Similar Articles

  • Searching the Internet for medical information: Practical tips

    Neil Mehta, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 1999, 66 (9) 543-553;
    • Finding a specific piece of information on the Internet can be difficult, but a few simple search techniques can make the task easier.

  • Breast cancer and informed consent

    George Crile Jr., M.D
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 1972, 39 (2) 57-59;
  • Managing menopause after breast cancer: Balancing risks and benefits

    Maurie Markman, MD and Halle C.F. Moore, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2001, 68 (3) 243-247;
    • One of the most complex issues facing breast cancer survivors and their physicians is how to manage menopause.

  • Assessing benefit-risk ratios

    Edward A. Mortimer Jr., M.D
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 1982, 49 (4) 235-238;
  • Benefits and risks of blood transfusion

    Roger S. Foster Jr, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 1991, 58 (6) 535-536;
  • TOC Icon

    Risks of travel, benefits of a specialist consult

    Brenda Powell, MD and Charles Ford, PhD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2010, 77 (4) 246-254;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09097
    • Before going abroad to risky areas, most people ought to visit their primary care physicians, and many should be referred to a specialist in travel medicine.

  • MAO inhibitors: Risks, benefits, and lore

    Molly Wimbiscus, MD, Olga Kostenko, MD and Donald Malone, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 859-882;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09103
    • Monoamine oxidase inhibitors were the first antidepressants introduced. Interest in their use is reviving.

  • The internet and medical journals

    John Small, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1996, 63 (5) 305;
  • Colorectal cancer screening lacks evidence of benefit

    Paul Moayyedi, BSc, MB ChB, PhD, MPH, FRCP, FRCPC
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2007, 74 (8) 545-554;
    • Although some studies indicate that screening with fecal occult blood testing or colonoscopy prevents deaths from colorectal cancer, the benefits may be offset by more deaths from other causes.

  • TOC Icon

    Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: Current evidence

    Stacy A. Brethauer, MD, Bipan Chand, MD and Philip R. Schauer, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2006, 73 (11) 993-1007;
    • The risks are not trivial, but they are acceptably low. The benefits: patients lose weight and keep it off, and many are cured of obesity-related diseases, notably type 2 diabetes.

Previous