FE ATURES
PENN STATE HEART AND VASCULAR
INSTITUTE: COMPREHENSIVE CARE,
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH 06
Penn State Hea lth Milton S. Hershey Medica l Center
has made the full spectrum of advanced treatments and
technologies available to patients with a wide range of
acute and chronic heart conditions, while a lso keeping
clinica l research a priority to discover and test new
treatment approaches.
OBESITY EPIDEMIC AMONG YOUTHS
MAY PRESAGE HEART FAILURE CRISIS,
STUDY SUGGESTS 12
Swedish researchers found that many young men who are
within norma l BMI range nonetheless face greater heart
failure risk once they reach middle age.
ALZHEIMER'S, ANTIPSYCHOTICS AND
PNEUMONIA: A BALANCING ACT 14
Choice of drug does not a lter the elevated risk of pneumonia
among A lzheimer's patients prescribed antipsychotics, new
research suggests.
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DEPARTMENTS
DATA VAULT 02
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 05
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 15
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Soraya Samii, MD, PhD, performs a WATCHMAN procedure
at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
