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

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Habersham County Medical Ctr
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 541 Historic Highway 441-north, Demorest, Georgia 30535
Ratings: Phone: (706) 754-2161

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Gamida Cell publishes article evaluating Stemex for leukemia and lymphoma

Gamida Cell announced today the publication of an article evaluating carlecortemcel-l, the generic name of what is widely known as "StemEx", as a therapy for blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma. The article, carlecortemcel-l, an ex vivo expanded umbilical cord blood cell graft for allogeneic transplantation, written by Dr. Ka Wah Chan and Dr. Demetrios Petropoulos, will be published in the November 2009 issue of Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy.

Despite past disasters U.S. still not ready to cope biological attacks and flu pandemics

According to a newly released report the U.S. remains unprepared to deal with disasters such as biological attacks and flu pandemics.

Medical students and biomedical scientists to attend 8th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation and Sepsis

The 8th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation and Sepsis – TSIS 2010 – will take place from March 9th to13th 2010 in the Auditorium Tract of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Campus Grosshadern, in Munich/Germany.

Congenital hypothyroidism of central origin often requires treatment

Congenital hypothyroidism of central origin should not be dismissed as a mild condition and is worth screening for, say researchers.

Cognitive decline incidence higher in southern ‘stroke belt'

New research shows that residents of the Stroke Belt—a southern portion of the U.S. with significantly elevated stroke morality rate—also have a greater incidence of cognitive decline than other regions of the country. Researchers believe shared risk factors among members of this population are to blame. Results of this study, funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), are published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association.

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