Hospitals in Big Timber, MT - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Pioneer Medical Center
Critical Access Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 301 W 7th Ave, Big Timber, Montana 59011
Ratings:NA Phone: (406) 932-4603

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Large-scale randomized treatment study on adrenocortical cancer

Adrenocortical cancer is an uncommon form of cancer that is often fatal. For the first time, a large-scale randomized treatment study has now been carried out. The study is being published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine and constitutes an important and long-awaited platform for continued research.

Adolescents with ASD have four-time higher risk of emergency visits than peers without autism

Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use emergency department services four times as often as their peers without autism, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The findings suggest that youth with autism may need better access to primary care and specialist services.

G8 should discuss world's over-60 population to develop policies for 'healthy, active and productive aging'

"Within five years, for the first time in history, the number of adults 65 and older will exceed the number of children younger than five, the World Health Organization reports," "which is why the aging global population's impact on social stability, economic growth and fiscal sustainability should be part of the agenda at next month's Group of Eight summit," Michael Hodin, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and executive director of the Global Coalition on Aging, writes in a Washington Post opinion piece.

NINDS: $50 billion spent each year for low back pain

A study by researchers at The George Institute for International Health in Australia found that it is rare for patients presenting to PCPs with acute lower back pain to have previously undiagnosed serious diseases. The most common serious disease cause documented was vertebral fracture, with half of the cases identified at the time of initial consultation.

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