Hospice Care in Willmar, MN - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Rice Hospice Program
Medicare Approved
Location: 301 Becker Avenue Southwest, Willmar, Minnesota 56201
Phone: (320) 231-4450

Divine Hospice Care
Medicare Approved
Location: 322 2nd Street Southwest, Willmar, Minnesota 56201
Phone: (320) 231-9757

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Researchers discover HVEM's unknown role in fighting off E. coli infections

Despite ongoing public health efforts, E. coli outbreaks continue to infiltrate the food supply, annually causing significant sickness and death throughout the world. But the research community is gaining ground. In a major finding, published today in the scientific journal Nature, researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have discovered a molecule's previously unknown role in fighting off E. coli and other bacterial infections, a discovery that could lead to new ways to protect people from these dangerous microorganisms.

First implantation of Amedica/US Spine's Infinia silicon nitride ceramic femoral head performed in hip replacement

Amedica/US Spine, a spine and reconstructive implant and instrument manufacturer focused on unique silicon nitride (SiN) technologies, implanted its first silicon nitride total hip implant this week in the international marketplace. A patient at the George Provincial Hospital in Western Cape South Africa received the implant that uses an Infinia silicon nitride ceramic femoral head as part of the total implant.

Study: Pleotropic drugs can have both favorable and unfavorable effects on cell growth, survival

The cover for issue 37 of Oncotarget features Figure 7, "The combination of romidepsin and KU60019 is synergistic in a xenograft model of MCL," by Scotto, et al. which reported that the antiproliferative effect induced by histone deactylase inhibitors is associated with the up-regulated expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21.

OU Health Sciences Center awarded federal grant to enhance dementia care across Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, working with partners across the state, has been awarded a $3.75 million federal grant to enhance the care and support of a growing group of Oklahomans - those who suffer from memory loss, Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.

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.