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  • In reply: Menopausal hormone therapy (August 2016)
    Laura Dorr Lipold, MD, Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD and Risa Kagan, MD, FACOG, CCD, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 778-785; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.11002
  • Menopausal hormone therapy (August 2016)
    Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, CCD, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 778; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.11001

    A reader comments on menopausal hormone therapy (August 2016).

  • Bilateral earlobe creases and coronary artery disease
    Abhishek Sharma, MD, Chukwudi Obiagwu, MD and Ekaterina Sikorskaya, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 786-787; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15160

    Bilateral earlobe creases may be useful to look for in cases of suspected coronary artery disease.

  • Plexiform neurofibroma
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 792; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16002

    A 19-year-old woman presented with diffuse swelling on her neck and face that had been growing gradually for 12 years.

  • Benefits and challenges of caring for international patients
    Kelly A. Cawcutt, MD and John W. Wilson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 794-800; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16035

    Improving the quality of care and the clinical experience for both providers and patients.

  • Seeking medical care abroad: A challenge to empathy
    Nizar N. Zein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 801-803; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16097

    Empathy for international patients is not merely a matter of kindness, it is central to healing.

  • Serotonin syndrome: Preventing, recognizing, and treating it
    Robert Z. Wang, MD, Vishal Vashistha, MD, Sukhdeep Kaur, MBBS and Nathan W. Houchens, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 810-816; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15129

    Serotonin syndrome can be easily overlooked, misdiagnosed, or exacerbated. Early recognition is critical.

  • Left ventricular thrombosis can still complicate acute myocardial infarction
    Left ventricular thrombosis can still complicate acute myocardial infarction
    Muhammad Umer Tariq, MD, Ali M. Tariq, MD, Carmela D. Tan, MD, E. Rene Rodriguez, MD and Venu Menon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 819-826; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14078

    Despite revascularization, the next day the patient had an ejection fraction of 35% and a mass in the left ventricle.

  • Breaking the pain contract: A better controlled-substance agreement for patients on chronic opioid therapy
    Daniel G. Tobin, MD, FACP, Kristine Keough Forte, MS, MA, DBioethics and Summer Johnson McGee, PhD, CPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 827-835; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15172

    Common limitations of current pain treatment “contracts,” and strategies to improve them.

  • Influenza: Still more important than Zika virus in 2016–2017
    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 836-840; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16105

    Despite all the news reports, infl uenza still kills or hospitalizes more people than Zika.

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