Hospitals in Saint Joseph, MO - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 5325 Faraon Street, Saint Joseph, Missouri 64506
Ratings: Phone: (816) 271-6000

Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehab Ctr
Psychiatric Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 3505 Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, Missouri 64502
Ratings:NA Phone: (816) 387-2300

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ART as part of HIV prevention strategy supported by WHO

"AIDS drugs should be given to all who need them to reduce new infections, the World Health Organization said," following a three-day meeting on the topic of using antiretroviral therapy (ART) to help prevent the spread of HIV, Bloomberg reports. "Providing more antiretroviral drugs 'will achieve a significant transmission benefit,' Teguest Guerma, interim director of the WHO's AIDS department, said … 'In the past, there has been a false dichotomy between prevention and treatment. …'That is really what has been corrected. Prevention and treatment are two faces of the same coin'" (Bennett, 11/5).

Review article provides in depth survey of studies focusing on retinoblastoma protein's role in apoptosis

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Viewpoints: Santorum pushed Romney on health care; GOP's 'classic male mistake'; ACOs and the anti-trust challenge

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