General Practice Doctors in Independence, MO Accepting Medicare

3 General Practice doctors found. Showing 1 - 3
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Octave C Merveille, M.D.
General Practice
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 4201 S Hocker Dr, Independence, MO 64055
Phone: 913-384-0834    
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Gary Owen Skinner, DO
General Practice
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 18675 East 39th Street, Suite M, Independence, MO 64057
Phone: 816-795-9911    Fax: 816-795-1911
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Dr. Annamay D Carlson, DO
General Practice
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 4419 S Crysler Ave, Independence, MO 64055
Phone: 816-356-0400    Fax: 816-356-0477

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Report finds increase in unintentional marijuana ingestions among young children

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Experts available for comment on controversy over a nevirapine

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Smoking primes the brain for cocaine addiction: Study

The study comes from the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Maryland that is the first of its kind to show how nicotine can change the brain in a way that enhances the behavioral effects of cocaine. It could help explain why so many drug-using teenagers tend to start with cigarettes and alcohol before moving on to more illegal substances.

Research identifies potential reversibility of chronic neurologic disability in stroke survivors

A breakthrough in stroke research identifying the potential reversibility of chronic neurologic disability in stroke survivors has published today. In the February 1, 2011 issue of the journal CNS Drugs the first human results of a new method of targeting chronic brain inflammation years after stroke are reported.

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