Internal Medicine News

Dr. James Li is chair of the Division of Allergic Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine and a board-certified asthma and allergy specialist.

The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation has launched a website-Choosing Wisely-that aims to provoke discussion among healthcare providers and patients on the necessity of commonly used tests and procedures.

Almost everyone tells a little white lie to protect someone from the truth but would you expect a little white lie from your physician.

Redmond Regional Medical Center's Board of Trustees is proud to announce their newest member, Dr.

"Fifty-five percent said in the last year they described a patient's prognosis in a more positive way than was warranted," says researcher Lisa Iezzoni, MD, director of the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital.

No one doubts that ovarian cancer is a devastating diagnosis, often found when the disease is at an advanced stage.

The American College of Physicians recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have failed to adequately improve high blood sugar.

Antidepressants have become some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the US, especially SSRIs .

When a patient asks for a screening or diagnostic test, physicians should take a moment to ask themselves whether the results will change how they care for him or her, says the editor of Annals of Internal Medicine .

Family physicians are the most likely of any physician specialty or subspecialty to practice in rural areas and the most likely to be geographically distributed in the same proportion as the U.S. population, according to a one-page fact sheet published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on Feb.

Last week in my cello lesson, I spent an hour and a half on a single line of music.

Dr. SUSHMA SAPKOTA PANDEY, an internist, has joined the Phoenix health services center of Oswego Health Inc.

"Bugs," the two year old boy said as he pointed to an irritated patch of skin on his face. Mary Leitao looked closer, and although she found no visible insects, she was startled to find colored fibers sprouting from her son's skin.

Memorial Hospital's Mobile Mammogram Coach will provide mammogram screenings for women with or without insurance on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Memorial's Mobile Mammogram Coach will be at Belk for Woman at the Hamilton Place Mall.

LOUISVILLE, KY,A February 1, 2012 /Stanford Who's Who/ - Stanford Who's Who proudly announces the addition of Dr.

A news article on the front page of Friday's Wall Street Journal described how WellPoint , the nation's second largest insurer, will begin paying extra bonuses to primary care doctors in its network.

Shown are students, Michael Huffaker, Caleb Nadolsky, Adam Sawyer, Laura Cole, Tekoa Penrose, Ryan Neall, Kimberly Halye, Keisha Malivert, Laura Boyer.

For the second consecutive year, Board Certified Internist Dr. Grace L. Keenan, founder and CEO of Nova Medical & Urgent Care Center, Inc., is named one of Northern Virginia's "Top Internists" in Northern Virginia Magazine's "Top Doctors 2012" issue.

Health care professions are one of the highest-paid positions in Alabama, and general internists in Birmingham earn the highest average annual pay in that field.

The Lima News article Saturday about St. Rita's CEO Jim Reber was nice and well deserved.