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Vitamin D Deficiency: Hypothesis or Hype?
April 27th 2010
Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD, the Boston University professor of medicine and well-known “apostle of vitamin D,” attracted a standing-room-only crowd Friday for a presentation on his favorite topic. It was a performance that had the audience at rapt attention for a full hour-not just because of the celebrity of the speaker, but because of the extraordinarily clever and engaging nature of his presentation.
What Physicians Can Do to Reduce Inequity in Global Health
April 24th 2010
Early in his keynote address, James Orbinski, MD, Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto and one of the world’s leading scholars and scientists in global health, complimented the United States on the recent passage of its health care bill, a “seminal achievement” that he said brought the US “just a hair’s breadth away” from achieving universal health care.
Gut Flora: Their Role in Health and Disease
April 23rd 2010
Probiotics and prebiotics are now widely used by patients – and even present in many common foods.
What's in Store at Internal Medicine 2010
April 21st 2010
How will your practice manage the coming “tsunami” of older patients as the baby boomers enter their golden years?
Health Care Reform a “Safer” Bet in the Next 100 Days
April 29th 2009
On the hundredth day of the new administration, the President’s campaign promise of health care reform looks less like a gamble and more like a sure bet. But are policymakers throwing down the deed to the ranch?
Can Your Practice Become a Patient-Centered Medical Home?
April 24th 2009
Not only can your practice become a patient-centered medical home, or PCMH -- but would you want it to? And if the answer to both these questions is "yes," how do you go about making the transition?
Annals Editor Urges Support for Medical Journals
April 23rd 2009
Like great newspapers, medical journals play a crucial role in our society-and in the midst of the protracted transition from print to web publishing, they need our support. This was the message of the keynote address presented by Harold C. Sox, MD, at the 2009 meeting of the American College of Physicians in Philadelphia.
"What's The 'Take Home'?" at the ACP
April 23rd 2009
Every year, Dr Ronald N. Rubin, professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine, presents review courses for specialty board exams at the American College of Physicians annual meeting.