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  • Recognizing and intervening in intimate partner violence
    Gurjit Kaur, DO and Linda Herbert, LISW
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2005, 72 (5) 406-422;

    Intimate partner violence is as at least common as many conditions for which we routinely screen. Yet it remains underdiagnosed and undertreated.

  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation: Treat the cause, not the lab values
    Carrie Ann Labelle, MD and Craig S. Kitchens, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2005, 72 (5) 377-397;

    Therapy directed at laboratory manifestations of DIC often will not change the course of the illness. It is important to recognize and treat the underlying cause, eg, trauma, cancer, infection, or obstetric catastrophe.

  • Uveitis in the internist’s office: Are a patient’s eye symptoms serious?
    Uveitis in the internist’s office: Are a patient’s eye symptoms serious?
    Rula A. Hajj-Ali, MD, Careen Lowder, MD, PhD and Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2005, 72 (4) 329-339;

    The diagnosis is not always clear. If it is uveitis, physicians must determine if it is caused by infection or is a sign of an underlying condition. Management is best handled collaboratively with an ophthalmologist.

  • Varicose veins: Newer, better treatments available
    John R. Bartholomew, MD, Terry King, MD, Avisesh Sahgal, MD and Allison T. Vidimos, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2005, 72 (4) 312-328;

    We can now offer patients more convenient and less invasive options for managing their varicose veins.

  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: How safe is eating beef?
    Andres A. Roma, MD and Richard A. Prayson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2005, 72 (3) 185-194;

    Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease, has appeared in the United Sates, raising concern about the possible appearance of its human counterpart, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

  • Cholesterol guidelines update: More aggressive therapy for higher-risk patients
    Julie C. Huang, MD and Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2005, 72 (3) 253-262;

    As new evidence comes in, guidelines for treating elevated cholesterol keep getting more aggressive—and more complicated. The 2001 guidelines were updated in 2004.

  • The impact of stress urinary incontinenceonsexualactivityinwomen
    Matthew D. Barber, MD, MHS, Sherie A. Dowsett, PhD, BChD, Karen J. Mullen, MBBS and Lars Viktrup, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2005, 72 (3) 225-232;

    Stress urinary incontinence is common, but patients are reluctant to talk about it and the problems it causes in their sex life.

  • The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus inthecommunity
    Ravindran A. Padmanabhan, MD, MRCP and Thomas G. Fraser, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2005, 72 (3) 235-241;

    MRSA infections, long endemic in hospitals and nursing homes, are now being reported outside the hospital, as well.

  • Liver biopsy 2005: When and how?
    Liver biopsy 2005: When and how?
    Corey A. Siegel, MD, Arief A. Suriawinata, MD, Anne M. Silas, MD and Dirk J. Van Leeuwen, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2005, 72 (3) 199-224;

    Imaging and blood tests are increasingly replacing biopsy for diagnosing liver diseases, but more biopsies are being done to help guide the management of hepatitis C and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

  • CT of the heart: Principles, advances, clinical uses
    CT of the heart: Principles, advances, clinical uses
    Paul Schoenhagen, MD, Arthur E. Stillman, MD, PhD, Sandra S. Halliburton, PhD and Richard D. White, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2005, 72 (2) 127-138;

    Computed tomography has become a standard test for aortic dissection and pulmonary embolism, and it has great potential for assessing coronary artery disease. We review its principles and its uses in cardiovascular medicine.

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