Few students going into internal medicine.
As the U.S. population ages, the demand for internal medicine physicians will increase sharply, but only 2 percent of graduating medical students are planning careers in primary care internal medicine. A study published in the Sept. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found...

Rittenhouse Women's Wellness Center: Internal Medicine plus Nutrition, Fitness, Emotional Well-Being and Skin Care.
New center adds wellness services to internal medicine, combining nutrition education, fitness planning, emotional support and skin care services with primary care in one location. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctor Leslie Saltzman D.O., a Philadelphia-based internist, has announced the launch of the Rittenhouse Women's Wellness Center,...

Study Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine Indicates Unsafe Use of Legal Medications.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 August 2008-Study Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine Indicates Unsafe Use of Legal Medications(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com A study published in the July 28 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine showed a tremendous surge in the number of people who...

Best practices in: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy in the internal medicine setting.
Clinical Scenario Robert is a 55-year-old male who has been under your care for moderate obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. You last saw him 3 months ago for a change in his diabetes regimen. At the current visit, you note that he is 10...

General internal medicine: smaller and smaller?
The American Board of Internal Medicine, for a variety of reasons, has embarked on the institution of a series of "maintenance of certification" examinations to evaluate internists. In addition to mandatory periodic recertification in their general core competencies, internists can now take an additional examination in a component of...

Meet the editorial advisory board of Internal Medicine News.
Roy D.ALTMAN, M.D., is professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and editor of Seminars in Arthritis and Rheymatism. JON O. EBBERT, M.D., is associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and associate program director of...

San Diego Medical Community Receives First-Ever Accredited Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Palliative Medicine's Fellowship Program received full accreditation from the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) -- the first accredited fellowship program in palliative medicine in San Diego. Located on the campus of San Diego Hospice, The Institute for Palliative...

American Journal of Medicine launches blog.
Promising a 'dynamic forum' for discussion, the American Journal of Medicine (AJM) is launching a blog where physicians and other healthcare professionals can discuss the research and applications for clinical practice published in the Journal. (See http://amjmed.blogspot.com.) Publisher Elsevier, along with Journal staff and writers, believe "the...

U.S. News Media Group Expands Online Health Channel with Interactive Medical Expert Forum.
- Panel of Leaders in Health & Medicine Offers Advice and Opinions - WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News Media Group, one of the nation's leading sources of news analysis and service journalism, today announced the expansion of its online health channel offerings to include an...

Patient Advocacy Is the Focus of December's Current Clinical Practice.
MONTVALE, N.J., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Journal of Family Practice Special Edition: Current Clinical Practice and its companion issue, Current Clinical Practice for internists, want to provide you with the most up-to-date information on quality improvement in medicine. Peter V. Lee, MD, speaks about the importance...