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  • Reviewers 2015
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2016, 83 (3) 231;
  • Interpreting SPRINT: How low should you go?
    George Thomas, MD, FACP, FASN, Joseph V. Nally, MD and Marc A. Pohl, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2016, 83 (3) 187-195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15175

    In treating hypertension, lower systolic pressure is better than higher—but with caveats.

  • It is not the critic’s voice that should count
    Kevin C. Giordano, ESQ
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2016, 83 (3) 174-176; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15105

    Lawsuits often confront physicians with incidental imperfections in the care they provided or with errors in their documentation.

  • 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.

  • Veterans, guilt, and suicide risk: An opportunity to collaborate with chaplains?
    Marek S. Kopacz, Md, PhD, Kathy A. Rasmussen, PhD, Robert F. Searle, DMin, BCC, Barbara M. Wozniak, PhD and Caitlin E. Titus, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 101-105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15070

    Chaplains and clinicians bring complementary skills and services to the problem of suicide risk in veterans.

  • A 60-year-old man with forehead swelling
    Brandon Miller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 95-96; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15011

    CT and MRI revealed infection in close proximity to the brain. The patient recovered with antibiotics and surgery.

  • 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.”

  • A tale of two sisters with liver disease
    Mohamad A. Hanouneh, MD, Ari Garber, MD, EdD, Anthony S. Tavill, MD, FAASLD, Nizar N. Zein, MD, FAASLD and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 109-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15048

    A young woman presents with acute liver failure. What is the cause? Is her sister at risk?

  • The ethics of ICDs: History and future directions
    Martin L. Smith, STD and Eric Kodish, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 99-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15122

    There is no ethical requirement that treatment, once started, must continue against the patient’s wishes.

  • Many shades of guilt
    Amy Elise Greene, DMin and Robert J. McGeeney, DMin
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 106-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15136

    Guilt in patients with suicidal tendencies is a profoundly spiritual issue.

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