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  • Recreational cannabis use: Pleasures and pitfalls
    Joseph G. Rella, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 765-772; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14073

    The legalization of cannabis and its increased potency today are leading to complications hitherto unseen.

  • Stellate ulceration in a nonuremic patient
    Ana Brasileiro, MD, Rita Ribeiro, MD, Pedro Eduardo Silva, MD and Ana Fidalgo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 719-720; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14176

    Calciphylaxis is a poorly understood small-vessel vasculopathy most often associated with end-stage renal disease.

  • Noncosmetic uses of botulinum toxin in otolaryngology
    Michael S. Benninger, MD and Libby J. Smith, DO, FAOCO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 729-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14096

    It is used for spasmodic dysphonia, essential tremor of the voice, and dysphagia due to cricopharyngeal dysfunction.

  • Should all patients with significant proteinuria take a renin-angiotensin inhibitor?
    George Thomas, MD and Joseph V. Nally, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 716-718; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15038

    Most of them should, with exceptions due to adverse effects such as angioedema, cough, and hyperkalemia.

  • Women’s health 2015: An update for the internist
    Lisa N. Kransdorf, MD, MPH, Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MPH, Julia A. Files, MD and Marjorie R. Jenkins, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 759-764; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15096

    Antidepressants in pregnancy, nonhormonal therapies for menopausal symptoms, and heart failure therapy.

  • In Reply: Resuming anticoagulation after hemorrhage (April 2015)
    Alison Colantino, MD, Amir K. Jaffer, MD, MBA and Daniel J. Brotman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 640; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.10004

    Readers comment on resuming anticoagulation after hemorrhage (April 2015) and on starting insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes (August 2015).

  • What can we offer patients with mild cognitive impairment?
    Tara Horr, MD, Jagan A. Pillai, MBBS, PhD and Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 650-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14130

    Physicians can promote healthy nutrition, physical activity, socialization, and mental activity, but no drug is approved for it.

  • Upper-limb deep vein thrombosis in Paget-Schroetter syndrome
    Nirosshan Thiruchelvam, MD, Farayi Mbuvah, MD, Gaurav Kistangari, MD, MPH and Anil Kumar Reddy Anumandla, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 658-659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14115

    A weight lifter with no medical history presented with pain and swelling in his left arm.

  • Are breast and pelvic exams necessary when prescribing hormonal contraception?
    Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD and Abbey B. Berenson, MD, PhD, MMS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 661-663; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15055

    Only a medical history and blood pressure measurement are needed before prescribing estrogen contraceptives.

  • Starting insulin therapy (August 2015)
    Daniel Weiss, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 638; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.10001

    Readers comment on resuming anticoagulation after hemorrhage (April 2015) and on starting insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes (August 2015).

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