Nursing Homes in Demopolis, AL
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 Woodhaven Manor Nursing Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 105 West Windsor St, Demopolis, Alabama 36732 Ratings: Phone: (334) 289-2741 |
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Experimental treatment shows early promise for improving Parkinson's symptoms
About fourteen years ago, Bill Crawford noticed a persistent twitching in one of his fingers that was interfering with his rehearsal time as the music pastor at Porter Memorial Church.
CTI submits expanded PIP to EMEA for pixantrone MAA for relapsed or refractory, aggressive NHL
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has submitted an expanded Pediatric Investigation Plan to the European Medicines Agency, as part of the process for its submission for a Marketing Authorization Application for pixantrone in the E.U. for the treatment of relapsed or refractory, aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).
Germany's BMBF awards NOXXON grant for developing Spiegelmer NOX-A12
NOXXON Pharma AG (NOXXON), clinical-stage developer of L-RNA based scaffolds (Spiegelmers®) that bind their targets conceptually similar to antibodies, announced today that the company was awarded a research grant from Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the ministry's small and medium enterprise innovation initiative ("KMU-Innovativ").
Gene variant linked to liver cirrhosis in Caucasians
A new study by German researchers found that a variation in the PNPLA3 (adiponutrin) gene was associated with cirrhosis of the liver and elevated transaminase (liver enzyme) levels in alcoholic Caucasians. The risk of cirrhosis in alcoholics in the genetic high risk group might be as high as 25 to 50%. Full findings are published in the January 2011 issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
New discovery paves way to development of biochemical test for diagnosing Parkinson's disease
Misfolded proteins associated with Parkinson's disease were detected in cerebrospinal fluid by scientists at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, paving the way to development of a biochemical test to diagnosis the disease.
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