The next issue is online and coming to your mailbox

The October issue of ACP Internist is online and coming soon to your mailbox. Topics include:

Patients and prayer amid medical practice. It's more important than ever to recognize and understand cultures and spiritual beliefs, including and beyond the end of life.

PPI's benefits can outweigh their possible risks. The key to proper use of proton-pump inhibitors is monitoring patients closely to determine if they are benefitting from long-term therapy, or could potentially discontinue or reduce their dose.

White coat hypertension presents an elusive challenge. Although white coat hypertension is chalked up to general anxiety, it may be the medical setting, and specifically the physician, that acts as the trigger.

More stories, including a MKSAP Quiz on hematology and oncology and an account of how one physician diagnosed his own mysterious symptoms, are online.