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  • The resurgence of mumps in young adults and adolescents
    John D. Shanley, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2007, 74 (1) 42-48;

    Outbreaks of mumps in 2005 prompt us to review the salient features and the updated recommendations for vaccination against this once-common disease.

  • Variable response to antiplatelet therapy: What does it mean to clinicians?
    Nezar Falluji, MD, MPH and Steven R. Steinhubl, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2007, 74 (1) 49-55;

    Ex vivo tests show that platelet function and response to antiplatelet therapy vary markedly from person to person. But just how clinically significant are these measurements?

  • Evaluating and managing urinary incontinence after prostatectomy: Beyond pads and diapers
    Evaluating and managing urinary incontinence after prostatectomy: Beyond pads and diapers
    Humphrey O. Atiemo, MD, Louis Moy, MD, Sandip Vasavada, MD and Raymond Rackley, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2007, 74 (1) 57-63;

    Men who become persistently incontinent after undergoing prostatectomy have a variety of options for regaining control, from behavioral changes to surgery.

  • PET and PET/CT imaging: What clinicians need to know
    PET and PET/CT imaging: What clinicians need to know
    Bohdan Bybel, MD, Richard C. Brunken, MD, Shetal N. Shah, MD, Guiyun Wu, MD, Elliott Turbiner, DO and Donald R. Neumann, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1075-1087;

    How positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) work and are showing promise in clinical oncology, cardiology, and neurology.

  • Antioxidants and hormones as antiaging therapies: High hopes, disappointing results
    Nabil S. Kamel, MB, BCh, Julie Gammack, MD, Oscar Cepeda, MD and Joseph H. Flaherty, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1049-1058;

    We review the evidence of efficacy (or lack thereof) for two types of agents touted as antiaging therapies.

  • Cystic fibrosis in adults: An overview for the internist
    Ari J. Gershman, DO, Atul C. Mehta, MB, BS, Michael Infeld, MD and Marie M. Budev, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1065-1074;

    Cystic fibrosis is no longer a purely pediatric disease; the median life expectancy is now more than 40 years.

  • Does this patient have primary progressive aphasia?
    Stuart J. Kanter, DO, Ronan M. Factora, MD and Theodore T. Suh, MD, PhD, MHSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2006, 73 (11) 1025-1027;

    Primary progressive aphasia is a distinct clinical entity in which the patient develops language deficits while other cognitive domains remain relatively preserved until late in the illness.

  • Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: Current evidence
    Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: Current evidence
    Stacy A. Brethauer, MD, Bipan Chand, MD and Philip R. Schauer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2006, 73 (11) 993-1007;

    The risks are not trivial, but they are acceptably low. The benefits: patients lose weight and keep it off, and many are cured of obesity-related diseases, notably type 2 diabetes.

  • Improving influenza vaccination rates among adults
    Kristin L. Nichol, MD, MPH, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2006, 73 (11) 1009-1015;

    The medical profession must and can do a better job of vaccinating people against influenza every year. All we need is a plan.

  • Headaches in older patients: Special problems and concerns
    Robert S. Kunkel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2006, 73 (10) 922-928;

    Any patient older than 50 years who develops headaches for the first time or who has a change in a chronic headache pattern should be investigated for an underlying cause or exacerbating condition.

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