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FE ATURES ST. CHARLES SPORTS MEDICINE HELPS ATHLETES OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES STAY IN THE GAME 06 St. Charles Sports Medicine, part of St. Charles Hospita l, is an established leader in Long Island for the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of a ll forms of sports injury. BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC SURGERY PROGRAM AT MOUNT SINAI SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL 12 The Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery program at Mount Sinai South Nassau Communities Hospita l offers multidisciplinary treatment for complex disorders of the liver, pancreas, ga llbladder and bile duct. STONY BROOK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BRINGS COMPREHENSIVE PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGICAL CARE TO LONG ISLAND 14 David Chesler, MD, PhD, FA A NS, FA A P, board-certified pediatric neurosurgeon and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Stony Brook Children's Hospita l, provides individua lized care to address issues such as craniosynostosis, deep-seated brain tumors, Moyamoya disease and more. 06 contents ON THE COVER /////// APRIL 2019 SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: MEN'S HEALTH BIG DROP IN TESTOSTERONE THERAPY MAY BE LINKED TO RESEARCH, BULLETINS ON HEALTH RISKS 22 Well-publicized associations between testosterone use and serious hea lth risks may have led to dramatic drops in testosterone therapy in recent years, a new study suggests. MORE AGGRESSIVE COMBINATION THERAPY OFFERS SURVIVAL ADVANTAGE FOR HIGH-RISK PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS 24 Radica l prostatectomy in combination with radiation therapy improves surviva l for certain prostate cancer patients when compared with radiation plus androgen deprivation therapy, a study finds. DEPARTMENTS FINANCIAL CHECKUP 16 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 18 BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 20 LEGAL EASE 23 LOCAL NEWS 28 UPCOMING CME EVENTS 30 12 14