Endocrinology

  • The microbiome in celiac disease: Beyond diet-genetic interactions
    Jose U. Scher, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2016, 83 (3) 228-230; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15123

    Evidence points to the mix of bacteria that make the gut their home, collectively called the microbiome.

  • Prescribing exercise to help your patients lose weight
    John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, MPhil and Christopher L. Higgins, MCEP, BSHPE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 141-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14139

    It’s not enough to tell patients to exercise. The exercise you prescribe needs to be “SMART.”

  • Obesity and exercise
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83pe.02001
  • Hope may not be the best component of an exercise regimen
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.02016

    Exercising to lose weight more often results in frustration than a trip to the store to buy smaller-sized clothes.

  • Bulldog scalp
    Chutintorn Sriphrapradang, MD and Chadpraorn Ngarmukos, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 90-91; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15019

    A 54-year-old man presented with a 2-year history of unusual skin folds on the scalp—cutis verticis gyrata.

  • Approach to asymptomatic creatine kinase elevation
    Siamak Moghadam-Kia, MD, Chester V. Oddis, MD and Rohit Aggarwal, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 37-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14120

    Standard cutoffs may be too low. First, repeat the test after 7 days without exercise.

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