Nursing Homes in Cortez, CO
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 Vista Grande Inn Medicare and Medicaid Location: 680 E Hospital Dr, Cortez, Colorado 81321 Ratings: Phone: (970) 564-1122 |
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Market forces alone are not sufficient to produce new drugs needed for children with cancer
Faced with "a near absence of research in pediatric cancer drug discovery," the IOM report recommends forming new public-private partnerships among government, industry, researchers, advocacy groups and other parties to lead research and development.
Fight or flight response may originate in our bones
A new study suggests that the main coordinator of the body's fight-or-flight response is a hormone called osteocalcin, which is secreted by bone.
Global Press Institute examines HIV/AIDS among women in Zambia
"With the HIV prevalence rate higher among women than men in Zambia, experts say the epidemic now has a women's face here and, therefore, requires more specialized intervention programs," and "women living with HIV say that women must be taught how to live positively with it," the Global Press Institute reports in a story examining the epidemic among women in Zambia.
John Kerry's plan to strengthen America's health care system
Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry Wednesday addressed the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 2004 Convention and discussed his innovative plan to strengthen America's health care system
Russian researchers propose new approach for prevention of thrombosis
A new approach for the prevention of thrombosis was proposed by researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Russian National Research Center for Hematology.
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