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FE ATURES TAPPING INTO TELEMENTAL HEALTH TO ADDRESS A PROVIDER SHORTAGE 06 Telemedicine is growing as a means to deliver menta l hea lth services, especia lly in remote areas. Long-distance sessions can be as eective as in-person visits, providers say, and extend care to people who might otherwise go untreated. NEED FOR CHARITABLE CARE REMAINS HIGH DESPITE ACA COVERAGE EXPANSION 16 Free or low-cost medica l care continues to be in high demand nationwide after the implementation of the ACA . However, coordinators of those services say physicians are rising to the cha llenge of helping the disadvantaged. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: GERIATRICS DRUG REPURPOSING YIELDS HOPE FOR REVERSING EFFECTS OF PARKINSON'S 10 A ll the subjects in a study that used a leukemia medication to treat Parkinson's disease and Lew y body dementia gained improved cognitive function and motor skills. Questions about the treatment linger, but researchers are encouraged. STUDY RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT PROTOCOLS FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE 12 Pa lliative care services have grown since a 1997 Institute of Medicine ca ll for improved care at the end of life. Yet a study suggests pain and other serious symptoms in the fina l year of life have improved little and have worsened in some cases. DATA VAULT 13 A roundup of statistics about geriatrics SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: MEN'S HE ALTH HALF-HERITABLE: RESEARCHERS PROBE GENETIC UNDERPINNINGS OF TESTICULAR CANCER 20 New research has discovered that a man's risk of developing testicular cancer is significantly more closely tied to heredity than is the case for a number of more common cancers. SHORTER TREATMENT YIELDS SIMILAR DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL RATE FOR SOME PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS 22 The five-year disease-free surviva l rate for men with low-risk prostate cancer who received hypofractionated radiation therapy was similar to that for men who underwent longer treatment, according to a recent study. THAT'S NEWS 23 A roundup of news related to men's hea lth DEPARTMENTS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 05 BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 08 FINANCE 14 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 18 THE LINK 24 09 contents ON THE COVER /////// MAR/APR 2016 16 06

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