Hospice Care in San Ramon, CA - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Grace Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc
Medicare Approved
Location: 2410 Camino Ramon, Suite 135, San Ramon, California 94583
Phone: (925) 365-1588

News Archive

"Good" bacteria demonstrate clinical potential for treating ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease

A new study published in Nature Communications demonstrates that a consortium of bacteria designed to complement missing or underrepresented functions in the imbalanced microbiome of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, prevented and treated chronic immune-mediated colitis in humanized mouse models.

Congressional Democrats move to impose new limits on specialty hospitals

The New York Times on Sunday examined how Democrats - who for years "have been trying to stop the proliferation of doctor-owned hospitals in the belief that they drive up costs by encouraging doctors to order more procedures" - have moved to "impose new restrictions on these for-profit hospitals" as part of a Senate supplemental war appropriations bill, although they have "carved out exemptions for a few institutions represented by influential senators and well-connected lobbyists."

Scientists discover promising target to treat highly aggressive brain tumor in infants

Using state-of-the-art gene editing technology, scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago have discovered a promising target to treat atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) – a highly aggressive and therapy resistant brain tumor that mostly occurs in infants.

Study finds link between sleep duration and obesity among African Americans

Research in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association found an association between sleep duration and obesity among African Americans.

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.