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Legacy Hospice, Inc
Medicare Approved
Location: 925 West Keiser, Osceola, Arkansas 72370
Phone: (870) 563-9995

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Home palliative care: A major strategy to improve end-of-life care in UK NHS

Time and again, in every part of the world, surveys show that people with life-threatening illness want to spend as much of the time that is left at home, rather than in hospital. They aspire to die in their own surroundings, peacefully and pain free. Increasingly, clinicians, managers and commissioners of health services are recognising this and building services to meet it. In the UK NHS, it has become part of a major strategy to improve end-of-life care.

Link between loss of wildlife access and micronutrient deficiencies in children

For the first time, researchers have uncovered a powerful connection between loss of access to wildlife and micronutrient deficiencies in children, according to a recently published study by the University of California-Berkeley, Harvard Center for the Environment and Harvard School of Public Health, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and others.

Hologic commences enrollment in European trial of Gestiva for prevention of recurrent preterm birth

K-V Pharmaceutical Company announced today it has been informed by Hologic, Inc. that site initiation and patient enrollment has begun at international clinical trial sites in Europe in the ongoing trial of Gestiva™ (hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection, 250 mg/1 mL), commonly referred to as "17P," for the prevention of preterm birth in women pregnant with a single baby with a history of singleton spontaneous preterm birth.

Strength training exercise can help overweight teens reduce risk of diabetes

Teens at risk of developing diabetes can prevent or delay its onset through strength training exercise, a University of Southern California study has found.

FAO and WHO to provide science-based guidance on food and nutrition

The FAO and the WHO have been assigned the task to provide science-based guidance on food and nutrition to national governments and the international community.

Hospice Care

Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a patient's home or in a designated facility such as nursing home, hospital unit or freestanding hospice, with level of care and sometimes location based upon frequent evaluation of the paients needs. The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient and respite care.