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Just how serious is physician burnout? Lisa Ellis, MD, chief medical officer at Medical College of Virginia Physicians (MCVP) at Virginia Commonwealth University, provided some startling statistics at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Changes in adolescent brain structure are potentially associated with the onset of mental health disorders.

Study observed more time in target range, even when adjusted for increased activity.

Physicians have more choices than guidance in picking diabetes drugs.

Robert Roswell, MD, of NYU School of Medicine, discussed how much a physician's gut really comes into play when diagnosing chest pain at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Medicine can be exhausting.Tips on avoiding burnout.

Estetrol may provide the same testosterone suppression with less adverse effects.

“Today, hernia is really an endocrine disease,” according to Hong Zhao.

Although there are several unanswered questions in the field of menopause, but Cynthia Stuenkel, MD, University of California San Diego explained that many experts are beginning to understand the idea of hot flashes and how early and late they can occur in women.

The DIaMonD and GOLD Studies, which used continued glucose monitoring (CGM) in patients with type 1 diabetes who were in less than optimal control showed that the addition of CGM to these patients’ self-monitoring of blood glucose contributed to lower A1C, more time spent in range, less hypoglycemia, less severe hyperglycemia, and better quality of life.

"It is safe, it is easy, and it saves lives," prominent hormone therapy doctor said.

Does early-life environmental exposure to BPA (Bisphenol A) affect gene expression linked to fatty liver? That's the question Lindsey S. Trevino, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine and team sought to answer in their study using rat models.

Lindsey Triveño posits that early exposure can create NAFLD predisposition.

Indwelling catheters are over-used, expert says.

Can anything halt runaway drug prices? ACP asks.

Shanlee Davis, MD, University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and team were interested in the effects of this pre-pubertal androgen treatment on the testicular function, or puberty.

Doug Paauw, MD, attends the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting to provide an update on drug interactions and side effects prominent every year. At this year’s meeting (ACP 2017), Paauw went over some of those serious drug interactions with MD Magazine.

Noted rheumatologist reviews research.

For Americans, a BMI of 25 means they are overweight. However, a BMI of 23.5 means overweight for Asians. David O’Dell, MD, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center explains why this matters at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

T-scores and FRAX underestimate risk in diabetic patients, she argues.

"Older patients lumped in a group are not all the same,” she says.

The type 1 diabetes patients who were continuously administered testosterone treatment showed improvements in glycemic control as well as massive improvements in their weight loss, since testosterone increases lean body mass.

Different chemicals also associated with variations in tumor size and aggression.

Farid Saad, DVM, PhD, Bayer Pharma AG learned that the men with type 1 diabetes did experience benefits of long-term testosterone therapy – they showed improvements in their underlying diseases.

When a patient comes strolling into your office at 4:30 p.m. on a Friday wanting an opioid prescription, that could be a red flag, Suresh Reddy, MD, professor of palliative care at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center told MD Magazine.

The Affordable Care Act is still under attack, according to the ACP.

The use of the chest x-ray for diagnosing bacterial pneumonia and the role of antibiotics in infected patients have been hot topics in community-acquired pneumonia. Scott Flanders, MD, gave an update at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Hepatitis C care often doesn't require a specialist.

Physicians can play a role in curbing substance misuse.

NIAID's director announced progress in developing a Zika vaccine.