FE ATURES
SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL:
FRANK GRESS, MD, OFFERS ACADEMIC,
ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY 06
A comprehensive array of tertiary-level interventiona l
endoscopic treatments and techniques is now available
to patients.
REZA DASHTI, MD, PHD: NUANCED TREATMENT
FOR COMPLEX CEREBROVASCULAR CONDITIONS
AND SKULL BASE LESIONS AT STONY BROOK
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 12
Dr. Dashti and his colleagues treat a wide range of brain and
neurologica l conditions, from rare tumors to stroke, at Suffolk
County 's only academic medica l center.
NY IMAGING SPECIALISTS AT NEW YORK
CANCER & BLOOD SPECIALISTS BRINGS STATE-
OF-THE-ART SERVICES TO LONG ISLAND 16
NY Imaging Specia lists provides patients with access
to state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and services in
Southampton and East Setauket.
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ON THE COVER
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SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: NEUROLOGY
ZEROING IN ON COFFEE'S POTENTIAL USE
AGAINST NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE 24
Scientists are gaining insights about the mechanisms of
coffee's neuroprotective effects.
STUDY OF CANNABINOIDS' POTENTIAL TO TREAT
MS SYMPTOMS YIELDS MIXED RESULTS 26
Patients with multiple sclerosis can safely use medicina l
cannabinoids to treat symptoms, but the relief may be slight,
research suggests.
DEPARTMENTS
LEGAL EASE 11
FINANCE 14
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 18
FINANCIAL CHECKUP 20
MEDICAL REAL ESTATE 22
LOCAL NEWS 28
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 30
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