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That incentive isn't lost on other M.D.s. Many obstetricians, gynecologists and otolaryngologists now offer laser treatments and injections to their patients. Dr. George Shapiro, a cardiologist in Scarsdale, N.Y., is even shifting his practice to what he calls age management. "What I do is offer my patients everything in one place so they can be beautiful and healthy." The man is going to coin money. Here's how the battle is shaping...
...little more for him. Now 62 and retired, he's taking part in a stem-cell clinical trial at the London Chest Hospital. "If it works, it's probably the only treatment for somebody like myself," he says. In the hospital's cardiac catheterization laboratory, cardiologist Anthony Mathur uses a probe to map the electrical activity in Johnson's heart. Mathur finds 75% of it damaged, the consequence of earlier undetected heart attacks. Then he takes 10 syringes filled with either blood serum containing stem cells from Johnson's own bone marrow or just blood serum - as part...
...Sally's wisdom has stayed with me. When I am on rounds in the nurseries in the hospital, assessing newborns for any abnormalities, I often wonder how their lives will develop. Am I listening to the heart of a future cardiologist? Am I checking the hips of a future long distance runner? As they lie bundled in their bassinettes with perfect eyes and toes, I wonder will their futures be as flawless or will they someday have to wear their imperfections on the outside for everyone...
...that suicides had gone up from 8 to 26 per 100,000 people. "On a per capita basis, we've seen an increase in suicides, depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence. If you've driven the city, you see why. We've not made a lot of progress," says cardiologist Pat Breaux, past head of the Orleans Parish Medical Society. He is part of a 40-member Louisiana Health Care Redesign Collaborative making recommendations this fall on changes in the city's health care system to Michael Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services...
...Steve Atchley is one of many health-conscious carnivores fueling the trend. "I got tired of telling my patients they couldn't eat red meat," says the Denver cardiologist. So three years ago, he launched Mesquite Organic Foods, which sells grass-fed beef to 74 Wild Oats stores nationwide. The company, which contracts with ranches from South Texas to the Canadian border, has quadrupled sales since December. Mesquite's ground beef is 65% lower in saturated fat and its New York strips are 35% lower than conventional beef, as measured by the USDA. "Any feedlot-fattened animal has a much...