From the Editor
- - What’s a web site for?
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 744;
    Besides free CME, what do readers want from our web site?
Review
- - Heart disease and depression: Don’t ignore the relationship
    David Eric Kemp, MD, Shishuka Malhotra, MD, Kathleen N. Franco, MD, George Tesar, MD and David L. Bronson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 745-761;
    Depression seems to be a risk factor for coronary artery disease. Although we do not know if treating depression can improve coronary prognosis, it can make the patient feel better.
Medical Grand Rounds
- - Does this patient have Alzheimer disease? Diagnosing and treating dementia
    Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 762-776;
    Three patients come to your office. Can you be sure any of them has Alzheimer disease—or does not?
Review
- - Lipid-lowering: Can ezetimibe help close the treatment gap?
    Ryan C. Neal, MD and Peter H. Jones, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 777-783;
    Ezetimibe (Zetia) is an important new drug for lowering cholesterol and may help overcome some of the barriers to reaching therapeutic goals.
  - Indications for neuropsychological assessment
    Joseph F. Kulas, PhD and Richard I. Naugle, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 785-792;
    In an age of PET scans and MRI, old-fashioned paper-and-pencil testing can still have a role.
  - Controlling antibiotic resistance in the ICU: Different bacteria, different strategies
    Louis B. Rice, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 793-800;
    To control antibiotic resistance, we need to enforce infection control more stringently and use antibiotics more wisely. But the devil is in the details.
  - Demystifying FluMist, a new intranasal, live influenza vaccine
    Sherif B. Mossad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 801-806;
    The intranasal live flu vaccine is approved, but questions remain about its exact role in clinical practice.
Patient Information
- - Flu shot or FluMist?
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 808;
1-Minute Consult
- - How should I follow a patient with mildly elevated serum calcium and PTH, but no symptoms?
    Jennifer Wojtowicz, DO and Christian Nasr, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2003, 70 (9) 811-813;
    The first thought is asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgery may be indicated.