FE ATURE
BRIAN J. SNYDER, MD: BRINGING STATE-OF-THE-ART
NEUROSURGICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE TABLE 06
Dr. Snyder, a functiona l neurosurgeon with Neurologica l
Surgery, P.C., leverages neuromodulation techniques to
improve the lives and outcomes of patients living with
movement disorders.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
WOMEN'S HE ALTH
STUDY FINDS MARKED INCREASE IN MARIJUANA
USE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN 16
Multiple factors are driving the a larming increase in
marijuana use by expectant mothers.
SQUARING PEACE OF MIND WITH FACTS ABOUT
DOUBLE MASTECTOMY 18
Double mastectomy is relatively common among women
with unilatera l breast cancer even when it likely won't
leng then surviva l.
WOMEN'S HEALTH UPDATE 19
A roundup of statistics related to women's hea lth
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DEPARTMENTS
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 14
LOCAL NEWS 20
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 22
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