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  • The health care ‘iron triangle’ and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
    Elmer Philip Lehman, MD, MPP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 73-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14035

    There is no way to increase access, improve quality, and decrease costs all at the same time.

  • Quitting smoking (January 2015)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 114;
  • Genetics and hepatitis C: It’s good to be ‘CC’
    Genetics and hepatitis C: It’s good to be ‘CC’
    Jose Mari Parungao, MD, Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD, Binu John, MD, Naim Alkhouri, MD and Nizar N. Zein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 97-104; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14004

    In hepatitis C, people born with the IL28B CC genotype can count themselves luckier than those born with CT or TT.

  • Denosumab: A novel antiresorptive drug for osteoporosis
    Ernest Suresh, MD, FRCP and Bo Abrahamsen, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 105-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.13173

    What denosumab is, how it works, how well it works, and practical prescribing tips.

  • Syncope from a twiddled ICD
    Fatima Adhi, MD, Gurshawn Singh, MD, Wayne Tsuang, MD and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 81-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14095

    A patient playing (“twiddling”) with his or her implanted cardioverter-defibrillator can dislodge the lead.

  • The ‘skinny’ on eosinophilic esophagitis
    David A. Katzka, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 83-88; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82gr.14008

    Often starting in childhood, this disease progresses until the esophagus is visibly narrowed on radiography.

  • Should patients stop taking aspirin for primary prevention?
    Jeremiah P. Depta, MD, MPHS and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 91-96; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14114

    In view of the evidence, routine use of aspirin for primary prevention is not recommended, even in patients with diabetes.

  • Learning disorders: How pediatricians can help
    Elaine E. Schulte, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S24-S28; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.05
  • RSV infections: State of the art
    Giovanni Piedimonte, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S13-S18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.03
  • Use of long-acting reversible contraceptives to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy
    Ellen Rome, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S8-S12; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.02

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