COVER FE ATURE
MICHAEL REZAK, MD, PHD, BRINGS ADVANCED
MOVEMENT DISORDERS PROGRAM TO
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Vassar Brothers Medica l Center's newly established
Movement Disorders Program comprehensively addresses
Parkinson's disease, chorea, dystonia, essentia l tremor,
Hunting ton's disease, Tourette syndrome and other
movement disorders.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
CARDIOLOGY
META-ANALYSIS: AS SMOKING INCREASES, SO
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An ana lysis of dozens of studies suggests atria l fibrillation
risk rises the more a person smokes.
CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 18
A roundup of news about cardiolog y
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DEPARTMENTS
PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT 05
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 05
FINANCE 11
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
FINANCIAL UPDATE 14
LOCAL NEWS 20
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 22
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