Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

  • 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
  • Colorectal cancer screening
    Joseph B. Weiss, MD, Nancy S. Cetel, MD and Danielle E. Weiss, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 774-776; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.12002
  • In reply: The authors reply
    Carol A. Burke, MD, Gautam Mankaney, MD and Richard Andrew Sutton, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 776-777; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.12003
  • Desquamating pustular rash
    Kevin Bryan Uy Lo, MD and Zurab Azmaiparashvili, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 780-781; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19061

    The symptoms had started 3 days after the patient began using ciprofl oxacin eye drops.

  • 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?

  • Vaping: The new wave of nicotine addiction
    Perry Dinardo, BA and Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 789-798; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19118

    Despite perceptions that vaping is harmless and claims that it can aid in smoking cessation, risks are emerging.

  • Functional heartburn: An underrecognized cause of PPI-refractory symptoms
    Functional heartburn: An underrecognized cause of PPI-refractory symptoms
    Scott Gabbard, MD and Sonya Vijayvargiya
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 799-806; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19006

    Functional heartburn is the most common cause of failure of proton pump inhibitor therapy.

  • Beyond depression: Other uses for tricyclic antidepressants
    Joanne Schneider, DNP, RN, CNP, Mary Patterson, CNP and Xavier F. Jimenez, MD, MA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 807-814; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19005

    The pharmacology of these drugs, their potential uses in conditions other than depression, and safety considerations.

  • Gabapentin for alcohol use disorder: A good option, or cause for concern?
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, MPH, Gregory C. Barron, MD, Benjamin Aronow, BS and Margaret Chaplin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 815-823; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18128

    There is concern about the potential for abuse. Use it only as a second-line alternative, with caution.

  • A link between A-fib and sleep apnea is no surprise, but why?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 706-707; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.11019

    The two conditions commonly coexist, and treating the sleep apnea results in better rhythm-directed outcomes in the A-fib.

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