Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency

A new practice guideline recommends against routinely measuring serum vitamin D levels in adults. The Endocrine Society has published a new practice guideline on vitamin D deficiency. This summary covers portions of the guideline that are relevant to adult medicine...

What Is The Difference Between Dementia and Alzheimer’s

By Micha Shalev About 5 million Americans, or 10% of those over 65 years of age, suffer from Alzheimer’s disease according to the Fischer Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation. Yet despite the prevalence of this condition there exists a great deal of confusion...

In Determining Blood Pressure, More Measurements Improve Accuracy

In Determining Blood Pressure, More Measurements Improve Accuracy A single measurement doesn’t correctly classify a patient’s hypertensive status, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine study. Department of Veterans Affairs researchers followed some...