Hospice Care in Port Huron, MI - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Blue Water Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 1430 Military, Suite A, Port Huron, Michigan 48060
Phone: (810) 982-8809

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STAAR Surgical's Visian Implantable Collamer Lens featured prominently at 2010 ESCRS Congress

STAAR Surgical Company, the leading worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of phakic intraocular lenses, today announced that the Visian Implantable Collamer® Lens (ICL) was featured prominently in more than 40 presentations by leading ophthalmologists at meetings prior to and during the 2010 Congress of European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) held in Paris, France from September 4 through 8, 2010.

Protalix BioTherapeutics commences clinical trial of human acetylcholinesterase for biodefense indications

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a phase I clinical trial of PRX-105, the Company's plant cell expressed pegylated recombinant human acetylcholinesterase product candidate in development for biodefense indications. The trial is designed to study the safety of PRX-105 by administering a bolus intravenous injection of PRX-105 in healthy volunteers.

Study underscores importance of cholesterol levels as a risk factor for stroke in women

Healthy women with no history of heart disease or stroke significantly increase their chances of having a stroke if they have high cholesterol, according to a study of more than 27,000 women published in the February 20, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Ellipse's MAGEC System can effectively treat children with Early Onset Scoliosis

Ellipse Technologies announced today that preliminary clinical data suggests children with Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) can be treated safely and effectively without the conventional protocol of repeated surgeries to straighten their growing spine.

People with detectable brown fat less likely to suffer cardiac and metabolic conditions

Brown fat is that magical tissue that you would want more of. Unlike white fat, which stores calories, brown fat burns energy and scientists hope it may hold the key to new obesity treatments.

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.