American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting

SAN DIEGO — This year, ACP will focus on supporting several hot policy issues in health care, including payment reform, telehealth and administrative updates, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

Among combined hormonal contraceptive users, those with a history of migraine without aura had a significantly increased risk for ischemic stroke compared with those without a history of migraine, data show.

SAN DIEGO — In this video, Megan Lemay, MD, an associate professor of general internal medicine and addiction medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, highlights several sessions from the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — The FDA faces substantial pressure from patients and their families that can lead it to make questionable decisions, causing moral distress among physicians, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — “Now more than ever,” physicians need to manage opioid use disorder with pharmacological treatment in the primary care setting, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — At the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Kimberly D. Gregory, MD, MPH, chair of the advisory panel of the Women’s Preventive Services Initiative, reviewed recent guidelines from the organization that physicians should be aware of.

SAN DIEGO — Nutritionally diverse plant-based diets are ideal for CVD prevention in patients, according to Danielle Belardo, MD, a preventive cardiologist practicing in Newport Beach, California.

SAN DIEGO — In this video at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, discusses recent evidence on drug interactions and other safety indications with common medications.

SAN DIEGO — In this video, Ross W. Hilliard, MD, FACP, discusses highlights from a session on health IT, including the use of reporting tools within electronic health records and regulatory changes related to EHRs.

SAN DIEGO — Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP, provided an update on three new treatments that are important to primary care physicians.