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from the Publisher ELLO, PHYSICIANS AND health- care executives. Thanks for reading MD News — Minnesota edition! I hope you enjoy the May 2014 issue. This month, as always, we provide updates about the local medical industry and perspective on healthcare trends from around the nation. We are excited to share in our cover story the focus and dedication that characterize stroke treatment at Regions Hospital, the first hospital in Minnesota to earn Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from The Joint Commission. As Bret Haake, MD, Assistant Medical Director of Neurosciences at Regions' Comprehensive Stroke Center, states, "Achieving Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification means your entire hospital needs to eat, breathe and sleep stroke." Don't miss this informative feature! Also in this issue, we feature the cardiology program at University of Minnesota Physicians Heart. Experience spanning more than three decades makes this program among the most distinguished in the region. Read more about how the University of Minnesota Physicians Heart cardiology program is redefining heart failure risk management. There are many questions when it comes to pain management. Physicians' Diagnostics & Rehabilitation Clinics answers some of them and talks about how short-term "relief techniques" don't address functional deficits, so therapies to treat acute pain aren't effective in the long term. Our special clinical section focuses on women's health. We consider the remarkably slow acceptance of breast cancer prevention drugs — specifically chemoprevention through selective estrogen receptor modulators — among women considered to be at high risk for the disease yet at low risk for side effects. We also examine a Stanford University School of Medicine study addressing the potential to "awaken" ovarian tissue follicles and utilize hormones to stimulate egg development, a procedure that has led to healthy pregnancies among some Japanese women who had been infertile due to primary ovarian insufficiency. You may have noticed our new CEO Perspective column. This addition to MD News continues to generate a positive response. What a great way to hear directly from our healthcare leaders and get their viewpoints. This month, our CEO Perspective comes from Jon Pryor, MD, MBA, CEO of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. If your CEO or president would like to be a contributor to this column, please give me call. Here is a preview of our upcoming featured topics: + June — men's health and infertility + + July+— neurosciences and degenerative disease + August — pediatrics and autism + + September — senior health + October — oncology + + November+— bariatrics and diabetes + December — gastroenterology and colon health I look forward to your feedback, Troy Anderson Troy Anderson PU BLISHER Minnesota H T A N D E R S O N @ M D N E W S . C O M 612-396-1455 05-731 Publisher: Troy Anderson Managing Editor: Conner Armstrong President and Chief Executive Officer: Lud Kimbrough Chief Financial Officer: Elbert Johnson Chief Marketing Officer: Jason Skinner Vice President, B2B Brand Development: Carrie Dierks B2B Sales Director: Tim McNichols In Memoriam: Robert J. Brennan, Founder Account Manager: Drew Smith Creative Director: Eric Jackson Designer: Michael Simmons Creative Services: Steve Barrett, Aimee Burchard, Jamie Dent, Michael Ferguson, Brian Norman, Kimmi Patterson, David Smith, Jennifer Webster Production: Ashley Clark, Allison Fincher Financial Services: April Charlton Audience Development: Debbie Dodski, David Enoch MD News is published by True North Custom 5600 Brainerd Road, Suite 1 Chattanooga, TN 37411 423-266-3234 | www.truenorthcustom.com Although every precaution is taken to ensure accuracy of published materials, MD News cannot be held responsible for opinions expressed or facts supplied by its authors. Copyright 2014, True North Custom. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. P O S T M A S T E R : Please send notices on Form 3579 to 5600 Brainerd Road, Suite 1, Chattanooga, TN 37411. Advertise in MD News For more information about advertising in the MD News Minnesota edition, call Publisher Troy Anderson at 612-396-1455 or email tanderson@mdnews.com. Contact Information Send press releases and all other information related to this local edition of MD News to tanderson@mdnews.com or via fax to 952-679-4974. Minnesota green initiative M I N I M A L I M P A C T 05-838 4 | Minnesota MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M