COVER FE ATURE
COMPREHENSIVE EPILEPSY TREATMENT AT
PENN STATE HEALTH 08
At the Level 4 Epilepsy Center at Penn State Hea lth Milton
S. Hershey Medica l Center, patients can access advanced
diagnostic and treatment techniques.
FE ATURES
PREVENTION OF POST-STROKE SEIZURES
AND SUBSEQUENT DEMENTIA STILL UNDER
EVALUATION 06
Stroke, epilepsy and dementia are related, researchers
confirm. The next step is using that knowledge to improve
patient outcomes.
TIMELY DIAGNOSES OF MS GIVE PATIENTS
MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT 10
The dedicated multiple sclerosis program at Penn State
Hea lth Milton S. Hershey Medica l Center relies on a
multidisciplinary approach to finding the disease early and
providing care closer to home.
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NEUROFIBROMATOSIS CLINIC EXPANDS FOR
COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE
OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC DISEASE 11
Specia lists are keenly focused on helping adult and pediatric
patients maintain an optima l qua lity of life while treating
tumors and other comorbidities promptly and effectively.
NATIONAL FE ATURE
URGENT CARE: A FAST-GROWING PLAYER 12
With the urgent care market growing year by year,
practitioners argue that specia lty board status could
lend credibility.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
BEHAVIOR AL HE ALTH
CONNECTING MS, DEPRESSION, VASCULAR
DISEASE AND MORTALITY 14
Research indicates a link between the conditions and suggests
that better depression management could improve multiple
sclerosis outcomes.
DEPARTMENTS
DATA VAULT 05
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