Regression of skeletal manifestations of hyperparathyroidism with oral vitamin D.

Context: Parathyroidectomy is the only effective therapy for osteitis fibrosa cystica in hyperparathyroidism.

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the changes of skeletal and nonskeletal manifestations in a patient with hyperparathyroidism and renal failure after oral vitamin D therapy.

Design: This was a descriptive case report.

High blood pressure: definitions, prognostic, and therapeutic implications.

Although it is well established that high blood pressure (BP) levels of 140/90 mmHg or higher are associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality it has not been as well appreciated that lower BP levels, namely those considered to be in the "normotensive" range, also confer an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Recent data from the Framingham Heart Study have demonstrated that high normal levels (i.e.