FE ATURES
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN QUEENS:
TEAMWORK IN PANCREATIC AND
BILIARY MEDICINE
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The team at NYP Queens relies on a wide range of endoscopic
techniques to help patients in a minimally invasive fashion.
NEW YORK CANCER & BLOOD SPECIALISTS
PSYCHOLOGIST WILLIAM DISCIPIO, PHD, DIP.
PSYCH., HELPS PATIENTS COPE
WITH CANCER'S MENTAL HEALTH BURDENS
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Discipio discusses his focus on patients' menta l hea lth during
oncolog y treatments.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: PEDIATRICS
A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO TREATING
PEDIATRIC C-DIFF 24
The cost of feca l microbiota transplantation in children with
recurrent clostridium difficile infection varies widely by
delivery method, Colorado researchers have found.
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DEPARTMENTS
FINANCIAL CHECKUP 12
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 16
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 18
LEGAL EASE 23
LOCAL NEWS 28
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 30
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