Latest Articles

  • Shedding light on subungual digital mucous cysts
    Taylor Bullock, BS, Daniel Michalik, MD, Rashmi Unwala, MD and John Anthony, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 426-427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20125

    Transillumination is a quick and easy way to diagnose digital mucous cysts and rule out other subungual masses.

  • Tuberous sclerosis complex
    Jesica Martín Carmona, MD, Elisabeth Gómez Moyano, MD, PhD, Ana Raquel de Castro Almeida, MD and Leandro Martínez Pilar, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 367-368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20075

    A rare disorder caused by mutations of tumor-suppressor genes.

  • The current state of tobacco cessation treatment
    Humberto K. Choi, MD, FCCP, Jorge Ataucuri-Vargas, MD, Charlie Lin, MD and Amanda Singrey, PharmD, BCACP, CTTS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 393-404; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20099

    Behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy increase success rates. Alternative treatments should not replace or delay the use of known effective therapies.

  • Outpatient management of asthma in adults: A snapshot of the 2020 GINA report
    Kavya Kommaraju, MD and Mani Latifi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 377-380; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20167

    A review of the guidelines, with a focus on what’s new and clinically important.

  • Statin intolerance and new lipid-lowering treatments
    Oltion Mesi, MD, Charlie Lin, MD, Haitham Ahmed, MD, MPH and Leslie S. Cho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 381-387; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20165

    The benefits and safety of statin therapy are clear, but adverse effects continue to pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

  • ‘Guidelines to Practice’ series: Asthma in adults
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 365; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.07021

    A clinically useful summary, highlighting the practical and newer conceptual aspects of the guidelines.

  • Aspiration of a partial denture after an ischemic stroke
    Alisha Kamboj, MD, MBA, Zi Yu Liu, MD, Sharmila Price, MD and Michael Sun, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 375-376; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20132

    A bedside evaluation inaccurately led to the conclusion that it was safe to advance to a dysphagia diet.

  • What antithrombotic therapy should I use for my patient with atrial fibrillation who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention or had an acute coronary syndrome?
    What antithrombotic therapy should I use for my patient with atrial fibrillation who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention or had an acute coronary syndrome?
    Andrew S. Tseng, MD, MPH, Fadi E. Shamoun, MD, Lisa A. Marks, MLS and Neera Agrwal, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 389-392; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19081

    The risk of thrombosis should be balanced with the risk of bleeding.

  • Promoting physical activity in older women to maximize health
    Augustine Chavez, MD, Robert Scales, PhD and Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 405-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20170

    The optimal type, intensity, and level required to achieve specific health outcomes depend on the disease the patient and clinician are trying to prevent or manage.

  • Fever, rash, pruritus: Sweet syndrome
    Giovani M. Zelada, MD and Paul B. Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 371-373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20053

    The patient received intramuscular and oral antibiotics at an urgent care center, but the symptoms worsened.

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