Hospitals in Downey, CA - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 9333 Imperial Highway, Downey, California 90242
Ratings: Phone: (562) 461-6007

Pih Hospital - Downey
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 11500 Brookshire Avenue, Downey, California 90241
Ratings: Phone: (526) 904-5000

Lac/rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Ctr
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 7601 East Imperial Highway, Downey, California 90242
Ratings:NA Phone: (562) 401-7022

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Researchers one step closer to development of drug-eluting contact lens for glaucoma treatment

For nearly half a century, contact lenses have been proposed as a means of ocular drug delivery that may someday replace eye drops, but achieving controlled drug release has been a significant challenge. Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are one step closer to an eye drop-free reality with the development of a drug-eluting contact lens designed for prolonged delivery of latanoprost, a common drug used for the treatment of glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.

eHealth CEO commends passage of health reform bill

I commend Speaker Pelosi, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rangel, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Waxman, Education and Labor Committee Chairman Miller, lead author Rep. John Dingell and their House colleagues for advancing legislation with the goal of connecting all Americans to coverage. House passage of this legislation is an important step towards reform and achieving the goal of covering the uninsured, an objective that has been a priority for our company from its inception.

Autopsy study links prostate cancer to single rogue cell

One cell...one initial set of genetic changes - that's all it takes to begin a series of events that lead to metastatic cancer. Now, Johns Hopkins experts have tracked how the cancer process began in 33 men with prostate cancer who died of the disease. Culling information from autopsies, their study points to a set of genetic defects in a single cell that are different for each person's cancer.

Study finds consistent neuroinflammatory response after intracerebral hemorrhage

Understanding how the immune system responds to acute brain hemorrhage could open doors to identifying treatments for this devastating disease.

NIH funds Urovalve to advance development of Surinate Bladder Management System

Urovalve, a medical device company focused on creating products for urinary flow and control, announced today that it has received $400,000 in new funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance development of its Surinate Bladder Management System—designed to improve the quality of life of men who suffer from acute or chronic urinary retention, an inability to empty the bladder.

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