Latest Articles

  • ERAAs for menopause treatment: Welcome the ‘designer estrogens’
    Heather D. Hirsch, MD, MS, NCMP, Elim Shih, MD, NCMP and Holly L. Thacker, MD, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 463-470; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15140

    These drugs stimulate estrogen receptors in some tissues and inhibit them in others, enabling tailored treatment.

  • 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.

  • Man’s best friend, fatal in the end
    Evelyn Ling, MD, Stacey Howell, MD, Mai Vang, BS and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 146-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16061

    A dog bite in a patient without a spleen can have serious consequences.

  • In Reply: Caring for international patients November 2016
    Kelly W. Cawcutt, MD and John W. Wilson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03002

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Cardiac amyloidosis: An update on diagnosis and treatment
    Joseph P. Donnelly, MD and Mazen Hanna, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 12-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.02
  • Treating Helicobacter pylori effectively while minimizing misuse of antibiotics
    Akiko Shiotani, MD, PhD, Hong Lu, MD, PhD, Maria Pina Dore, MD, PhD and David Y. Graham, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 310-318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.14110

    H pylori infection is an infectious disease and should be treated like one, with due consideration of resistance.

  • A broken pacemaker lead in a 69-year-old woman
    Belal Kaseer, MD, Mhd Yassin Al Mouslmani, MD, David S. Hirsh, MD and Muhammad Hammadah, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 346-347; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16075

    The patient presented with fatigue, cough, light-headedness, and a heart rate of 30 beats per minute.

  • Cardiac mass: Tumor or thrombus? (July 2017)
    Mahmoud Abdelghany, MD, Moustafa Elsheshtawy, MD and Hani Kozman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.09003

    Readers comment on cardiac masses (July 2017).

  • Apps and fitness trackers that measure sleep: Are they useful?
    Meghna P. Mansukhani, MD and Bhanu Prakash Kolla, MD, MRCPsych
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 451-456; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15173

    In general, they have major shortcomings and limited utility.

  • Severely frail elderly patients do not need lipid-lowering drugs
    Laurie Herzig Mallery, MD, FRCPC, MSM, Paige Moorhouse, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MSM, Pam McLean Veysey, BSc (Pharm), Michael Allen, MD, MSc and Isobel Fleming, BScPharm, ACPR
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 131-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15114

    Statins have no role as primary prevention in this population, and a minor role as secondary prevention.

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