Hospice Care in Laurel, MS - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Comfortcare Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 2260 Highway 15 North/mail- Po Box 607 39441, Laurel, Mississippi 39440
Phone: (601) 422-0054

Deaconess Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 128 South 11th Avenue, Laurel, Mississippi 39440
Phone: (601) 261-4010

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Trying to pinpoint hurricane's true toll, researchers say 1,139 died in Puerto Rico

The question of how many people perished after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has stirred controversy because of the wide discrepancies between the territory's official count and independent reports. Now, two researchers have added a new tally that uses the island government's own data but far outpaces its death estimate.

Research shows it is possible to freeze embryos and reduce multiple pregnancies in PGD cycles without adversely affecting pregnancy rates

Transferring just one embryo at a time to a woman's womb after embryos have undergone preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and freezing at the blastocyst stage has become a real option after researchers achieved pregnancy rates that were as good as those for blastocysts that had not had a cell removed for PGD before freezing. Their results mean that it will be possible to reduce the number of multiple pregnancies after PGD and the consequent complications associated with these pregnancies.

Astronaut Kate Rubins transmits unique message to organizers of World Extreme Medicine Exposition

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Maternal shift work can result in reduced fetal growth and longer pregnancies

New research published in The Journal of Physiology indicates shift work exposure in mothers can result in reduced fetal growth and longer pregnancies, even when the shift work is only carried out early in pregnancy.

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.