Hospitals in Berlin, MD - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Atlantic General Hospital
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, Maryland 21811
Ratings: Phone: (410) 641-9600

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A.P. Pharma regains compliance for continued listing on Nasdaq Capital Market

A.P. Pharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that, on January 7, 2010, it received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) confirming that the Company has regained compliance with the $1.00 minimum closing bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Listing Rule 5450(a)(1).

Herbal medicines may be as effective as pain medication for short-term low back pain

The herbal preparations devil's claw, white willow bark and cayenne plasters may be as effective as pain medication for short-term low back pain and are better than placebo, a new systematic review of studies has found.

Learning detailed navigation information causes hippocampal brain changes

Fifteen years ago, a study showed that the brains of London cab drivers had an enlargement in the hippocampus, a brain area associated with navigation. But questions remained: Did the experience of navigating London's complex system of streets change their brains, or did only the people with larger hippocampi succeed in becoming cab drivers? Now, Carnegie Mellon University scientists have determined that learning detailed navigation information causes the hippocampal brain changes.

Clinical study shows two-drug combination can prolong survival in men with metastatic prostate cancer

Newly diagnosed patients with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer gained a dramatic survival benefit when started on two drugs simultaneously, rather than delaying the second drug until the cancer began to worsen, according to results of a clinical trial led by a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientist.

The push is on for deficit reduction

Addressing government entitlement programs, including Medicare, are key to that effort. Meanwhile, GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich offers his own plans for wringing savings from health care costs.

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