October 2007
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Stroke Intervention: Transarterial Therapies
 By
Robert Cooney, M.D., St. John's Stroke Center
To begin to understand the transarterial approach to stroke therapy, we start
with the concept or spectrum from: ischemia to vascular occlusion to cerebral
infarct. Acute vascular occlusions that exceed collateral pathways for a
sufficient time interval result in cerebral infarct. Accordingly, the goal of
stroke intervention is to remove or recanalize the vascular occlusion well
before cerebral ischemia becomes a cerebral infarct.
Read more
New bariatric surgery
techniques successful for long-term weight loss
 By
Chris Edwards, St. John's Clinic-General & Specialty Surgery
Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic, affecting well over 25 percent of
individuals in industrialized countries. In the US alone, more than 60 million
adults and 9 million adolescents are overweight or obese [having a Body Mass
Index (BMI) of 30 or greater]. Read
more
Eye Research at St. John’s
Clinic
 By
Shachar Tauber, M.D., St. John's
Clinic-Eye Specialists
During the past three years St. John's Clinic-Eye
Specialists have been actively engaged in research as it pertains to helping our
patients today and in the future. With the strong support of St. John's
Clinic, St. John's Health System and St. John's Foundation for Community Health,
eye research has been successfully undertaken in both the laboratory and
clinical arenas.
Read
more
St.
John’s Memory Disorders Center treats multiple causes of dementia
 By
Thomas Habiger, M.D., St. John's
Memory Disorders Center
Alzheimer’s disease continues to
have a major impact on health care. An estimated 5 million Americans have
Alzheimer’s disease, but possibly only half have been diagnosed. Those numbers
over the next 40 years could reach 16 million individuals, which will have a
staggering impact on the ability to provide health care to these individuals and
Americans in general. The current estimate for direct and indirect cost is $148
billion, with current Medicare spending of $91 billion increasing to as much as
$189 billion by 2015. Read
more
The
Zen of CyberKnife Radiosurgery and Cashew Chicken
  By
Nathan Kim, M.D., Ph.D., St. John's Radiosurgery Center
I am fairly new to Springfield, but
have been here long enough to be a bona-fide Springfield cashew chicken
lover. As you all know, cashew chicken is a local favorite that has come a long
way since its inception at Leong’s Tea House.
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St. John's Clinic-Audiology
offers Bluetooth technology in
hearing aids
By Trudy Baker, Au.D.
 Hearing
aid technology has evolved over the years from analog to digital circuitry;
however, even with these advancements the needs of the hearing impaired
population are still often overlooked. The Oticon Epoq offers answers to the
following challenges looking closer at the needs of the hearing impaired today,
keeping in mind the importance of the ambiance.
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