Hospitals in Eagle River, WI - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Ascension Eagle River Hospital
Critical Access Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 201 Hospital Road, Eagle River, Wisconsin 54521
Ratings: Phone: (715) 479-7411

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HHS, SJHH launch integrated Radiology and Nuclear Medicine peer review pilot project

The integrated department of diagnostic services at Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton announced today that it is launching a city-wide, integrated Radiology and Nuclear Medicine peer review pilot project.

Study reveals high prevalence of colistin-resistant bacteria in residents in Vietnam

A team of researchers led by Osaka University examined the dissemination of colistin-resistant bacteria among residents of rural communities in Vietnam to find that the prevalence of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli in the intestines was extremely high, at about 70 percent.

Orthopedists should suspect necrotizing fasciitis in patients with out of proportion pain

Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infection, in every patient with pain or other symptoms that are out of proportion to the initial diagnosis. Their recommendations are published in the September 2012 issue of Orthopedics Today.

Treating sleep-disordered breathing may improve prognosis of heart failure patients

Severe sleep-disordered breathing is linked with stiffening of the arteries' walls and may be related to the development of heart failure, according to a recent study in ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

BPA has no effects on brain development: New study

This new study, which exposed pregnant rodents to a range of BPA dietary doses from low to high, concluded that BPA had no effects on brain development or behavior in their offspring that had been exposed to BPA in utero and throughout development. The robust study was conducted by highly qualified researchers at WIL Research Laboratories.

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