Internal Medicine

BOSTON — Primary care providers are addressing mental health more than ever before and can take simple steps to close gaps in care, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

BOSTON — New recommendations from ACP on type 2 diabetes treatment include adding a GLP-1 agonist or SGLT-2 inhibitor to therapy for patients who have inadequate glycemic control, the organization announced.

BOSTON — Intermittent fasting is a popular weight loss technique, but there are a few considerations that physicians should keep in mind when discussing it with their patients, according to a presenter at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

BOSTON — The new, over-the-counter birth control option is an important advancement for women without health insurance, but it may be less effective than other options, according to presenters at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

BOSTON — The ACP has been designated as a GRADE Center based on its developmental processes for guidelines, becoming the first organization in the U.S to receive such a designation.

This year’s ACP Internal Medicine Meeting is taking place in person in Boston and virtually from April 18 to April 20.

United States-born Black internal medicine residents continued to be rated lower on knowledge assessments compared with white residents, even after the installation of the Milestone rating system, researchers found.

ABIM said it is looking forward to communicating with physicians to improve its maintenance of certification programs after recent criticism.

Four professional cardiovascular societies announced a push to create an independent board for cardiovascular medicine, part of an effort to simplify a competency process for cardiologists that has recently been a source of controversy.

A projected shortage of primary care physicians is one of the field’s top concerns, according to experts.