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  • Prescribing exercise to help your patients lose weight
    John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, MPhil and Christopher L. Higgins, MCEP, BSHPE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 141-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14139

    It’s not enough to tell patients to exercise. The exercise you prescribe needs to be “SMART.”

  • Obesity and exercise
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83pe.02001
  • Hope may not be the best component of an exercise regimen
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.02016

    Exercising to lose weight more often results in frustration than a trip to the store to buy smaller-sized clothes.

  • Bulldog scalp
    Chutintorn Sriphrapradang, MD and Chadpraorn Ngarmukos, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 90-91; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15019

    A 54-year-old man presented with a 2-year history of unusual skin folds on the scalp—cutis verticis gyrata.

  • A 60-year-old man with forehead swelling
    Brandon Miller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 95-96; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15011

    CT and MRI revealed infection in close proximity to the brain. The patient recovered with antibiotics and surgery.

  • Can patients opt to turn off implantable cardioverter-defibrillators near the end of life?
    M. Motaz Baibars, MD, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP, Amjad Kabach, MD and Marc Pritzker, MD, FACC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 97-98; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15007

    Yes, it is reasonable to consider deactivation near the end of life if the patient or family wishes.

  • The ethics of ICDs: History and future directions
    Martin L. Smith, STD and Eric Kodish, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 99-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15122

    There is no ethical requirement that treatment, once started, must continue against the patient’s wishes.

  • The simple lab test is sometimes more complex than we think, if we think about it at all
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 13-14; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.01016

    Before ordering more tests because of an abnormal laboratory result (eg, elevated creatine kinase), think about its biology.

  • In reply: Vitamin B12 deficiency (July 2015)
    Douglas L. Nguyen, MD, Shelly Maithel, Alex K. Duong and Jonathan Zhang, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.01002
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency (July 2015)
    Kenneth R. Phillips, MS, MD, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.01001

    Readers comment on vitamin B12 defi ciency (July 2015) and on preoperative testing (October 2015).

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