Hospitals in Anderson, IN - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Ascension St Vincent Anderson
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 2015 Jackson St, Anderson, Indiana 46016
Ratings: Phone: (765) 646-8373

Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison County
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 1515 N Madison Ave, Anderson, Indiana 46011
Ratings: Phone: (765) 298-4242

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Organophosphates exposure during pregnancy may impair child cognitive development

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that exposure during pregnancy to a family of pesticides called organophosphates may impair child cognitive development. The findings are published online in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Researchers develop biophysical treatment method for dialysis patients

Researchers at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a biophysical treatment method that allows up to 50 percent more toxins to be removed from the blood of dialysis patients. Use of this technology may result in patients with kidney disease seeing a considerable reduction in the length of dialysis sessions. An initial patent application for this technology was filed in 2011.

Follow-up study of HIV vaccine trial provides clues for continued research

"After two years of analyzing the results of the largest AIDS vaccine clinical trial ever held - called RV144 - researchers say they have found two ways the immune system can respond, which could predict whether those inoculated will be protected or are more likely to become infected with HIV," CNN's health blog "The Chart" reports.

Beyond 9-9-9: Herman Cain on health policy

As GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain's polling numbers surge, the Wall Street Journal examines his positions on health policy. Meanwhile, in other news from the Republican primary race, the Des Moines Register reports that Michele Bachmann is warning that the Supreme Court cannot be trusted to undo the health law, while the Texas Tribune takes a look at Rick Perry and Planned Parenthood.

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