Family Medicine Doctors in Montcalm, WV Accepting Medicare
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 Mrs. Angel Smothers, CFNP Family Medicine - Adult Medicine Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 10001 Simmons River Rd, Montcalm, WV 24737 Phone: 304-589-3251 Fax: 304-589-6363 |
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Harbor BioSciences to receive patent for Apoptone in treatment of prostate cancer, breast cancer and benign prostatic hypertrophy
Harbor BioSciences, Inc. today announced that the company has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent Office of patent claims covering the use of its lead product candidate Apoptone®. The patent claims cover the use of Apoptone to treat prostate cancer, breast cancer and benign prostatic hypertrophy. Apoptone (HE3235) is a novel synthetic steroid analog of a dihydrotestosterone metabolite and has been found to stimulate cell death (apoptosis) in animal models of prostate and breast cancers.
ECRI Institute PSO highlights patient safety issue involving cardiac monitoring errors in special E-lert
In a recently released Patient Safety E-lert, the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) highlights a patient safety issue involving cardiac monitoring of incorrect patients. The issue was brought to ECRI Institute PSO's attention in its analysis of reports submitted by participating healthcare providers.
World's slum population increased by 55M since 2000, despite exodus of 227M, report says
"Almost a quarter of a billion people moved out of slum conditions in the past decade," but the number of people living in shantytowns around the world "increased by 55 million to 827.6 million as population growth and migration from the countryside outstripped the effect of upward mobility in cities," according to a U.N. Habitat report, released Friday, in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the five-day World Urban Forum "on the state of the world's cities," Reuters reports (3/19).
Older hip fracture patients frequently use antidepressant and anti-anxiety drugs, study finds
In a recent study, older individuals who had fallen and broken a hip used antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications more frequently than the general older population.
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