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  • Veterans, guilt, and suicide risk: An opportunity to collaborate with chaplains?
    Marek S. Kopacz, Md, PhD, Kathy A. Rasmussen, PhD, Robert F. Searle, DMin, BCC, Barbara M. Wozniak, PhD and Caitlin E. Titus, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 101-105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15070

    Chaplains and clinicians bring complementary skills and services to the problem of suicide risk in veterans.

  • A 60-year-old man with forehead swelling
    Brandon Miller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 95-96; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15011

    CT and MRI revealed infection in close proximity to the brain. The patient recovered with antibiotics and surgery.

  • Prescribing exercise to help your patients lose weight
    John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, MPhil and Christopher L. Higgins, MCEP, BSHPE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 141-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14139

    It’s not enough to tell patients to exercise. The exercise you prescribe needs to be “SMART.”

  • A tale of two sisters with liver disease
    Mohamad A. Hanouneh, MD, Ari Garber, MD, EdD, Anthony S. Tavill, MD, FAASLD, Nizar N. Zein, MD, FAASLD and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 109-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15048

    A young woman presents with acute liver failure. What is the cause? Is her sister at risk?

  • The ethics of ICDs: History and future directions
    Martin L. Smith, STD and Eric Kodish, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 99-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15122

    There is no ethical requirement that treatment, once started, must continue against the patient’s wishes.

  • Many shades of guilt
    Amy Elise Greene, DMin and Robert J. McGeeney, DMin
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 106-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15136

    Guilt in patients with suicidal tendencies is a profoundly spiritual issue.

  • Preoperative testing (October 2015)
    Cynthia Point, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 16; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.01003

    Readers comment on vitamin B12 defi ciency (July 2015) and on preoperative testing (October 2015).

  • Bony bumps in the mouth
    Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 17-18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15033

    Torus palatinus and torus mandibularis are benign bony overgrowths arising from cortical bone.

  • Eventration of the diaphragm presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax
    Pauline Go, MD and Zane Hammoud, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 19-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14175

    A 25-year-old man presents with sudden onset of right-sided back and chest pain and shortness of breath.

  • Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Adham Jammoul, MD, Yuebing Li, MD, PhD and Alexander Rae-Grant, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 43-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14112

    Suspect these syndromes in cases of unexplained seizure, encephalitis, or acute-onset psychiatric syndromes.

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