Women's Health

  • Human papillomavirus March 2019
    Robert Lichtenberg, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2019, 86 (5) 300; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.05001

    Readers comment on aleukemic leukemia cutis (February 2019) and on human papillomavirus vaccination (March 2019).

  • Evaluating and managing postural tachycardia syndrome
    Lucy Y. Lei, Derek S. Chew, MD, Robert S. Sheldon, MD, PhD and Satish R. Raj, MD, MSCI, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2019, 86 (5) 333-344; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18002

    Therapy rarely cures it, but a multifaceted approach can substantially improve quality of life.

  • Personalizing guideline-driven cancer screening
    Gautam Mankaney, MD and Carol A. Burke, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2019, 86 (4) 228-230; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19037

    Screening can lead to early diagnosis and prevent death from cancer, but the topic provokes controversy.

  • How should I treat acute agitation in pregnancy?
    Joshua D. Niforatos, MTS, Jonathon W. Wanta, MD, Anna P. Shapiro, MD, Justin A. Yax, Do, DTMH and Adele C. Viguera, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2019, 86 (4) 243-247; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18041

    This is an obstetric emergency. Intervention should progress in a stepwise manner.

  • Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: An often unrecognized cause of acute coronary syndrome
    Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: An often unrecognized cause of acute coronary syndrome
    Nureddin K. Almaddah, MD, Mohamed S. Morsy, MD, Dwight Dishmon, MD and Rami N. Khouzam, MD, FACC, FACP, FASNC, FASE, FSCAI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2019, 86 (4) 252-256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18078

    SCAD accounts for up to 35% of acute myocardial infarctions in women 50 or younger, and even more in pregnant women.

  • A woman, age 35, with new-onset ascites
    William C. Lippert, MD, MPH, Eun Y. Lee, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2019, 86 (4) 257-262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17082

    She also has jaundice, hepatomegaly, and multiple abnormal laboratory results. What is the next step?

  • Cancer screening: A modest proposal for prevention
    Myung S. Kim, MD, Go Nishikawa, MD and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 157-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18092

    Large-scale cancer screening programs have the unintended consequences of false-positive results and overdiagnosis.

  • Human papillomavirus in 2019: An update on cervical cancer prevention and screening guidelines
    Human papillomavirus in 2019: An update on cervical cancer prevention and screening guidelines
    Salina Zhang, BS and Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 173-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18018

    Recommendations on counseling, vaccination, screening, and follow-up for abnormal screening results.

  • Hypertension guidelines January 2019
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 210;

    The article Aleyadeh W, Hutt-Centeno E, Ahmed HM, Shah NP. Hypertension guidelines: treat patients, not numbers. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(1):47–56. doi:10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027 contained an error.

  • Breast augmentation surgery: Clinical considerations
    Breast augmentation surgery: Clinical considerations
    Demetrius M. Coombs, MD, Ritwik Grover, MD, Alexandre Prassinos, MD and Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 111-122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18017

    The evolution of breast implants, their complications, and key considerations with regard to aesthetic breast surgery.

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