Preventive Care

  • Colorectal cancer screening
    Mark R. Goldstein, MD, FACP, Luca Mascitelli, MD and Zakia H. Rauf, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 774; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.12001
  • 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?

  • Current management of Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Current management of Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Tavankit Singh, MD, Vedha Sanghi, MD and Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 724-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18106

    Risk factors: reflux symptoms > 5 years, male sex, age > 50, white race, central obesity, and smoking.

  • SEEDS for success: Lifestyle management in migraine
    Jennifer Robblee, MD, MSc and Amaal J. Starling, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 741-749; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19009

    Lifestyle counseling can be based on the mnemonic SEEDS: sleep, exercise, eat, diary, and stress.

  • Diabetes management
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 760;

    Information was omitted from Table 1 on page 596 of the article, Makin V, Lansang MC. Diabetes management: Beyond hemoglobin A1c. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(9):595–600. doi:10.3949/ccjm.86a.18031

  • A few pearls can help prepare the mind
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 638-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.10019

    The caregiver with a prepared mind is more likely to experience the diagnostic epiphany.

  • Myopathy for the general internist: Statins and much more
    Chester V. Oddis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 656-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86gr.19001

    How to evaluate and manage muscle complaints in patients taking a statin, interpret creatine kinase test results, and recognize common as well as potentially dangerous myopathies.

  • 2019 Update in perioperative cardiovascular medicine
    Steven L. Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM, Paul J. Grant, MD, SFHM, FACP and Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 677-683; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19077

    Studies of preoperative cardiac risk assessment, perioperative medication management, and postoperative complications.

  • Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: What to look for
    Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: What to look for
    Preethi Mani, MD, Danny Gonzalez, MD, Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP and Michael D. Faulx, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 685-695; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18109

    Pulmonary arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart failure, arrhythmias, pericardial disease, and valvular heart disease.

  • Clinical outcomes in diabetes: It’s not just the glucose (and it’s not so simple)
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 573-574; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.09019

    As we dig deeper into the reduction in cardiovascular deaths seen with some newer drugs, several questions arise.

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