Fall 2004 Table of Contents

Features
Floor Plan
At the pelvic Floor Center, specialists take a unique wholistic approach to pelvic floor anatomy and function to improve outcomes.
-By Monika Guttman

Inside Outpatient Health
From the inside out, the new Healthcare Consultation Center II offers patients a higher level of service and care.
-By Jon Nalick

So Far, Soy Good
Researchers are exploring soy as a way to promote good health among postmenopausal women.
-By Alicia Di Rado

Surviving Immunity
An explosion of knowledge about lupus is generating change in the care of patients with this often-debilitating autoimmune disease.
-By Monika Guttman

Committed to Memory
Roberta Diaz Brinton's quest is to create a molecule that will keep women from losing their memories without losing their health.
-By Monika Guttman

Superbug Supremacy
Harmful bacteria are mutating faster and becoming resistant to numerous antibiotics, leading to a possible 'superbug'.
-By Alexis Bergen

   
 

Cover Story
All You Need Is Blood
By receiving their own blood during surgery, patients reduce the chance of transfusion errors as well as their reliance on a dwindling blood supply.
-By Alicia Di Rado

 

Departments
City Rounds
a new initiative identifies and addresses the interrealted factors that lead to obesity and diabetes.

Healthoughts
The latest word on nosebleeds, herbs and surgery, kids and carbs and earwax.

Benchmarks
Researchers examine the potential for treating genetic disorders by interfering with gene silencing.


 
       
 
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