Hospitals in Ketchikan, AK - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Peacehealth Ketchikan Medical Center
Critical Access Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 3100 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
Ratings: Phone: (907) 225-5171

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Women do not receive timely diagnosis for heart disease

A recent study has indicated that women who start menstruating at the age of 11 or earlier, or enter menopause before 47 have a higher risk of heart disease and stroke. Some other factors that were associated with elevated odds of heart problems in later years were miscarriage, stillbirth, undergoing a hysterectomy, and bearing children at a young age.

Heavy dope smoking can damage developing brain in teens, young adults

Adolescents and young adults who are heavy users of marijuana are more likely than non-users to have disrupted brain development, according to a new study.

Neurogenesis plays a beneficial role in exercise-induced response to stress, sexual behavior and reproduction

Two studies published by an interdisciplinary team of Hong Kong researchers in the current special issue of Cell Transplantation (20:1), now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct/ , link the regrowth of key adult brain cells (neurogenesis) in two critical areas of the brain to both the benefits of exercise as a stress reducer and also to sexual behavior and reproductive issues.

FDA clears ETView's VivaSight-DL Airway Management System

ETView today announced that the company has received clearance of a 510(k) Pre-Marketing Notification Application with the US Food and Drug Administration.

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