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  • Ring-enhancing cerebral lesions
    Aram Barbaryan, MD, Jignesh Modi, MD, Wajih Raqeem, MD, Michael I. Choi, MD, Alan Frigy, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 104-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16037

    The patient has poorly controlled HIV, seizures, and brain lesions. Is Histoplasma or Toxoplasma the cause of the lesions?

  • Necrotizing pancreatitis: Diagnose, treat, consult
    Tiffany Y. Chua, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS, Mark E. Baker, MD and Tyler Stevens, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 639-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16052

    Patients may need intensive care, nutritional support, antibiotics, and radiologic, endoscopic, or surgical interventions.

  • Update on viral hepatitis in pregnancy
    Zhili Shao, MD, PhD, Mohammad Al Tibi, MD and Jamilé Wakim-Fleming, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 202-206; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15139

    Indications for treatment may be different from those in the general population. New treatments are available.

  • Palmar erythema as a sign of cancer
    Michitaka Maekawa, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 666-667; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16114

    Red palms in an elderly patient can be due to a number of systemic diseases.

  • Life after breast, prostate, and colon cancer: Primary care’s role
    Emily E. Jonczak, MD, Elizabeth R. Stone, MD, Cristina I. Pravia, MD and Darby Sider, MD, FACP, FAAP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 303-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15138

    When patients survive cancer, they eventually come back to their primary care physician—with special needs.

  • Peripartum depression: Early recognition improves outcomes
    Margaret M. Howard, PhD, Niharika D. Mehta, MD and Raymond Powrie, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 388-396; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.14060

    Evidence is mounting that the risks of untreated maternal depression outweigh those of treating it.

  • Is it time to abandon fasting for routine lipid testing?
    Zareen Farukhi, MD and Samia Mora, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 919-922; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16135

    Yes. Most patients do not need to fast.

  • 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.

  • Fall risk and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in the elderly: A delicate balance
    Tracy Hagerty, MD and Michael W. Rich, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 35-40; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16016

    The decision-making process is complex and should be shared with the patient and the patient’s family and caregivers.

  • Combined hormonal contraceptives and migraine: An update on the evidence
    Anne H. Calhoun, MD, FAHS and Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 631-638; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16033

    These contraceptives are contraindicated in women who have migraine with aura, but benefit vs risk is debatable.

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