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  • MAO inhibitors: Risks, benefits, and lore
    Molly Wimbiscus, MD, Olga Kostenko, MD and Donald Malone, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 859-882; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09103

    Monoamine oxidase inhibitors were the first antidepressants introduced. Interest in their use is reviving.

  • Bariatric surgery, vitamin C, and kidney stones (July 2010)
    Daniel Weiss, MD, CDE, FACP, PNS, CPI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 844; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77c.12003

    Readers comment on nutritional supplementation after bariatric surgery (July 2010) and on glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010).

  • Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010)
    Holly Thacker, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 843; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77c.12001

    Readers comment on nutritional supplementation after bariatric surgery (July 2010) and on glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010).

  • In reply: Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010)
    Robin K. Dore, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 843-844; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77c.12002
  • The homocysteine hypothesis: Still relevant to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease?
    Joellyn M. Abraham, MD and Leslie Cho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 911-918; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10036

    Elevated homocysteine is a risk factor, and vitamins lower homocysteine levels. But does vitamin supplementation prevent cardiovascular events?

  • Should alpha-blockers ever be used as antihypertensive drugs?
    Giacomo Rossitto, MD, Ganesh Kamath, MD and Franz H. Messerli, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 884-888; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10058

    They are not first-line drugs, but they can be second-line or third-line add-on drugs if blood pressure is not under control.

  • Cornflake-like scales on the ankles and feet
    Cristina Gómez-Fernández, MD, Beatriz Casado Verrier, MD, Leticia Sanz Canalejas, MD, Ricardo Moreno Alonso De Celada, MD and Pedro Herranz Pinto, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 848-849; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10055

    An 81-year-old woman presents with slowly growing, asymptomatic lesions on both feet and ankles. Which test should be ordered to establish the diagnosis?

  • Should anticoagulation be resumed after intracerebral hemorrhage?
    Joshua N. Goldstein, MD, PhD and Steven M. Greenberg, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2010, 77 (11) 791-799; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10018

    In selected patients, the potential benefit of resuming anticoagulation outweighs the considerable risk.

  • How soon after hip fracture surgery should a patient start bisphosphonates?
    Margaret Seton, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2010, 77 (11) 751-755; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10045

    Starting a bisphosphonate too soon after surgery could disrupt bone remodeling and delay fracture repair.

  • In reply: How to prevent glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010)
    Robin K. Dore, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2010, 77 (11) 762; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77c.10003

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