Hospice Care in Lewiston, ID

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St Joseph Region Medical Center Family Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 1250 Idaho St, Lewiston, Idaho 83501
Phone: (208) 799-5275

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ADRQ finds high increase in annual premium for employer-sponsored health plans

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GOP candidates dispute Gingrich, Romney records on individual mandate (video)

This Kaiser Health News video clip highlights parts of Saturday night's debate in Des Moines in which the GOP presidential candidates spent a considerable amount of time discussing the 2010 health law. In the debate's most talked-about moment, Mitt Romney offered to bet Rick Perry $10,000 that what Perry was saying about Romney's book wasn't correct.

Maxygen's option and licensing arrangement with Cangene expires

Maxygen, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of improved protein drugs, today announced that its option and licensing arrangement with Cangene Corporation has expired. Under the agreement, Maxygen had granted Cangene an option to obtain an exclusive license to Maxygen's proprietary MAXY-G34 protein therapeutic for use in treating acute radiation syndrome.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is associated with breast cancer rates

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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.


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