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  • Managing patients at genetic risk of breast cancer
    Holly J. Pederson, MD, Shilpa A. Padia, MD, Maureen May, CGC and Stephen Grobmyer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2016, 83 (3) 199-206; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14057

    People with these syndromes have a much higher risk, and the cancers often occur at an early age.

  • Prescribing exercise to help your patients lose weight
    John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, MPhil and Christopher L. Higgins, MCEP, BSHPE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 141-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14139

    It’s not enough to tell patients to exercise. The exercise you prescribe needs to be “SMART.”

  • The intersection of obstructive lung disease and sleep apnea
    The intersection of obstructive lung disease and sleep apnea
    Sumita B. Khatri, MD, MS and Octavian C. Ioachimescu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 127-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14104

    Many patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma also have obstructive sleep apnea, and vice versa.

  • Common neurologic emergencies for nonneurologists: When minutes count
    Mohan Kottapally, MD and S. Andrew Josephson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 116-126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14121

    Recognizing and treating acute stroke, status epilepticus, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and others.

  • Approach to asymptomatic creatine kinase elevation
    Siamak Moghadam-Kia, MD, Chester V. Oddis, MD and Rohit Aggarwal, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 37-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14120

    Standard cutoffs may be too low. First, repeat the test after 7 days without exercise.

  • Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Adham Jammoul, MD, Yuebing Li, MD, PhD and Alexander Rae-Grant, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 43-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14112

    Suspect these syndromes in cases of unexplained seizure, encephalitis, or acute-onset psychiatric syndromes.

  • Alcohol withdrawal syndrome in medical patients
    Justine S. Gortney, PharmD, BCPS, Joshua N. Raub, PharmD, BCPS, Pragnesh Patel, MD, Lianne Kokoska, PharmD, Mae Hannawa, PharmD and Amy Argyris, PharmD, BCPS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 67-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14061

    Deprived of alcohol while in the hospital, many alcoholic patients go into withdrawal. Clinicians should be ready.

  • Managing interstitial lung disease detected on CT during lung cancer screening
    Brian D. Southern, MD, Rachel G. Scheraga, MD and Ruchi Yadav, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 55-65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14157

    How to distinguish among the most common forms, and the role of the primary care physician in managing them.

  • Asymptomatic carotid artery disease: A personalized approach to management
    Aldo L. Schenone, MD, Aaron Cohen, DO and Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 855-863; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14144

    Should the patient undergo surgery or just medical care? The decision can be based on age, sex, and life expectancy.

  • The new oral anticoagulants: Reasonable alternatives to warfarin
    Bernardino Roca, MD, PhD and Manuel Roca, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 847-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14052

    The clinically relevant characteristics of the new agents and guidance on their use.

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