Hospice Care in Alt De San Juan, PR - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Caribbean Hospice Corporation
Medicare Approved
Location: Winston Churchill Ave # 153 Crown Hills, Alt De San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926
Phone: (787) 764-6555

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Physicians more likely to support smoking cessation in heart disease patients than people with cancer

Although a cancer diagnosis can motivate people to try to quit smoking, a study of British general practitioners finds that physicians are more likely to support smoking cessation in primary care patients with coronary heart disease than those with cancer, and patients with cancer are less likely to stop smoking.

New review finds link between exposure to alcohol marketing and youth drinking behavior

A new analysis of 12 long-term studies published since 2008 from across the globe finds that young people under the legal drinking age who are more exposed to alcohol marketing appear more likely to start drinking early and also to engage in binge drinking.

IU scientists discover way to make drug treatment more successful against malaria

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified a way to block the ability of parasites that cause malaria to shield themselves against drug treatments in infected mice-a finding that could lead to the development of new approaches to combat this deadly disease in humans.

Study on how immune systems of astronauts respond to seasonal flu vaccine

Every year, as influenza season - and flu shot season-rolls around, medical experts weigh in on just how effective it will be against that year's particular strain. What if that equation could take into account a person's own immune response?

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.