FE ATURE
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER'S
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY PROGRAM:
WORLD-CLASS EXPERTISE AND
COMPREHENSIVE CARE 06
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) poses exceptiona l
cha llenges in terms of both diagnosis and treatment.
Westchester Medica l Center is meeting these cha llenges
by providing expert care in one location for patients of a ll
ages. The HCM program is drawing patients from around the
country and rapidly becoming a major destination center for
patients with the life-threatening disease.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: NEUROLOGY
BETA-AMYLOID RESEARCH IGNITES TREATMENT
HOPES FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 16
Findings from a clinica l tria l may aid e•orts to develop a
treatment to slow the progression of A lzheimer's disease.
STUDY FINDS MATERNAL RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS RAISES CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY RISK 18
Researchers have linked children's likelihood of having
epilepsy to whether their mothers have rheumatoid arthritis.
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DEPARTMENTS
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
FINANCE 14
LOCAL NEWS 20
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 22
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