John D. Clough, MD

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John D. Clough, MD

Standardized algorithms to manage chronic diseases such as diabetes in the hospital should get more patients out of the hospital alive.

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John D. Clough, MD

The DASH diet is clearly a useful tool for lowering blood pressure in dedicated patients.

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John D. Clough, MD

Considering the gravity of the problem of heart failure, it makes sense to have as many alternative pathways to success as we can find.

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John D. Clough, MD

In evidence-based medicine, after weighing the data, we still have to apply common sense—and include the patient in the decision-making process.

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John D. Clough, MD

Its cause and pathogenesis remain unknown, but it may be accompanied by giant cell arteritis, which must be recognized and treated as a medical eme...

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John D. Clough, MD

In the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage, Raquel Welch and her colleagues were shrunk and injected in a miniature submarine into the circulatory...

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John D. Clough, MD

When I went to medical school, we were taught that viruses couldn’t jump from animals to humans. It looks like you can forget that rule.

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John D. Clough, MD

That cod-liver oil I took as a child, though foul tasting, may have been good for my heart.

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John D. Clough, MD

To the internist, knowing how laparoscopic surgery is done is less important than knowing that it can be done, and when it is appropriate....

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John D. Clough, MD

Genomics is an area where knowledge of what we can do has preceded a clear understanding of what we should do.

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John D. Clough, MD

The COMET trial is important for the treatment of heart failure, but the devil is in the details.

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John D. Clough, MD

Dr. Farmer, former chairman of The Cleveland Clinic's Division of Medicine, has always been ahead of his time. Now he is working to improve the hea...

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John D. Clough, MD

In medicine, worrying about potential problems and engaging in preventive actions like hand-washing and rechecking are not in themselves bad. But o...

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John D. Clough, MD

Besides free CME, what do readers want from our web site?

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