Latest Articles

  • Index to Volume 73
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1105-1110;
  • Role of uric acid in hypertension, renal disease, and metabolic syndrome
    Marcelo Heinig, MD and Richard J. Johnson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1059-1064;

    Clinical gout is just the tip of the iceberg: we believe that elevated uric acid is actually one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and that it plays a role in renal disease and metabolic syndrome as well.

  • Hope drives antiaging hype
    Thomas T. Perls, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1039-1044;

    The road to perpetual youth is paved with (fool’s) gold.

  • PET and PET/CT imaging: What clinicians need to know
    PET and PET/CT imaging: What clinicians need to know
    Bohdan Bybel, MD, Richard C. Brunken, MD, Shetal N. Shah, MD, Guiyun Wu, MD, Elliott Turbiner, DO and Donald R. Neumann, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1075-1087;

    How positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) work and are showing promise in clinical oncology, cardiology, and neurology.

  • Antioxidants and hormones as antiaging therapies: High hopes, disappointing results
    Nabil S. Kamel, MB, BCh, Julie Gammack, MD, Oscar Cepeda, MD and Joseph H. Flaherty, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1049-1058;

    We review the evidence of efficacy (or lack thereof) for two types of agents touted as antiaging therapies.

  • Cystic fibrosis in adults: An overview for the internist
    Ari J. Gershman, DO, Atul C. Mehta, MB, BS, Michael Infeld, MD and Marie M. Budev, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1065-1074;

    Cystic fibrosis is no longer a purely pediatric disease; the median life expectancy is now more than 40 years.

  • A woman with aplastic anemia and a rash
    Ila Tamaskar, MD, Ena Segota, MD, Matt Kalaycio, MD and Jaroslaw Maciejewski, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1088-1090;

    A patient who is receiving multiple drugs, including several antibiotics, develops a rash on her chest, abdomen, and extremities. What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • Hypotension in the intensive care unit
    Ahmed Al-Hazzouri, MD and Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2006, 73 (12) 1091-1097;

    Our patient’s vital signs: temperature 98.4°F, pulse 96 and regular, respirations 23, blood pressure 76/44 mm Hg, central venous pressure 21 mm Hg. What is the likely cause of his hypotension?

  • Endocrinology update 2006
    S. Sethu K. Reddy, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2006, 73 (11) 1019-1024;

    Recent studies have shed light on diabetes management, the therapeutic range of thyroid hormones, the possible role of thyroxine in cancer, and the possible role of vitamin D in preventing type 1 diabetes.

  • A 48-year-old man with acute, ‘knife-like’ rectal pain
    David Z. Rose, MD, Navin Kedia, DO, Jesse T. Jacob, MD and J. Walton Tomford, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2006, 73 (11) 1028-1029;

    He has lost 90 pounds in the last 9 months and has had white oral plaques, chronic diarrhea, low-grade fever, and anorexia. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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