Latest Articles

  • HIV update 2005
    Wendy Armstrong, MD, Leonard Calabrese, DO and Alan J. Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2005, 72 (1) 73-78;

    Therapy is out of reach for most people who need it in developing nations. Side effects of long-term therapy include fat redistribution, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and increased cardiovascular risk.

  • A 46-year-old woman with rigidity and frequent falls
    James K. Stoller, MD, Babak Tousi, MD, Stephan U. Schuele, MD and Thyagarajan Subramanian, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2005, 72 (1) 57-63;

    Her symptoms began 3 years ago and have progressed rapidly. Is it Parkinson disease, or is it another movement disorder?

  • Electrodiagnostic testing of nerves and muscles: When, why, and how to order
    Electrodiagnostic testing of nerves and muscles: When, why, and how to order
    Kamal R. Chémali, MD and Bryan Tsao, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2005, 72 (1) 37-48;

    Electrodiagnostic testing is a powerful tool, but when and how to use it is not always clear.

  • Coronary artery disease in diabetes: Which (if any) test is best?
    Michael S. Lauer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2005, 72 (1) 6-9;

    Until randomized trials are done, the optimal testing strategy in patients with diabetes will remain subject to lively inferential debate.

  • Diabetes and coronary artery disease: The role of stress myocardial perfusion imaging
    Frans J. Th. Wackers, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2005, 72 (1) 21-33;

    Stress myocardial perfusion imaging holds promise but needs to undergo cost-effectiveness analysis.

  • Three rheumatologic emergencies: A sore toe, a cough, hypertension
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2005, 72 (1) 50-56;

    Rheumatologic emergencies are not always obvious, be it joint pain in a healthy patient or mild blood pressure elevation in a patient with scleroderma.

  • Coping with the influenza vaccine shortage
    Sherif B. Mossad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 918-927;

    How to decide which patients to vaccinate and how to use antiviral drugs, in light of the vaccine shortage.

  • Passing the baton
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 913;

    Beginning next month, current deputy editor Brian Mandell, MD, PhD, will assume the role of editor-in-chief of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. I have enjoyed my tenure and look forward to continuing my association with the Journal.

  • Index to Volume 71
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 986-990;
  • Medical problems in pregnancy
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 976;

    This month we start a new series with an article on cardiovascular problems in pregnancy; future articles will cover hypertension, selected neurologic problems, medications, and other pregnancy-related topics for the internist.

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