Internal Medicine

America's mental health crisis continues to escalate—what drives it, and what lies ahead in 2025? Hear insight from psychiatry and psychology experts.

The BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer space has gone from a dearth of options to a wave of new treatments.

Navigating the long road of Long COVID requires more than just recovery from an infection, it demands specialized, multifaceted care to address persistent and often invisible neurological symptoms.

Data from the PINES trial at ASH 2024 suggest eltrombopag could outperform current standard of care for platelet response in newly diagnosed pediatric ITP.

A study revealed using language models as diagnostic aids did not significantly enhance clinical reasoning or accuracy among physicians over conventional resources alone.

A handheld tool improved skin cancer detection in primary care, increasing diagnostic sensitivity to 96.3% compared to 83.9% without the device.

With HepQuant DuO and SHUNT tests, investigators could categorize patients with sclerosing cholangitis into low, moderate, and high disease severity subgroups.

Dexcom's Stelo, the first OTC glucose sensor, launches in the US on August 26, 2024, offering 15-day wear and HSA/FSA eligibility for as low as $89.99 per 2-pack.

Although the study concluded AI had equal or lower rates of critical misses than radiology reports of remarkable chest radiographs, AI had greater critical miss rates.

Trust in physicians and hospitals dropped from over 70% in 2020 to under 50% in 2024, with declines seen across all demographics, a new survey shows.

An analysis using records from 40 million US patients highlights the surge in new GLP-1 receptor agonist use, with semaglutide dominating new prescriptions since 2020.

Use of dupilumab reduced exacerbations and improved lung function in COPD patients with type 2 inflammation.

These data suggest that a multidisciplinary clinic approach results in several benefits including reduced risk of cardiovascular events among those with psoriasis.

USPSTF now advises biennial breast cancer screening from age 40 to 74 years based on an evolving evidence base.

A combination of telemedicine and in-person visits led to a nearly 6% increase in electronic health record work for primary care physicians.

In this segment of his interview, Leff described what he hopes internal medicine physicians viewing his talk walk away realizing about Hospital at Home.

At the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Leff described the outcomes and implementation of the ‘Hospital at Home’ program for elderly adults.

Data presented at ACP 2024 shows non-White patients may be particularly subjected to more risk of discrimination in their care when ED boarding extends past 24 hours.

This discussion with Hemming featured the biggest takeaways from his talk titled ‘Depression and Anxiety Treatment by the Internal Medicine Physician.’

This interview at ACP 2024 featured a discussion with Hemming on the Mental Health Care Model (MHCM) and addressing depression in primary care settings.

This presentation at ACP Internal Medicine 2024 covered key skills Colven believes internists should know for identification of dermatologic conditions.

A study presented at ACP 2024 shows benefit with preparing to offer pneumococcal vaccination to incoming patients in an ambulatory setting.

This data presented at ACP Internal Medicine 2024 highlights several important findings on older adults, dementia, dual-tasking, and cognitive decline.

Cerceo discusses key topics from her session at the ACP Internal Medicine meeting about health care providers’ role in discussing climate-related health with their patients

During this segment of her interview at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Jay discussed improving obesity care, telehealth utilization for patients, and more.

Cerceo explains how the health care system contributes to climate change and the subsequent negative impact on patients, especially those in vulnerable or disadvantaged communities.

This interview segment featured a discussion on Jay’s ACP Internal Medicine Meeting presentation ‘Advancing Equitable Approaches to Improve Obesity Care.’

The American College of Physicians released new recommendations for the management of type 2 diabetes with inadequate glycemic control using metformin or other first-line therapies.

Large language model AI tools like ChatGPT quickly, easily, and effectively modified dense medical information into grade 6 to 8 reading levels.

This ACP Conference interview featured a discussion with Inouye about gaps in knowledge regarding patients experiencing delirium during hospitalization.