Telle qu’elle est pratiquée en France, la médecine interne répond plus à la définition anglo-saxonne de la spécialité (à savoir des médecins « equipped to handle the broad and comprehensive spectrum of illnesses that affect adults, and are recognized as experts in diagnosis, in treatment of chronic illness, and in health promotion and disease prevention – they are not limited to one type of medical problem or organ system ») qu’à l’image qu’on s’en fait, à savoir la prise en charge de problèmes complexes et de maladies systémiques. Ce « Quoi de neuf en médecine interne ? » sera donc composé de deux parties, la première sur les publications significatives dans le domaine des maladies systémiques et auto-immunes et la seconde concernant des publications plus diverses (VIH, cancer, grossesse, bien-être...), importantes pour la médecine en général et ses différentes spécialités.

As it is practiced in France, internal medicine meets the Anglo-Saxon definition of the specialty, ie doctors “equipped to handle the broad and comprehensive spectrum of illnesses that affect adults, and are recognized as experts in diagnosis, in treatment of chronic illness, and in health promotion and disease prevention – they are not limited to one type of medical problem or organ system”. This 2017 “What’s new in internal medicine” will consist of 2 parts, a first part on significant publications in the field of systemic and autoimmune diseases and a second part on more diverse publications (HIV, cancer, pregnancy, well-being...) important for medicine in general and its different specialties.