Hospice Care in Guthrie, OK - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Companion Hospice, L L C
Medicare Approved
Location: 1314 East Oklahoma Ave, Guthrie, Oklahoma 73044
Phone: (405) 293-9000

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Cigarette accompanied by alcohol provides more pleasure to young adults than marijuana

Young adults get more pleasure from smoking cigarettes while they are drinking alcohol than they do while using marijuana, according to a new UC San Francisco study.

PET/CT scan predicts, detects local recurrence after radiofrequency ablation

A study published in the December issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine identified positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans as a potentially useful tool for predicting local recurrence in lung cancer patients treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA). RFA, which uses localized thermal energy to kill cancer cells, is increasingly used as an alternative treatment for patients unable to undergo surgery or other therapies to treat lung cancer.

Intel's CTO says technology will bring man and machine much closer together by 2050

Intel Corporation's chief technology officer took a fascinating look at how technology will bring man and machine much closer together by 2050.

Dasatinib offers new options for leukemia patients

Dasatinib, an experimental drug under development by Bristol-Myers Squibb, reverses the signs and symptoms of patients whose chronic myeloid leukemia has failed to respond to Gleevec, which is considered the standard of treatment for the disorder.

FDA panel schedules review for U-Systems' somo•v ABUS system

U-Systems, the leader in automated breast ultrasound, today announced the somo•v Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) system has been scheduled for review by the Radiological Devices Panel of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on April 11, 2012.

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.