Hospitals in Blackwood, NJ - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Northbrook Behavioral Health Hospital
Psychiatric Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 425 Woodbury Turnersville Road, Blackwood, New Jersey 08012
Ratings:NA Phone: (856) 374-6500

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GERONTOSHIELD project receives 2.6 Million Euro fund for ageing research

Our society gets older, people live longer. The price we pay: infectious diseases can easier overcome the immune system. Like all organs, the immune system does not function flawlessly in old age. A new collaboration of university and non-university research institutes and two companies is investigating why our immune defence is getting weaker when we become old.

Findings suggest bitter melon extract may help in preventing breast cancer

Bitter melon extract, a common dietary supplement, exerts a significant effect against breast cancer cell growth and may eventually become a chemopreventive agent against this form of cancer, according to results of a recent study.

Obesity rate high among children admitted to hospital

A study by researchers at the Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick and Dalhousie University in Canada has found 34% of children between 6-12 years old admitted to hospital are overweight or obese.

Pfizer, Washington University announce indications discovery collaboration

In a first-of-a-kind collaboration between academia and industry, Pfizer Inc. will give scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis unprecedented access to information regarding more than 500 pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical candidates in a partnership that focuses on discovering new uses for existing compounds.

Surgeons can now customize artificial knee implants, prevent future revision surgeries

Throughout the years orthopedic surgeons have learned that one size does not fit all when it comes to joint replacements. Because of advancements in technology, surgeons can now customize artificial knee implants and prevent future revision surgeries.

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