October 2017 Peer Reviewed Feature Articles Advanced management of Parkinson’s disease – beyond the ‘shaking palsy’ CPD CHRISTINE WOOLS, ANDREW EVANS Lymphoedema: breaking the swollen cycle HELEN MACKIE, DEBORAH GEYER, SUSAN HODSON Chronic venous insufficiency: the role of venous obstruction and treatment options LAURENCIA VILLALBA Iron deficiency: how to detect it, how to correct it CPD JOCK SIMPSON, BRYONY ROSS, Jillian de Malmanche Advertisement Peer Reviewed Regular Series Endocrinology clinic What’s new in weight loss management and surgery? TAMARA C. PREDA, VERONICA A. PREDA, REGINALD V. LORD Dermatology clinic A boy with papules on the toes and a rash on the face Victoria Harris, Gayle Fischer Drug update An extended-regimen combined hormonal contraceptive pill Kathleen McNamee, Deborah Bateson Clinical case review Liam's allergy symptoms: better while away, recurring when back home Janet Rimmer Reflections: innocence revisited What my patients have taught me DR DEE Advertisement In Brief Clinical news with comment from local experts Rivaroxaban and CV prevention Vascular screening Canakinumab and CV events Growing problem of dementia CLINICAL NEWS Rivaroxaban plus aspirin shows benefits in secondary CV prevention Can combined vascular screening reduce mortality? Anti-inflammatory therapy shows ‘stunning’ effects on CV events and lung cancer risk The growing problem of dementia: what can be done? Supplemental oxygen: no mortality benefit in suspected acute MI Oral corticosteroids of no use in acute lower respiratory tract infections without asthma Correction NEWSBITES Falls in CV mortality Too few antibiotics in the pipeline Advertisement
