Men's Health

  • Liposuction: Concepts, safety, and techniques in body-contouring surgery
    Shannon Wu, BA, Demetrius M. Coombs, MD and Raffi Gurunian, MD,PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 367-375; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19097

    In addition to its purely aesthetic uses, liposuction is an important adjunct in reconstructive surgery.

  • Aspirin for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events
    Aldo L. Schenone, MD and A. Michael Lincoff, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 300-311; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19045

    A more limited role for aspirin as primary prevention in patients at intermediate risk, with diabetes, and the elderly.

  • ACC/AHA lipid guidelines: Personalized care to prevent cardiovascular disease
    Cara Reiter-Brennan, Albert D. Osei, MD, MPH, S. M. Iftekhar Uddin, MBBS, MSPH, Olusola A. Orimoloye, MD, MPH, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, MD, MPH, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, MD, Michael J. Blaha, MD, MPH and Omar Dzaye, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 231-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19078

    Risk assessment, drugs, patient subgroups, value of therapy, personalized plans, and shared decision-making.

  • Severe megaloblastic anemia: Vitamin deficiency and other causes
    Daniel S. Socha, MD, Sherwin I. DeSouza, MD, Aron Flagg, MD, Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS and Heesun J. Rogers, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 153-164; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19072

    Determining the underlying cause and initiating prompt treatment are critical.

  • Giant uric acid stone in the bladder
    Alexander E. Sullivan, MD and Suchita Shah Sata, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 14-15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19069

    The patient said he had to urinate 30 to 40 times a day, but only in small amounts.

  • How to respond to flu vaccine doubters
    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 782-788; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19139

    Misinformation and unfounded fears abound. What should you tell patients who say no to a fl u shot?

  • Vaping: The new wave of nicotine addiction
    Perry Dinardo, BA and Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 789-798; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19118

    Despite perceptions that vaping is harmless and claims that it can aid in smoking cessation, risks are emerging.

  • Gabapentin for alcohol use disorder: A good option, or cause for concern?
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, MPH, Gregory C. Barron, MD, Benjamin Aronow, BS and Margaret Chaplin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 815-823; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18128

    There is concern about the potential for abuse. Use it only as a second-line alternative, with caution.

  • Fissured tongue
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19060

    A 43-year-old man presented with halitosis and deep fissures on his tongue.

  • STI update: Testing, treatment, and emerging threats
    Matifadza Hlatshwayo, MD, MPH, Hilary E. L. Reno, MD, PhD and Melanie L. Yarbrough, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 733-740; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18098

    Fast, sensitive molecular diagnostic tests that use self-collected samples may help bend the upward curve of STIs.

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