Hospitals in Conyers, GA - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 1412 Milstead Avenue, Ne, Conyers, Georgia 30012
Ratings: Phone: (770) 918-3000

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Wipes labeled as 'flushable' can negatively impact household plumbing, municipal sewers

Thinking twice about what you flush away may help you save money, and the environment. Today, Ryerson University released a new report on the first ever test of single-use wipes against rigorous criteria for flushability.

New system provides comprehensive remote monitoring solution for the chronically ill

As Europe's population ages, chronic diseases are becoming increasingly widespread. Characterised by gradually deteriorating health and recurring incidents often requiring immediate medical attention, chronic illnesses have a severe impact on patients' autonomy and life quality and are putting increasing strain on over-stretched healthcare systems.

Researchers demonstrate potential neurochemical mechanism of weight loss

An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, identified the neurological and cellular signaling mechanisms that contribute to satiety - the sensation of feeling full - and the subsequent body-weight loss produced by drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes. More comprehensive knowledge of these mechanisms could form the basis for anti-obesity medications.

Capecitabine in chemotherapy regimen reduces early breast cancer recurrence

An analysis conducted by the Finnish Breast Cancer Group and published in The Lancet Oncology shows women at intermediate to high-risk of early breast cancer recurrence who received capecitabine as part of their chemotherapy regimen had a 34% reduction in the risk of the disease returning or death, compared with those taking the chemotherapy combination regimen without capecitabine.

Study: Sufficient copies of SMN1 gene extend survival in animals with spinal muscular atrophy

To make up for insufficient amounts of SMN protein, the cause of the inherited neuromuscular disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), researchers have successfully delivered a replacement SMN1 gene directly to the spinal cords of animal models of SMA.

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