Women's Health

  • Perioperative management of pregnant women undergoing nonobstetric surgery
    CME article
    Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, Marina Y. Duran Castillo, MD, FACP and Omar Felipe Duenas Garcia, MD, MPH, FACOG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 27-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.18111

    If surgery during pregnancy is unavoidable, special management considerations apply.

  • Prescribing testosterone and DHEA: The role of androgens in women
    CME article
    Taryn Smith, MD, NCMP and Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 35-43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20030

    Androgens play an important physiologic role and can promote sexual health.

  • Trials and tribulations of testosterone therapy in women: Importance of adhering to the evidence
    Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH, NCMP, FACP and Sharon J. Parish, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 44-46; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20195

    Testosterone should not be touted for outcomes that are not supported by data.

  • Hypothyroidism, eyelash loss
    Hiroki Matsuura, MD and Yu Suganami, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20009

    Testing showed high TSH, low T4, and antithyroid antibodies.

  • Does this young adult patient need a hip radiograph?
    Christina Stull, MD, MBA and Alejandro Moreno, MBBS, MPH, JD, MACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 721-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20011

    Hip fractures are uncommon in adults under age 50.

  • Autonomous sensory meridian response: Your patients already know, do you?
    Neha V. Reddy, and Arya B. Mohabbat, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 751-754; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20005

    People are actively seeking it out as a type of complementary therapy.

  • Long-term consequences of prematurity
    Cristina I. Pravia, MD and Merline Benny, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 759-767; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19108

    Survivors of premature birth may have adverse health effects later in life.

  • COVID-19 and flu: Dual threat, dual opportunity
    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 651-655; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20161

    Measures to combat COVID-19 can minimize the impact of flu, and vice versa.

  • Does my healthy 65-year-old patient still need the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)?
    Craig D. Nielsen, MD, FACP and Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 656-658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20012

    The short answer is no—but it is not that simple.

  • Overcoming obesity: Weight-loss drugs are underused
    Amjad Kanj, MD, MPH and Diane Levine, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 602-604; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19102

    Successful management of obesity requires a multifaceted approach.

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