MDNews - Greater Kansas

COVER STORY HUTCHINSON CLINIC ADDS UROLOGIST 07 Urolog y has historica lly been a specia lty with mostly ma le physicians, but more women like A llison Glass, MD, are choosing to ma ke that their specia lty. Dr. Glass will join the Urolog y Department with the Hutchinson Clinic in September. FE ATURES TREATMENT FOR KERATOCONUS HELPS AVOID CORNEAL TRANSPLANT 11 Wichita-based Grene Vision Group is the only practice in Kansas, outside of the Kansas City area, that performs the cornea l cross-linking procedure that uses a combination of riboflavin and ultraviolet light to treat keratoconus patients. GETTING RHYTHM BACK: HEARTLAND CARDIOLOGY ADDS ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST 13 With the addition of Madan Acharya, MD, to its staff, Wichita- based Heartland Cardiolog y is expanding its ability to treat patients with arrhy thmias and other difficult heart conditions. KUSM-WICHITA CENTER FOCUSES ON INFANT MORTALITY PROGRAMS, RESEARCH 14 More than 225 Kansas infants die before their first birthday, according to a Wichita-based center that researches and implements programs to combat infant morta lity. But the good news is that more efforts are being ta ken by loca l community groups to help educate parents about factors that can lower the risk for infant morta lity. 07 contents ON THE COVER /////// AUG/SEP 2019 SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: PEDIATRICS THE BURDEN OF YOUTH: OBESITY-RELATED CANCERS ON THE RISE IN YOUNG PEOPLE 16 The obesity epidemic may threaten progress in the battle against cancer, scientists say. CLINICAL DISCUSSION ENDING PARKINSON'S: EXPERTS LOOK TO PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND REVERSAL 18 Scientists see prospects for rapid advances in the fight against Parkinson's disease in the coming years. DEPARTMENTS HOSPITAL ROUNDS 05 DATA VAULT 10 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 15 11 14

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