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- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: December 1, 2014
So far, the disease has barely touched our country, but it has had a big impact on our health care system and our national psyche.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: November 1, 2014
Guidelines are only guidelines: We should use them within a personalized context.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: October 1, 2014
The work is in an extremely preliminary phase, but the concept is an active area of research worth keeping tabs on.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: September 1, 2014
It was the early 1980s, I was a resident in the emergency room, and the patient had fever, flank pain, hypotension, and a normal urinalysis.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: August 1, 2014
We should vigilantly look for obstructive sleep apnea and, if it is diagnosed, strongly encourage treatment.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: July 1, 2014
We hope to change test-ordering behaviors in situations in which there is a smart—and a not-so-smart—way to pursue a diagnosis.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: June 1, 2014
Although newer drugs can improve control, to make the biggest impact on mortality we need to wage war on smoking.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: May 1, 2014
Comanagement of patients who have a chronic disease is often a challenge.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: April 1, 2014
Twenty-five years later, I still think about eating disorders when I evaluate young women who have severe fibromyalgia.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: March 1, 2014
The new guidelines on cholesterol and hypertension are more evidence-based, but will they help improve outcomes?
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: February 1, 2014
No study has directly addressed this issue. In most cases, continue the thiazide and adjust the hypouricemic therapy if necessary.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: February 1, 2014
These drugs are being used in a growing number of diseases. We all need to increase our familiarity with their unique risks.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: January 1, 2014
Urinalysis may be the oldest surviving laboratory test. Both Hippocrates and Galen recognized its value.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: December 1, 2013
Phil Canuto, the executive editor of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine for almost 20 years, is retiring.
Article
- Author:
- Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Publish date: November 1, 2013
A key take-home point is that severely insulinopenic patients require some exogenous basal insulin, even when not eating.
