Latest Articles

  • In Response: Prostate cancer screening (October 1998)
    Kenneth W. Vaughn, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 125;
  • Dear Colleague
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 71;
  • Prostate cancer screening (October 1998)
    Philip I. Herschberg, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 125;
  • Evaluating back pain in older patients
    Daniel J. Mazanec, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 89-99;

    Low back pain in the elderly has a much wider range of possible causes than in younger patients. An illustration shows some of the causes.

  • A 55-year-old man with idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis
    J. Brad Morrow, MD and Darwin L. Conwell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 84-86;

    What is the likely cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.

  • Issues and controversies in venous thromboembolism
    Teresa L. Carman, MD and Bernardo B. Fernandez, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 113-123;

    Discussions and recommendations on nine issues in thromboembolism, not commonly addressed in most reviews.

  • Is stress linked to heart disease?
    Fredric J. Pashkow, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 75-77;

    Recent evidence confirms the popular folklore that mental stress has harmful effects on coronary health. Stress management programs are beneficial in coronary rehabilitation.

  • The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (P-1 Study)
    Beth A. Overmoyer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1999, 66 (1) 33-40;

    Tamoxifen can reduce the incidence of breast cancer by nearly half in women at high risk, but at the price of increased endometrial cancer and thromboembolism. An illustration shows the differing effects of tamoxifen in different organs.

  • Dear Colleague
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1999, 66 (1) 7;
  • Deep brain stimulation reduces symptoms of Parkinson disease
    Erwin B. Montgomery, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1999, 66 (1) 9-11;

    When medications fail to control the symptoms of Parkinson disease, either surgery or a small implanted electrical device can help. With an illustration of how deep brain stimulation works.

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