Hospitals in Mount Vernon, IL - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Ssm Health - Good Samaritan Hospital
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 1 Good Samaritan Way, Mount Vernon, Illinois 62864
Ratings: Phone: (618) 899-1469

Crossroads Community Hospital
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 8 Doctors Park Rd, Mount Vernon, Illinois 62864
Ratings: Phone: (618) 244-5500

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NIH-funded analysis finds 19% of young adults with high blood pressure

Roughly 19 percent of young adults may have high blood pressure, according to an analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals closes $6.17M Series B-4 private equity financing

Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held, clinical stage oncology-focused pharmaceutical company, has announced the closing of its Series B-4 private equity financing of $6,175,000. The Company plans to use the proceeds for its on-going phase I/II clinical trials of its lead cancer drug-CPI-613, research and development, and general corporate purposes.

Common-sense measures to stop ICU infections

Hospitals will quickly slash the rate of common, costly and potentially lethal catheter-related bloodstream infections in their intensive care units (ICUs) by using cheap, low-tech, common-sense measures like hand washing, timely removal of unneeded catheters, and use of sites other than the groin to place lines when possible, according to a report from safety experts at Johns Hopkins in the New England Journal of Medicine.

MD Anderson researcher awarded 2013 Fight Colorectal Cancer-AACR Fellowship

For her research focusing on the refinement of predictive biomarkers and improving outcomes in the field of metastatic colorectal cancer, Maria Pia Morelli, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the 2013 Fight Colorectal Cancer-AACR Fellowship, in memory of Lisa Dubow.

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