Latest Articles

  • Evaluation and management of pituitary incidentalomas
    Dina Serhal, MD, Robert J. Weil, MD and Amir H. Hamrahian, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2008, 75 (11) 793-801;

    A surprising number of apparently healthy people harbor unsuspected pituitary tumors, which are being discovered incidentally on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

  • From the summit directors
    Eric Kodish, MD and Allen Bashour, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2008, 75 (11 suppl 6) S1;
  • We have come far, but selecting organ recipients remains an ethical minefield
    Denton A. Cooley, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2008, 75 (11 suppl 6) S24-S25;
  • A young pregnant woman with shortness of breath
    Dwayne A. Perkins, MD, Craig Nielsen, MD and Michael Faulx, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2008, 75 (11) 788-792;

    She is 12 weeks pregnant, has had no prenatal care, and has lost 20 pounds due to nausea and vomiting. What could be the cause?

  • Despite the odds, the transplant field has progressed rapidly
    John J. Fung, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2008, 75 (11 suppl 6) S25-S26;
  • A 90-year-old woman with an asymptomatic spot on her cheek
    Matthew F. Helm and Lin Lin, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2008, 75 (11) 768;

    The lesion is asymmetrical and irregularly pigmented with variegated colors and ill-defined borders. What is the diagnosis?

  • A continued need for evidence-based guidance
    James B. Young, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2008, 75 (11 suppl 6) S26-S28;
  • Using biochemical markers of bone turnover in clinical practice
    Using biochemical markers of bone turnover in clinical practice
    Frederick R. Singer, MD and David R. Eyre, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2008, 75 (10) 739-750;

    Although no guidelines to date recommend the widespread use of these markers in clinical practice, we believe they will eventually be accepted.

  • When a quick sound bite won’t do
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2008, 75 (10) 686;

    In the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial, why did more patients die if they got intensive therapy than if they got standard therapy? In this issue of the Journal, an investigator in this trial gives his analysis.

  • Which patients benefit from carotid stenting? What recent trials show
    Mark Bain, MD, Asma M. Moheet, MD and Peter Rasmussen, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2008, 75 (10) 714-720;

    Whether carotid stenting has any advantage over carotid surgery and which patients should undergo it are still topics of study and debate.

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