A Partnership for
Lifelong Weight Loss Begins
at Putnam Hospital Center
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FEATURE
A PARTNERSHIP FOR LIFELONG WEIGHT LOSS BEGINS
AT PUTNAM HOSPITAL CENTER 6
Highly trained physicians and compassionate support professionals offer bariatric surgery,
a procedure that can result in weight loss and rapid resolution of weight-associated
comorbidities, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and sleep apnea.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
GASTROENTEROLOGY
CURRENT TRENDS IN COLONOSCOPY LITIGATION 14
While patient injury during colonoscopy is rare, physicians should take measures to prevent
lawsuits before they happen.
SMALL MOLECULES PACK A BIG PUNCH IN COLON
CANCER PREVENTION 15
Triterpenoid molecule CDDO-Me may eventually be used to reduce the incidence of colon
cancer among patients with colitis, according to new research.
FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANT OFFERS HOPE TO
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS 16
A review of 80 cases of patients whose immune systems were compromised for various reasons
found fecal microbiota transplantation effectively treated Clostridium difficile infection.
DEPARTMENTS
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
CME 20
LOCAL NEWS 21
Contents
| DECEMBER 2014 |
ON THE COVER
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Putnam Hospital Center bariatric surgeons Ashutosh Kaul, MD, FRCS, FACS; Anthony Maffei, MD, FACS; and Jonathan Giannone, MD, DABS
