Women's Health

  • Vertebral fractures after denosumab cessation
    Jolan Dupont, MD, Michaël R. Laurent, MD,PhD, Lenore Dedeyne, MSc, Frank P. Luyten, MD,PhD, Evelien Gielen, MD,PhD and Marian Dejaeger, MD,PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 337-338; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19152

    The patient had a 6-month history of lumbar and dorsal back pain, initially suspected to be facet arthrosis.

  • Denosumab cessation
    Chad L. Deal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 339-341; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20040

    Bone loss is rapid if patients miss injections. Clinicians can take extra measures to ensure patients get appropriate treatment.

  • Medical complications of anorexia nervosa
    Jeana Cost, LPC,CEDS, Mori J. Krantz, MD and Philip S. Mehler, MD,FACP,FAED
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 361-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19084

    Many of these complications resolve with treatment and weight gain, but others can lead to permanent damage.

  • Liposuction: Concepts, safety, and techniques in body-contouring surgery
    Shannon Wu, BA, Demetrius M. Coombs, MD and Raffi Gurunian, MD,PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 367-375; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19097

    In addition to its purely aesthetic uses, liposuction is an important adjunct in reconstructive surgery.

  • Perinatal depression: A review
    Maureen Sayres Van Niel, MD and Jennifer L. Payne, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 273-277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19054

    Depression affects 10% to 20% of women during pregnancy or postpartum, but it can be difficult to recognize.

  • Aspirin for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events
    Aldo L. Schenone, MD and A. Michael Lincoff, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 300-311; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19045

    A more limited role for aspirin as primary prevention in patients at intermediate risk, with diabetes, and the elderly.

  • The under- and overrecognized, and the elephant in the room
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 189; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.04020

    We internists must recognize the pine cones without losing our vision of the forest.

  • Paroxysmal finger hematoma
    Daan J.L. van Twist, MD, PhD, Wim Hermans and Guy J.M. Mostard, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 194; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19122

    This benign, self-limiting condition predominantly affects middle-aged women.

  • To scan or not to scan? DXA in postmenopausal women
    Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD, CCD, NCMP and Rachel Brook, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 205-210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.18136

    DXA is strongly recommended for women age 65 and older, but not so much for younger postmenopausal women.

  • CGRP antagonists for decreasing migraine frequency: New options, long overdue
    Julia Bucklan, DO and Zubair Ahmed, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 211-218; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19048

    CGRP drugs are an exciting frontier, but migraine management is still a combination of lifestyle changes plus treatment.

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