Table of Contents

VOL 113 / NO 5 / MAY 2003 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON GERIATRIC CARE

INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM
T. S. Dharmarajan, MD

MANAGING THYROID DYSFUNCTION IN THE ELDERLY
Answers to seven common questions
A brief overview of age-related thyroid changes and the ins and outs of detecting and treating thyroid disease in older patients.
Rajesh Mohandas, MD, Krishan Lal Gupta, MD

DEFINING DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE
Tetrad of symptoms distinguishes illness from other dementias
Lewy body disease shares similarities with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but crucial differences between these entities can be recognized.
Jonathan T. Stewart, MD

THE GROWING PROBLEM OF PRESSURE ULCERS
Evaluation and management for an aging population
Knowing the risk factors for and the characteristics of pressure ulcers can lead to improved prevention, thorough assessment, and properly directed therapy.
T. S. Dharmarajan, MD, Shamim Ahmed, MD

CLINICAL UPDATE

THE EVOLUTION OF TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
Strategies integrate JNC VI, more recent protocols
As new study data are released, expert panels have adopted a blood pressure goal of less than 130/80 mm Hg and recommend the selected use of diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and ARBs to achieve it.
George L. Bakris, MD

SPECIAL SECTION ON INVESTING

STANDARD & POOR'S FINANCIAL ADVISER (75K PDF file)
Looking Beyond War
DRIPs, Direct Investment Plans Ease the Way
Rebalancing Is Worth the Effort
Use Common Sense to Foil Scam Artists
AutoZone on the Road to Higher Profits

CONTINUING FEATURES

CURBSIDE CONSULTS
How to manage hot flashes in prostate cancer?

EDITORIAL
When privacy and the public good collide
Does the collection of health data for research harm individual patients?
Peter A. Setness, MD

PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY
Pityriasis rosea
Appearance and distribution of macules aid diagnosis
Bernard Karnath, MD, Nasir Hussain, MD, Mary Bevin, RNCS, FNP

PATIENT NOTES
Macular degeneration

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