Hospitals in Gatesville, TX - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Coryell Memorial Healthcare System
Critical Access Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 1507 W Main Street, Gatesville, Texas 76528
Ratings: Phone: (254) 865-8251

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Adult male circumcision not a cost effective anti-HIV tactic, panel of economists says

A panel of economists commissioned by the Copenhagen Consensus Centre who "conducted a first-ever cost-benefit analysis of the top AIDS-fighting approaches by comparing the costs of prevention and treatment options per lives saved ... said Wednesday that adult male circumcision, a global priority for preventing HIV infection, is not nearly as cost-effective as other methods of prevention," USA Today reports.

States increasingly expanding SCHIP coverage to middle-class families

Several states are working to raise income eligibility limits for SCHIP, despite White House opposition, AP /Long Island Newsday reports. According to a survey conducted by Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, 18 states already have received federal approval to offer SCHIP coverage to families with annual incomes greater than 200% of the federal poverty level - the income threshold established when SCHIP began a decade ago.

Lifestyle choices help maintain our brain and emotional health

Heart health risk factors and lifestyle choices, such as exercise, learning new things and staying socially connected, are associated with maintaining brain health as we age according to a new report.

Experimental drug ipilimumab increases overall survival in patients with metastatic melanoma: Study

The Melanoma Network of Canada is excited with the new hope that long-anticipated results of a late-stage skin cancer trial brings to patients with advanced melanoma. The results, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, show increased survival with the experimental treatment ipilimumab in patients with previously-treated metastatic melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.

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