Table of Contents
May 01, 2012; Volume 79, Issue 5-
From the Editor
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Lung cancer screening: One step forward
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 306;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79b.12005
I never expected, perhaps naively, that cancer screening would be so challenging and contentious.
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The Clinical Picture
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Hyperpigmentation and hypotension
Khaldoon Shaheen, MD, Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, Motaz Baibars, MD and M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 308-312;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.10187
A 65-year-old man presents after 2 months of weakness, dizziness, and blurred vision. What test should be ordered?
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Painful red hands and feet
Sudip Kumar Ghosh, MD, DNB, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, MD and Loknath Ghoshal, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 356-358;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11052
The symptoms are worse during heat exposure and physical effort. What is the diagnosis?
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Addressing Disparities in Health Care
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Disparities in prostate cancer in African American men: What primary care physicians can do
Ina Wu, MD and Charles S. Modlin, MD, MBA- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 313-320;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11001
Both biologic and socioeconomic factors may be to blame. Better screening may help to close the gap.
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Commentary
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Personalizing patient care
Kathryn A. Teng, MD and Charis Eng, MD, PhD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 329-330;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11074
Personalized health care has been anticipated for decades. Yet in its breadth and in the way we would like it to be practiced, it is still in its infancy.
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Personalizing Patient Care
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Family history: Still relevant in the genomics era
Megan Doerr, MS, CGC and Kathryn Teng, MD, FACP- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 331-336;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11065
Family history is still relevant, being a proxy for genetic, environmental, and behavioral risks to health.
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Cancer Diagnosis and Management
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The rationale for, and design of, a lung cancer screening program
Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 337-345;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12018
We are entering a new era in which lung cancer screening may be considered the standard of care.
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Patient Education
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Lung cancer screening: What to expect
- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 346;
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Medical Grand Rounds
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Geriatrics update 2012: What parts of our practice to change, what to ‘think about’
Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, CMD, FACP- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 347-353;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79gr.12002
News about hypertension, preventing falls, calcium and vitamin D supplementation, osteoporosis treatment, depression, Alzheimer disease, and aortic valve stenosis.
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Review
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A geriatric patient-centered medical home: How to obtain NCQA certification
Amelia Gennari, MD, Kim Fedor, BSN, MBA, Eric Bakow, MA, MPM, RRT and Neil M. Resnick, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 359-366;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11103
Applying for certification is hard work but, if accompanied by real changes to your practice, should improve the care you deliver.
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Departments
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Correction
- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2012, 79 (5) 312;
An error appeared in “Advances in the management of PML: focus on natalizumab” (Fox R. Cleve Clin J Med 2011; 78[suppl 2]:S33–S37).
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