Hospitals in Blue Springs, MO - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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St Marys Medical Center
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 201 Nw R D Mize Rd, Blue Springs, Missouri 64014
Ratings: Phone: (816) 228-5900

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Review of Memantine for Alzheimer's

In a study published this month in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, researchers from the University of Aberdeen report that the drug memantine, used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and praised as "the first and only representative of a new class of Alzheimer drugs" works in fact similar to other existing compounds, and is beneficial only in a narrow concentration range.

Early adenotonsillectomy can improve behavior and sleep apnea symptoms in children

Adenotonsillectomy, or the removal of the adenoids and tonsils, is performed 500,000 times a year in the United States, often as a treatment for children with obstructive sleep apnea.

Scientists direct embryonic, induced human stem cells to become astrocytes in lab dish

Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system. Long considered to be little more than putty in the brain and spinal cord, the star-shaped astrocyte has found new respect among neuroscientists who have begun to recognize its many functions in the brain, not to mention its role in a range of disorders of the central nervous system.

Imaging tumor stiffness could aid delivery of treatment to most challenging cancers

Using a non-invasive imaging technique that measures the stiffness of tissues gives crucial new information about cancer architecture and could aid the delivery of treatment to the most challenging tumors, new research shows.

Communal violence in India forces up to 400,000 into overcrowded camps without sufficient food, water, medicine

"Hundreds of thousands of people sheltering in squalid, overcrowded camps in India's northeast desperately need food, water and medicines after fleeing some of the worst communal violence in a decade, officials and aid workers said on Monday," AlertNet reports.

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