positive in many ways it is also presenting new challenges to healthcare professionals in a variety of fields.

For patients with severe and life threatening allergies epinephrine auto injectors can provide the right dose to help them work through an emergency situation. There are now new models available that can help talk patients through the process and fit better to the injection site.

With the weather getting warmer stinging insects like bees and wasps are becoming more of a concern for people with allergies or potential allergies. How these conditions are treated can make a significant difference in the time following stings.

Food allergies are an ever growing concern for doctors in a wide range of specialties and now there are new conditions for them to consider when looking to make a proper diagnosis.

Patients diagnosed with sinusitis can turn to a number of treatment options to improve their symptoms. For some, simply waiting out the condition can be effective while others may require some form of medication. In the more extreme cases there are surgical procedures which are being improved upon from options of the past.

When people think of issues affecting the tonsils most think about children having their tonsils out. For those who did not have the procedure in their youth, there may be more problems waiting for them down the road.