COVER FE ATURE
NSPC AND BRIAN SNYDER, MD: ADVANCES
IN NEUROMODULATION FOR PATIENTS WITH
CHRONIC PAIN 06
NSPC offers a range of effective neuromodulation devices to
help Long Island patients manage many types of chronic pain.
SURGICAL SOLUTIONS
HESHAM ATWA, MD, FACS, FASMBS, AND LONG
ISLAND LAPAROSCOPIC DOCTORS: GENETIC
OBESITY RESOLVED THROUGH ADOLESCENT
BARIATRIC SURGERY 12
For certain teenage patients, metabolic/bariatric surgery
overcomes a genetic disposition to obesity.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
BEHAVIOR AL HE ALTH
CONNECTING MS, DEPRESSION, VASCULAR
DISEASE AND MORTALITY 24
Research indicates a connection between the conditions and
suggests that better depression management could improve
multiple sclerosis outcomes.
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ON THE COVER
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SUBSTANCE USE GUIDELINES FOCUS ON
EVIDENCE-BASED CARE 26
New A M A guidelines seek to improve the treatment of pain as
well as substance use disorder.
DEPARTMENTS
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 11
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 16
FINANCIAL CHECKUP 18
THAT'S NEWS 20
DATA VAULT 22
LEGAL EASE 23
LOCAL NEWS 28
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 30
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