Latest Articles

  • Erectile dysfunction: Why drug therapy isn’t always enough
    Stephen B. Levine, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2003, 70 (3) 241-246;

    We must not neglect the central role of the mind and emotional relationships in sexual physiology.

  • The ALLHAT Trial
    Donald G. Vidt, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2003, 70 (3) 263-269;

    Diuretics are unsurpassed in lowering blood pressure, reducing clinical events, tolerability, and low cost.

  • An 18-year-old man with swelling in his left thumb
    Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD, Teoman Dogan, MD, PhD and Kevin Carnevale, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2003, 70 (3) 192-202;

    What is the cause of this patients symptoms? A self-test.

  • Vertebral compression fractures: Manage aggressively to prevent sequelae
    Vertebral compression fractures: Manage aggressively to prevent sequelae
    Daniel J. Mazanec, MD, Vinod K. Podichetty, MD, Alex Mompoint, MD and Amarish Potnis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2003, 70 (2) 147-156;

    Advances in preventing and managing acute vertebral compression fractures can reduce their devastating impact, even in the face of an aging population.

  • Pre-event smallpox vaccination: Unresolved issues
    Steven M. Gordon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2003, 70 (2) 80-86;

    We are on the verge of the first phase of nationwide smallpox vaccination, but many questions remain unanswered.

  • Challenges and choices in drug therapy for chronic pain
    Scott M. Fishman, MD and David Teichera, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2003, 70 (2) 119-138;

    Chronic pain is different from acute pain, and its treatment is more challenging.

  • What are the key issues women face when ending hormone replacement therapy?
    What are the key issues women face when ending hormone replacement therapy?
    Wulf H. Utian, MD, BCH, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2003, 70 (2) 93-94;

    A logical approach is to review why the patient is on HRT and to consider alternatives.

  • Reviewers 2002
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2003, 70 (2) 157;
  • Improving care of chronic heart failure: Advances from drugs to devices
    Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2003, 70 (2) 141-146;

    The right combination of drugs and surgical treatment can improve systolic function and prevent, attenuate, or reverse heart failure.

  • Worsening shortness of breath
    Mustaphasahim Shaaraoui, MD and Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2003, 70 (2) 104-109;

    ECGs from a 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes who presents to the emergency room with dyspnea.

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