News tagged with archives of internal medicine
Study: Many elderly get colon screening too often
(AP) -- Many older Americans get repeat colon cancer tests they don't need and Medicare is paying for it, suggests a study that spotlights unnecessary risks to the elderly and a waste of money.
May 09, 2011 |
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Study examines changes in medical students' views about internal medicine careers
Compared with 1990, more medical students in 2007 viewed internal medicine as a potentially meaningful career; however, the majority of students are choosing other specialties, according to a report in the April 25 issue ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Heavy drinking associated with increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer
Heavy alcohol consumption, specifically three or more glasses of liquor a day, is associated with an increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the March 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Stopping smoking shortly before surgery is not associated with increased postoperative complications
A meta-analysis of nine previous studies found that quitting smoking shortly before surgery was not associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications, according to a report published online today that will ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Guided care reduces the use of health services by chronically ill older adults
A new report shows that older people who receive Guided Care, a new form of primary care, use fewer expensive health services compared to older people who receive regular primary care. Research published in the March 2011 ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Use of $4 generic drug programs could save society billions of dollars, study shows
If all eligible patients filled their prescriptions through a $4 generic drug program, the societal savings could amount to nearly $6 billion, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Collaborative care shown to be successful for patients with opioid addictions
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that for the majority of patients with opioid addiction, collaborative care with nurse care managers is a successful method of service delivery while ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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High-cost hospitals do not appear to have better survival rates for sepsis patients
Increased hospital spending at high-cost hospitals does not appear to be associated with better short-term survival rates for patients with sepsis, according to a report in the February 28 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Older patients confused about multiple drug dosing
Many older patients, who take an average of seven medicines a day, are so confused by the vague instructions on prescription bottles that they don't realize they can combine their medications to take them more efficiently. ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Older patients concerned about adverse effects of beneficial medications for CVD prevention
Older patients are willing to take medications for cardiovascular disease prevention, but only if the drug has much more benefit than risk, according to a report published online first by the Archives of Internal Medicine. The pa ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Fiber intake associated with reduced risk of death
Dietary fiber may be associated with a reduced risk of death from cardiovascular, infectious and respiratory diseases, as well as a reduced risk of death from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a report posted ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Less is more when prescribing acid suppressive drugs for non-ICU patients
Over the last several decades, the prophylactic use of acid-suppressive medications to help prevent gastrointestinal bleeding (GI) in hospitalized patients has increased significantly, with some studies estimating that as ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Heart patients should be referred to cardiac rehabilitation before leaving hospital
Healthcare practitioners can increase the number of patients with heart disease referred to a cardiac rehabilitation program by 40 per cent, helping them to reduce their risk of dying and improve their quality of life, say ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Reducing recurrent cardiac events by reducing stress
Following the results of a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showing that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) produces a 41% reduction in fatal and non-fatal first recurrent CVD events, the European Societ ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Smoking may be associated with increased risk of breast cancer: study
Smoking before menopause, especially prior to giving birth, may be associated with a modest increase in the risk of developing breast cancer, according to a report in the January 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Archives of Internal Medicine
The Archives of Internal Medicine is an international peer-reviewed professional medical journal published twice a month by the American Medical Association. Archives of Internal Medicine, begun in 1908, publishes original, peer-reviewed manuscripts on a full spectrum of internal medicine topics including cardiovascular disease, geriatrics, infectious disease, gastroenterology, endocrinology, allergy, and immunology.
The Archives of Internal Medicine, which publishes 22 times per year, has a print circulation of over 100 000 physicians in 75 countries. The Archives of Internal Medicine's recent acceptance rate is about 10%. The average time from receipt to first decision is 12 days; from receipt to final decision, 14 days; from submission to publication, 152 days. The Editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine is Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California (see Archives Editorial Board).
The journal's impact factor was 8.0 in 2005 and 8.7 in 2006, ranking near the top among over 100 general and internal medicine titles.
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