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  • Management of coronary chronic total occlusion
    Jaikirshan Khatri, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD and Stephen Ellis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 27-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.03
  • When the tail wags the dog: Clinical skills in the age of technology
    Salvatore Mangione, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 278-280; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16113

    Old-fashioned clinical skills are more relevant than ever in an era of technology.

  • Sexual dysfunction in women: Can we talk about it?
    Stephanie S. Faubion, MD and Sharon J. Parish, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 367-376; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16021

    Sexual health may be difficult to discuss, for both the patient and the provider.

  • A lump on the hip
    Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH, Seth Mathern, MD, Wendy S. Madigosky, MD, MSPH and Jonathan T. Bravman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 594-596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16065

    The patient had fallen on his hip while playing basketball about 2 weeks earlier.

  • Syphilis 100 years later: Another lost opportunity?
    Kristin A. Englund, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 514-516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16124

    A century of progress and then backward steps on syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.

  • Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Evaluation and medical management in primary care
    Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Evaluation and medical management in primary care
    Raman Unnikrishnan, MD, Nima Almassi, MD and Khaled Fareed, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 53-64; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16008

    Effective medical therapy is available but underutilized in the primary care setting.

  • A minimally invasive treatment for early GI cancers
    A minimally invasive treatment for early GI cancers
    Lady Katherine Mejía-Pérez, MD, Seiichiro Abe, MD, Tyler Stevens, MD, Mansour A. Parsi, MD, Sunguk N. Jang, MD, Ichiro Oda, MD, John J. Vargo, MD, MPH, Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD and Amit Bhatt, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 707-717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16063

    Endoscopic submucosal dissection allows curative resection of early malignant gastrointestinal lesions.

  • Is spirometry necessary to diagnose and control asthma?
    Mani Latifi, MD and Sumita Khatri, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 597-599; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16078

    Asthma is a clinical diagnosis, but spirometry can improve how we diagnose, assess, and control it.

  • When should brain imaging precede lumbar puncture in cases of suspected bacterial meningitis?
    Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD, Adam Gray, MD and Taha Ayach, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 111-113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16028

    Few patients need it. Empiric antibiotic and corticosteroid therapy must not be delayed.

  • Bedbugs: Awareness is key
    Whitney A. High, MD, JD, MEng
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 212-213; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17001

    Bedbugs are back, and they are everywhere. Not all who are bitten have reactions.

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