COVER FE ATURE
METHODIST HOSPITAL'S BLOOD AND MARROW
STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PROGRAM: NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED CARE FOR ADULT AND PEDIATRIC
PATIENTS 06
With an enduring legacy of excellent outcomes, the Blood and
Marrow Transplant Program is the destination of choice for
patients with bone marrow disease in the San Antonio region
and beyond.
SPECIAL FE ATURE
GREENLIGHT SMOOTHS PATH TO TREATMENT
OF UNMET BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS 12
Mental health and substance use disorders remain
underdiagnosed and undertreated in the United States. The
GreenLight Assessment System, an easy-to-use tool that
interfaces with physicians' EHR and fits seamlessly within
practice workflow, is alleviating barriers to behavioral
health care.
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SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: NEUROLOGY
BETA-AMYLOID RESEARCH IGNITES TREATMENT
HOPES FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 16
Findings from a clinica l tria l may aid efforts to develop a
treatment to slow the progression of A lzheimer's disease.
STUDY FINDS MATERNAL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
RAISES CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY RISK 18
Danish researchers have linked children's likelihood of having
epilepsy to whether their mothers have rheumatoid arthritis.
THAT'S NEWS 19
A roundup of news related to neurolog y
DEPARTMENTS
AROUND TOWN 10
BANKING 14
BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 20
HEALTHCARE LAW UPDATE 22
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