Infectious Disease Doctors in Houma, LA Accepting Medicare

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Mary L Eschete, MD Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 1990 Industrial Boulevard, Houma, LA 70363 Phone: 985-868-9300    Fax: 985-851-0053

Dr. Allison Cormier, MD Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 605 Enterprise Dr Ste B, Houma, LA 70360 Phone: 985-262-1639    Fax: 985-262-8197

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Twin births on the rise in the U.S.

Over the last three decades there has been a rise in the number of twins born in the U.S. Mostly this is the result of test-tube babies and women waiting to have children until their 30s, when the chances of twins increase. In 2009, 1 in every 30 babies born in the U.S. was a twin, an astounding increase over the 1 in 53 rate in 1980, according to a government report issued Wednesday.

Innate immune response may warn of chronic multisite musculoskeletal pain

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African-American women with mitochondrial DNA variant are at increased risk of breast cancer

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Fat tissue in PCOS patients may predispose them to diabetes and heart disease

Fat tissue in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance, and greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, according to a study conducted at the Center for Androgen-Related Research and Discovery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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