Hospitals in Brookhaven, MS - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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King's Daughters Medical Center-brookhaven
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: P O Box 948/427 Highway 51 North, Brookhaven, Mississippi 39601
Ratings: Phone: (601) 833-6011

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Sports-related sudden cardiac death is reduced by pre-participation cardiovascular screening

Young competitive athletes are perceived by the general population to be the healthiest members of society. The possibility that highly trained athletes may have a potentially serious cardiac condition that can predispose to life-threatening tachyarrhythmias or sudden cardiac death seems paradoxical.

American Epilepsy Society recognizes neuroscientist for basic science advances

Douglas A. Coulter, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, received the 2010 Epilepsy Research Recognition Award for Basic Science from the American Epilepsy Society. The Society honored Dr. Coulter's pioneering contributions to epilepsy research on Monday, Dec. 6 at its Annual Meeting in San Antonio.

Ohio Medicaid readies new nursing home reimbursement; New nursing home database launched

Ohio's nursing home program in Medicaid - the federal-state health care program for the poor - is changing how nursing homes are paid to try to address their quality. In the meantime, ProPublica launches a nursing home inspection database.

GTx receives $1.2 million under QTDP program

GTx, Inc. announced that the company has been awarded approximately $1.2 million by the United States Government under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program (QTDP), a $1 billion fund established under HR: 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Illinois researchers develop lab-on-a-smartphone system to detect infectious diseases

Infectious diseases such as Zika and Dengue remain a top contributor to death and disability across the globe, according to the World Health Organization.

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