CONTENTS VOLUME 18, NO.6 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
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IN THIS ISSUE
Dementia: Toward a Greater Understanding By Richard R. Sturgeon, M.D.
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Forget Me Not By Carolyn A. McClain, M.D.
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TCMS IN ACTION
By Sue Schettle, CEO
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DEMENTIA
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Learning to live as “Alzheimer’s Marv” By Marvin Lofquist as edited by Karen Peterson
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Colleague Interview: A Conversation with Anne Murray, M.D.
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SPONSORED CONTENT:
Dementias: Neuropathology as a Tool to Unravel Etiology By H. Brent Clark, M.D., Ph.D. •
Dementia in Long-term Care By John W. Mielke M.D., CMD
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SPONSORED CONTENT:
Alzheimer’s Disease: The Future of Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment By Michael Rosenbloom, M.D.
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Treating Alzheimer’s With a Big Dose of Policy By Soo Borson, M.D., and Patricia Carlson, MPH
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Traumatic Brain Injury as a Risk Factor for Dementia: Where is the Science and What are its Implications? By Jessica Flores, MS2 and Uzma Samadani, M.D., Ph.D.
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ACT Summit 2016 Building Plans to Act on Alzheimer’s
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TCMS Explores Climate Change and Role for Physicians
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The Convenings: Meaningful Conversations About Living and Dying Well
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Senior Physicians Association Career Opportunities
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LUMINARY OF TWIN CITIES MEDICINE
Sanne Dail Jones Magnan, M.D. Page 6 MetroDoctors
The Journal of the Twin Cities Medical Society
November/December 2016
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Doctors Metro MetroDoctors THE JOURNAL OF THE TWIN CITIES MEDICAL SOCIETY
Dementia
In This Issue:
• The Research • The Epidemiology • Alzheimer’s • Resource and Support Systems • Luminary of Twin Cities Medicine
The reality of dementia’s effect on the human brain. Articles begin on page 6.
November/December 2016
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