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ON THE COVER
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FE ATURE
BARIATRIC PROGRAM AT ST. CHARLES HOSPITAL
ACHIEVES EXCELLENT OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS
AND ADOLESCENTS 06
Patient-centered care and leading-edge technologies and
techniques enhance long-term success for patients with
morbid obesity.
DEPARTMENTS
FINANCE 11
LEGAL EASE 12
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 14
PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT 23
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 24
CME CREDITS 26
LOCAL NEWS 29
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
MEN'S HE ALTH
HALF-HERITABLE: RESEARCHERS PROBE
GENETIC UNDERPINNINGS OF
TESTICULAR CANCER 18
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 20
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.
MEN'S HEALTH UPDATE 21
A roundup of news related to men's hea lth
