ACP: Lessons Learned during COVID-19 Pandemic
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD MPH, was a featured presenter at the recent ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2021: Virtual Experience, where she spoke about lessons learned during COVID-19.
COVID-19 Updates: US Vaccinations and Global Cases and Deaths as of May 3, 2021
Data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map and the CDC on COVID-19 cases, mortalities, vaccinations, and more.
ACP: ASCVD Risk Estimation for Primary Prevention with Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM
"Risk estimators do not prescribe a drug," says Dr Lloyd-Jones. They are tools to help make the decision to prescribe the drug. He explains how to use them in primary care.
COVID-19 Updates: US Vaccinations and Global Cases and Deaths as of April 30, 2021
Primary Care COVID-19 Check-up: Physicians Remain Steady, but Challenges Mount
Primary care practices are keeping pace a year into the pandemic but face rising challenges—from mental exhaustion to lack of vaccine supplies, according to a national primary care survey.
ACP: Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc Reviews Advances in Heart Failure Research and Treatment
ACP: Clyde W Yancy, MD, gave a comprehensive update on a year's worth of pivotal science in treatment of heart failure. Here are the highlights.
COVID-19 Updates: US Vaccinations and Global Cases and Deaths as of April 29, 2021
Fauci: Widespread COVID-19 Vaccination, Precautions Key to Ending Pandemic
The NIAID head said the timing of the end of the pandemic is really up to the public.
Early Intervention in Weight Management: Treating Pre-Obesity
Research shows that increased risk of chronic disease and mortality begins below a BMI classified as obesity. The earlier we intervene with at-risk patients, the greater the chance for success.
Bariatric Surgery Associated with Reduced Mortality in Patient with T2D, Obesity
Authors of a new study say their findings suggest bariatric surgery should be considered first-line treatment for the management of obesity in patients with type 2 diabetes.
COVID-19 Updates: US Vaccinations and Global Cases and Deaths as of April 28, 2021
CDC: Two-thirds of Patients with Mild COVID-19 Get New Diagnosis within 6 Months
More than two-thirds of a large group of patients not hospitalized for COVID-19 made at least 1 outpatient visit and left with a new diagnosis within 6 months of their first diagnosis.
Should the CDC 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guideline be Revoked? Health Care Providers, Patients Say “Yes” in New Survey
The large survey found that 9 out of 10 patients believe their pain levels and quality of life have worsened under the CDC's 2016 opioid prescribing guideline.
COVID-19 Updates: US Vaccinations and Global Cases and Deaths as of April 27, 2021
NAFLD & NASH Treatment in Primary Care: 8 Questions based on AASLD Guidance
Weight loss for patients with NAFLD is the key to improvement of histopathologic features. Find out what else you know about treatment of NAFLD/NASH with 8 guidance-based questions.
Study: GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy Reduces Asthma Exacerbations in Adults with Asthma, T2D
New findings suggest that patients with asthma and type 2 diabetes who use GLP-1 RAs for diabetes treatment intensification have fewer asthma exacerbations compared to other diabetes drugs.
COVID-19 Updates: US Vaccinations and Global Cases and Deaths as of April 26, 2021
US confirmed cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 32 million. Plus more data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map and the CDC on COVID-19 cases, mortalities, vaccinations, and more.
A Weight-centric Approach to Obesity with T2D: How Pharmacotherapy Works
For frontline clinicians who care daily for patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, a weight-centric approach to T2D, including antiobesity drugs, could help improve outcomes.
Saliva may be Potential Route of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission, Recent Study Found
The findings suggest that the mouth and its saliva play an important, and perhaps underappreciated, role in SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission.
COVID-19 Updates: US Vaccinations and Global Cases and Deaths as of April 23, 2021
