Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

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The pretravel visit: A ‘teaching moment’

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: April 1, 2010

Often, a pretravel visit is also a good time to introduce concepts of preventive health to patients who might not otherwise be accessible or amenab...

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Vaccination: An option not to be ignored

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: March 1, 2010

Outbreaks of measles are seemingly on the rise, mainly because of lower vaccination rates, which are in part due to the unfounded fear that the vac...

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Important changes to our CME program

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: February 1, 2010

Starting this month, readers can earn CME credit on a per-article basis. Each article that bears the CME logo is a separate CME test, each worth 1 ...

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Evidence, limes, and cement

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: January 1, 2010

Sometimes, the results of clinical trials do not immediately affect what physicians do because the results do not jibe with experience.

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Low bone density is not always bisphosphonate deficiency

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: December 1, 2009

Low bone density is not a one-size-fits-all disorder. We need to carefully consider the diagnostic and therapeutic options before assuming that low...

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Low-tech tools, high-pressure stakes

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: November 1, 2009

Despite the many ways to introduce inaccuracies in low-tech cuff measurements of blood pressure, the benefits of treating high blood pressure diagn...

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No pig in a poke

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: October 1, 2009

As we approach the 2009 flu season, "swine flu" presents a real and distinct concern for patients, clinicians, and public health officials.

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Vertebroplasty, evidence, and health care reform: What is quality care?

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: September 1, 2009

Two recent trials found that a popular procedure for fixing vertebral fractures lacks efficacy. Like it or not, in the future, such evidence is goi...

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The internist, alphabet soup, and the hepatologist

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: August 1, 2009

Given the widening spectrum of viral hepatitis types and clinical syndromes, prompt referral to and consultation with a hepatologist are in our pat...

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The blade, the flea, and the colon

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: July 1, 2009

Ischemic colitis often gives the internist and surgeon a chance to commiserate on the power of informed watchful waiting.

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Bone quality: A soft concept, hard to ignore

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: June 1, 2009

How can we better predict who, given a low T score, will have a fractured hip or spine and who will not?

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Enigmas of a mother’s heart

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: May 1, 2009

Peripartum cardiomyopathy requires clinical recognition. It is too tempting to attribute the early signs and symptoms of heart failure to "just" th...

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Spring brings changes to CCJM

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: April 1, 2009

This month, we welcome our new deputy editor Dr. Timothy Gilligan and our new editorial board member Dr. Theodore Suh.

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Identifying and classifying myocardial infarctions

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: March 1, 2009

In this issue of the Journal, Drs. Shaun Senter and Gary Francis discuss the power of electrocardiographic changes and creatine kinase-MB ...

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The battle of the clot

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: February 1, 2009

In this issue we review two situations in which low-molecular-weight heparins have special advantages in pregnant women and in patients with cancer...