Latest Articles

  • Index to Volume 69
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2002, 69 (12) 1002-1006;
  • HIV update 2002
    Wendy Armstrong, MD, Leonard Calabrese, DO and Alan Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2002, 69 (12) 995-999;

    “Treat early, treat hard” is changing to “treat a little later, treat hard.”

  • 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.

  • ‘Coach class thrombosis’: Is the risk real? What do we tell our patients?
    ‘Coach class thrombosis’: Is the risk real? What do we tell our patients?
    Daniel J. Brotman, MD and Amir Jaffer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2002, 69 (11) 832-837;

    The risk is real but small; only those already at increased risk of venous thromboembolism need to be concerned.

  • Preventing kidney stones: Calcium restriction not warranted
    Phillip M. Hall, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2002, 69 (11) 885-888;

    Normal dietary calcium intake, along with reduced salt and protein, is now advised.

  • A 47-year-old alcoholic man with progressive abnormal gait
    Scott A. McHam, DO and Alan L. Hull, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2002, 69 (11) 904-908;

    What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test.

  • 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.

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