December 2016 Peer Reviewed Feature Articles Asthma, COPD and when they coexist Peter Wark, Peter Frith Female urinary incontinence: effective management in primary care CPD Marcus Carey Presentations of anxiety in older people CPD Elaine Kwan, Chanaka Wijeratne Advertisement Peer Reviewed Regular Series Ophthalmology clinic Cataract: vision loss, treatment and the role of the GP in patient assessment and care Paul H Hughes, Chris Hodge Dermatology clinic Hypopigmented and scaly lesions on a boy’s cheek Andrew Lee, Gayle Fischer Drug update Sacubitril–valsartan: changing the paradigm for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction Christopher Hayward Rheumatology clinic Fibromyalgia: finding the silver lining around a common chronic pain disorder Huai Leng Pisaniello, Sam Whittle Emergency medicine Meningitis in a young woman Richard Sullivan, Jeffrey J Post, Gordian Fulde Advertisement Supplements Medicine Today Dermatology Collection In Brief Clinical news with comment from local experts Defining prediabetes Oats and heart disease risk Depression and stable angina Predicting psychosis CLINICAL NEWS HbA1c measurements provide more specific definition of prediabetes Eating more oats can help reduce the risk of heart disease Depression linked to death, MI in stable angina Model improves prediction of first-episode psychosis Hypoactive sexual desire disorder common among older women Australian study finds resistance training improves cognitive function in older adults Oral health and attachment insecurity – study looks for answers Acknowledgement of reviewers NEWSBITES New resource for Indigenous people with lung cancer Physicians stance on climate change Advertisement
