Women's Health

  • Prescribing testosterone and DHEA: The role of androgens in women
    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.

  • Trying to get ahead of Alzheimer disease
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 517-518; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.09020

    Sorting out patients destined to have Alzheimer disease remains a challenge.

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