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Chisholm Trail Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 2000 W Elk Avenue, Duncan, Oklahoma 73533
Phone: (580) 251-8764

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Roche receives EUA from FDA for its RealTime ready Influenza A/H1N1 Detection Set for the 2009 H1N1 virus

Roche`s RealTime ready Influenza A/H1N1 Detection Set for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Roche kit detects RNA from the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus and allows rapid and accurate identification of patients infected with this virus.

Argos Therapeutics begins AGS-003 clinical trial in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Argos Therapeutics Inc., an immuno-oncology company focused on the development and commercialization of fully individualized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer based on the Arcelis technology platform, today announced the initiation of a single-center pilot clinical trial of AGS-003 as a neoadjuvant immunotherapy in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma.

IMAGE trial results to be presented at International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation meeting

XDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on noninvasive tests for the monitoring of immune-mediated conditions, today announced that results from its Invasive Monitoring Attenuation through Gene Expression trial will be presented by Dr. Michael X. Pham, Stanford University Medical Center, during a plenary session at the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation 30th Anniversary Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Chicago this month.

Hydroxychloroquine may reduce cardiac neonatal lupus in subsequent pregnancies: Research

Women with anti-SSA/Ro antibodies and a previous child who has heart block a condition where the electrical signal that makes the heart beat is damaged may potentially decrease their risk of delivering another child with life threatening heart disease by taking hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

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.