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Mashup Score: 0Making strides to stamp out HCV - 9 day(s) ago
While there’s a goal of eliminating viral hepatitis globally by 2030, reports indicate a disproportionately high rate of infection and death in the United States among medically underserved populations.
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Mashup Score: 0Continue BP control, maintain benefits - 10 day(s) ago
Helping patients maintain normal blood pressure over the long haul pays off in cardiovascular and other health benefits, yet studies show that U.S. adults continue to backslide.
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Mashup Score: 0Hyperlipidemia - 10 day(s) ago
A trial alert nudged clinicians seeing patients with very high-risk atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease to intensify therapy by prescribing a high-intensity statin, adding ezetimibe, or prescribing a proprotein subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor.
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Mashup Score: 0Test yourself - 10 day(s) ago
A 72-year-old man is evaluated following surgical fixation of a right distal radius fracture after a fall. A dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scan performed 2 years ago showed low bone mineral density. Alendronate weekly was initiated after the scan, and he has been adherent to therapy. What is the most appropriate management?
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Mashup Score: 0Alcohol use - 10 day(s) ago
Barriers to treating alcohol use disorder need to be removed, more needs to be done to reduce binge drinking and heavy drinking, and policymakers and public health officials have a critical role to play on this issue, ACP said.
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Mashup Score: 0Cartoon caption contest - 11 day(s) ago
I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.
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Mashup Score: 0Firearms - 11 day(s) ago
Physicians and patients share harrowing personal stories of hurt, hope, and resilience in a new video, and ACP calls for common-sense policies to help reduce firearms-related injuries and death.
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Mashup Score: 2Breast cancer - 11 day(s) ago
The new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening recommendations on mammography represent a change for women aged 40 to 49 years, who in 2016 were advised to make individual decisions about screening.
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Mashup Score: 23Primary care workforce - 15 day(s) ago
William E. Fox, MD, FACP, Chair-elect of the ACP Board of Regents, addressed the shortage of primary care physicians on the KevinMD website.
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Mashup Score: 0MKSAP Quiz: New lesion on the side of the face - 22 day(s) ago
A 29-year-old woman is evaluated for a 6-month history of acne that worsens during menses. She has been using topical benzoyl peroxide wash and topical tretinoin cream, but there has been no improvement. What is the most appropriate management?
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