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

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Oroville Hospital
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 2767 Olive Highway, Oroville, California 95966
Ratings: Phone: (530) 533-8500

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Shift-and-persist strategies, supportive role models may reduce physiological burden of poor teens

Low-income teenagers who have supportive role models and engage in adaptive strategies have lower levels of a marker for cardiovascular risk than low-income teens without such resources, according to a new study.

Multiple pain locations contribute to greater knee pain

A new study found that patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee who also have pain in other joints were more likely to experience greater knee pain. Specifically, pain in the lower back as well as foot pain and elbow pain on the same side as the affected knee were associated with more severe knee pain. Full details appear in the December issue of Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology.

Delivering novel formulation of propranolol as liquid salt may reduce skin toxicity

Formulating drugs as liquid salts may provide a safe and efficient strategy for topical delivery of drugs that cause skin toxicity. A team of researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in Santa Barbara, CA has demonstrated a novel formulation of propranolol as a liquid salt which enables delivery through skin with reduced toxicity.

Medical professionals meet to standardize CT scanning techniques

A national summit of medical professionals meeting last month in Atlanta called for the creation of consensus scan techniques as a way of addressing the concerns of patients undergoing CT scans - a common medical imaging procedure that uses X-rays to show cross-sectional images of the body.

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