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  • Thyrotoxicosis and the cardiovascular system: Subtle but serious effects
    Marco Roffi, MD, Fabio Cattaneo, MD and Eric J. Topol, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2003, 70 (1) 57-63;

    One should suspect thyrotoxicosis in patients with palpitations, tachycardia, exercise intolerance, or dyspnea on exertion.

  • Relieving migraine pain: Sorting through the options
    Lisa K. Mannix, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2003, 70 (1) 8-28;

    Even with effective treatments, including new drugs in convenient dosage forms, the key is still a good working patient-physician relationship.

  • Update on the diagnosis and treatment of human papillomavirus infection
    Kristine M. Zanotti, MD and Jerome Belinson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2002, 69 (12) 948-961;

    Genotyping can distinguish viral subtypes that pose a high risk for cancer, but current therapies do not reliably eradicate the virus, and warts and neoplasia often recur after treatment.

  • Gallbladder disease: An update on diagnosis and treatment
    Gallbladder disease: An update on diagnosis and treatment
    David P. Vogt, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2002, 69 (12) 977-984;

    Current diagnostic techniques and treatments offer results equal to or better than those of earlier methods, are less invasive, and allow patients to recover faster.

  • A truly deadly quartet: obesity, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and hyperinsulinemia
    Vijay Nambi, MD, Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD and Dennis L. Sprecher, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2002, 69 (12) 985-989;

    The best available treatment is to control one’s weight, exercise regularly, stop smoking, and eat a healthy diet.

  • Emphysema in nonsmokers: Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and other causes
    Pyng Lee, MD, Thomas R. Gildea, MD and James K. Stoller, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2002, 69 (12) 928-946;

    The 10% of patients with emphysema who never smoked deserve a workup for its less common causes, including genetic risk modifiers and occupational exposures.

  • Hematuria: An algorithmic approach to finding the cause
    Ramesh Mazhari, MD and Paul L. Kimmel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2002, 69 (11) 870-884;

    Many conditions can cause hematuria, but the differential diagnosis can be simplified with a systematic approach.

  • Lumbar canal stenosis: Start with nonsurgical therapy
    Daniel J. Mazanec, MD, Vinod K. Podichetty, MD and Augusto Hsia, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2002, 69 (11) 909-917;

    We have to live with some uncertainty in diagnosing and treating lumbar canal stenosis.

  • Very-low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets revisited
    Jeff S. Volek, PhD, RD and Eric C. Westman, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2002, 69 (11) 849-862;

    Scientific and anecdotal evidence indicates that very-lowcarbohydrate diets are safe and effective in weight loss.

  • Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity: Why, who, when, how, where, and then what?
    Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity: Why, who, when, how, where, and then what?
    Patricia Smith Choban, MD, Steve Poplawski, MD, Benita Jackson, MD, MPH and Peter Bistolarides, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2002, 69 (11) 897-903;

    Bariatric surgery can take weight off and keep it off, but it is not for everyone. Chances are, you will see more patients who want it or have had it.

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