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patiENt carE Laser-focused brain treatment
From our ExpErts
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Recovering from severe burns
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A fix for sunken chests How a small-town PA found a niche career Accident on the lake: a child survives Gaining acceptance after a stroke
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Why babies need tummy time
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E-cigarettes are not harmless
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7 ways to care for aging skin
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If you could design a baby, would you? Should you? page 15
Practice of medicine a privilege, great responsibility
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10 days in Ghana
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Meet the CNY Bear Team page 21
iN our lEisurE The halls are alive with the sound of music page 22
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Science Is Art Is Science back cover Studying breast tumor progression
On the cover: Laurie Rupracht, Upstate pediatric nurse and founder of Americans Serving Abroad Program (ASAP), holds a baby during a November 2017 mission trip in Ghana, page 18. PHOTO BY MEGHAN LEWIS
Health UPSTATE
Spring 2018
EXECUTIVE EDITOR Leah Caldwell Assistant Vice President, Marketing & University Communications EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WRITERS
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