Preventive Care

  • Heightening awareness of blistering disorders
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 308-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.06021

    The spectrum of associated disorders ranges from annoying to life-threatening.

  • Medical complications of bulimia nervosa
    CME article
    Allison Nitsch, MD, Heather Dlugosz, MD, Dennis Gibson, MD and Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 333-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20168

    Complications can affect all body systems, but especially the renal and electrolyte systems.

  • Prostate cancer screening
    Sherry Zhang, MD and Ian Jenkins, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.05001

    The costs of PSA testing—both financial and to the patient’s well-being—are not worth it.

  • Prostate cancer screening
    Kevin Kurator, BS, BA and Ian Jenkins, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.05002

    Screening should be advised only if benefits clearly outweigh the risks

  • In Reply: Prostate cancer screening
    Prasanna Sooriakumaran, MD, PhD, FRCSUrol, FEBU
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.05003

    Detection does not lead to overtreatment.

  • In Reply: Prostate cancer screening
    Timothy Gilligan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.05004

    The debate about screening remains fraught, and passions run high on both sides.

  • CABG: When, why, and how?
    CABG: When, why, and how?
    George Dimeling, MD, Laurice Bakaeen, PharmD, Jaikirshan Khatri, MD and Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD, FACS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 295-303; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20115

    The surgery has developed beyond a “cookie-cutter” generic cardiac operation.

  • Our evolving understanding of primary aldosteronism
    Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd, FACP, Pratibha Rao, MD, MPH and George Thomas, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 221-227; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20166

    Current screening and confirmatory testing lack sensitivity and carry a poor negative predictive value.

  • Vaccination in pregnancy: A call to all providers for help
    Jonathan D. Emery, MD and Daniel Moussa, BS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 157-162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20111

    Vaccination in pregnancy is a public health priority that is often neglected.

  • Prostate cancer screening and the role of PSA: A UK perspective
    Prasanna Sooriakumaran, MD, PhD, FRCSUrol, FEBU
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 14-16; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20164

    We advocate PSA screening for all middle-aged men, especially if they have risk factors.

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