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20 10 Contents | NOV/DEC 2014 | FEATURES THE ART OF SCIENCE: RE-ESTABLISHING CREATIVITY IN MEDICINE 6 Nearly 70 U.S. medical schools require students to study the arts and humanities as part of their training, and observers say the healthcare field is ripe for the type of thought these disciplines produce. ARE YOUR PATIENTS PROTECTED? THE CHALLENGES OF SAFEGUARDING PHI 16 According to the most recent report to Congress, theft accounts for roughly half of major breaches of protected health information. Discover your organization's vulnerable points. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: BARIATRICS IN AN INCREASINGLY OBESE SOCIETY, BARIATRIC SURGERY COMES INTO ITS OWN 10 Physicians are prescribing weight-loss surgery earlier, leading to improved outcomes and possibly reduced healthcare costs for obese patients. However, insurance coverage remains a barrier to providing bariatric procedures to many eligible patients. PHARMACEUTICAL REPURPOSING YIELDS POTENTIAL DIABETES TREATMENT 12 A combination of drug therapies improves the ability of patients with Type 1 diabetes to produce insulin. Because each medication is already FDA-approved, the cocktail's regulatory approval may move rapidly. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: GASTROENTEROLOGY FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANT OFFERS HOPE TO IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS 20 A review of 80 cases of patients whose immune systems were compromised for various reasons found fecal microbiota transplantation effectively treated Clostridium difficile infection. SMALL MOLECULES PACK A BIG PUNCH IN COLON CANCER PREVENTION 22 Triterpenoid molecule CDDO-Me may eventually be used to reduce the incidence of colon cancer among patients with colitis, according to new research. DEPARTMENTS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 5 BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 8 DATA VAULT 13 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 14 TECHNOLOGY 18 THAT'S NEWS 23 THE LINK 24 6 The Art of Science: Re-establishing Creativity in Medicine

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