Table of Contents
From the Editor
- Lung cancer screening: One step forward
I never expected, perhaps naively, that cancer screening would be so challenging and contentious.
The Clinical Picture
- Hyperpigmentation and hypotension
A 65-year-old man presents after 2 months of weakness, dizziness, and blurred vision. What test should be ordered?
- Painful red hands and feet
The symptoms are worse during heat exposure and physical effort. What is the diagnosis?
Addressing Disparities in Health Care
- Disparities in prostate cancer in African American men: What primary care physicians can do
Both biologic and socioeconomic factors may be to blame. Better screening may help to close the gap.
Personalizing Patient Care
Family history: Still relevant in the genomics eraFamily history is still relevant, being a proxy for genetic, environmental, and behavioral risks to health.
Cancer Diagnosis and Management
- The rationale for, and design of, a lung cancer screening program
We are entering a new era in which lung cancer screening may be considered the standard of care.
Patient Education
Medical Grand Rounds
- Geriatrics update 2012: What parts of our practice to change, what to ‘think about’
News about hypertension, preventing falls, calcium and vitamin D supplementation, osteoporosis treatment, depression, Alzheimer disease, and aortic valve stenosis.
Review
- A geriatric patient-centered medical home: How to obtain NCQA certification
Applying for certification is hard work but, if accompanied by real changes to your practice, should improve the care you deliver.
Departments
- Correction
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).
Commentary
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.