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How HackensackUMC Doctors Saved Mom's Fertility How HackensackUMC Doctors Saved Mom's Fertility
How HackensackUMC Doctors Saved Mom's Fertility MaryBeth Stancato of New Milford always knew she wanted several children.  At the age of 37, the mother of three children and her husband wanted a fourth child.  But, she wasn’t sure if she would be able to have another baby. “Two years ago, my cycle was changing in that both the duration and frequency of my period had increased,” Stancato said. “I was getting my period almost every two weeks and it was lasting for two weeks. I constantly felt as though I had my period. And, it was very heavy.” The bleeding was so heavy that Stancato was given a blood transfusion. It was determined that …

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by Cecilia Levine
Briarcliff, NY
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Interventional Radiology: Using Art To Heal Interventional Radiology: Using Art To Heal
Interventional Radiology: Using Art To Heal SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- Interventional radiology (IR) was developed approximately 40 years ago and continues to evolve, with the ongoing introduction of new treatments for a rapidly expanding array of conditions that once required open surgery. An interventional radiologist performs minimally invasive, targeted procedures using imaging techniques. The ability to view arteries, veins or other tubular structures enables the interventional radiologist to thread tiny catheters and miniature instruments through vessels to the site of disease or injury and effectively and safely perform diagnostic…

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