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- Geriatrics update 2012: What parts of our practice to change, what to ‘think about’
News about hypertension, preventing falls, calcium and vitamin D supplementation, osteoporosis treatment, depression, Alzheimer disease, and aortic valve stenosis.
- Painful red hands and feet
The symptoms are worse during heat exposure and physical effort. What is the diagnosis?
- In Reply: Parkinson disease (January 2012)
Readers comment on previous articles about glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal failure (November 2011), essential tremor (December 2011), and Parkinson disease (January 2012).
- Purple urine in a woman with chronic kidney disease
Although purple urine itself is usually considered benign, it should prompt an evaluation for urinary tract infection.
- Synthetic legal intoxicating drugs: The emerging ‘incense’ and ‘bath salt’ phenomenon
These products are gaining in popularity among drug abusers, because they are cheap and produce a powerful high. They may not be detectable on standard urine drug screening.