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COMMENTARY [5-page section]
Political Correctness
Joseph H. Friedman, MD
Grateful Patient Philanthropy (GPP) raises ethical concerns among doctors
Herbert Rakatansky, MD |
WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE RIMJ Readers' Photos
San Diego, California |
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OBESITY TREATMENT OPTIONS – AN OVERVIEW [19-page special section]
Dieter Pohl, MD
Guest Editor |
Medical, Surgical, Behavioral, Preventive Approaches to Address the Obesity Epidemic
Dieter Pohl, MD, FACS |
Diabetes, Obesity, and Other Medical Diseases – Is Surgery the Answer?
Dieter Pohl, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Aaron Bloomenthal, MD, FACS |
Obesity Epidemic: Pharmaceutical weight loss
Stephanie A. Curry, MD |
Behavioral Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity
KayLoni Olson, MA; Dale Bond, PhD; Rena R. Wing, PhD |
More than an Ounce of Prevention: A Medical-Public Health Framework for Addressing Unhealthy Weight in Rhode Island
Dora M. Dumont, PhD, MPH; Kristi A. Paiva, MPH; Eliza Lawson, MPH |
Quality Improvement Processes in Obesity Surgery Lead to Higher Quality and Value, Lower Costs
Holli Brousseau, AGACNP; Dieter Pohl, MD, FACS, FASMBS |
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CONTRIBUTION
A Review of Anatomical Placement of Corticosteroid Injections for Uncommon Hand, Wrist, and
Elbow Pathologies
Gregory R. Waryasz, MD; Robert Tambone, MS; Todd R. Borenstein, MD; Joseph A. Gil, MD; Manuel DaSilva, MD |
PUBLIC HEALTH
HEALTH BY NUMBERS
Subjective Cognitive Decline and Associated Health Problems among Rhode Island Adults
Tracy L. Jackson, PhD, MPH; Tara Cooper, MPH
Vital Statistics
Roseann Giorgianni, State Registrar |
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RIMS NEWS [8-page section]
Are you reading RIMS Notes?
Working for You
Weight + Wellness Summit
Your Voice for 200+ Years |
IN THE NEWS [11-page section]
Lifespan Cancer Institute created; formerly Comprehensive Cancer Center
Advance Clinical and Translational Research (Advance-CTR), awarded first two Pilot Project grants
Southcoast Health unveils state-of-the-art electrophysiology lab at Charlton
$2.9M grant supports study of suicide risk assessment
Researchers at Butler Hospital, Brown University, and the University of Michigan to study novel approach
Richard W. Besdine, MD; Lynn McNicoll, MD, among leaders of national geriatric-orthopedic co-management program on hip fracture care
Research at W&I supports expanded use of cell free DNA prenatal testing
Study out of Women & Infants Hospital published in Genetics in Medicine
Lifespan Physician Group, Inc., participating in Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+)
Kent’s Breast Health Center providing radioactive seed localization procedure
New VA clinical trial studies if high-risk cardiovascular patients benefit from higher dose of flu vaccine
Dr. Wen-Chih Wu publishes study showing sickle cell may confound blood sugar readings of African-Americans
500 area veterans enrolled in genomic research database |
PEOPLE/PLACES [3-page section]
Appointments, Recognition, Obituaries |
BOOKS
BOOK REVIEW
Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants
Amy R. Halt, MD, PhD |
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From the MARCH 1917 issue [10-page section] |
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EDITORIAL
Medical Progress in Rhode Island |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Instruments for the European War |
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Hookworm Disease in Rhode Island
Alex M. Burgess, MD; Percy D. Meader, ScM |
MISCELLANEOUS
Rhode Island Hospital Club hears speaker on ‘The Romance and Terror of Aerial Warfare’
St. Joseph’s Hospital Staff Association holds 25th anniversary banquet
Medical Research Club: Ocular Manifestations of Cardiovascular Disease |
NECROLOGY
Dr. Edward Stark Parker of Pawtucket |
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