Nursing Homes in Edison, GA
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 Calhoun Nursing Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 265 Turner Street, Edison, Georgia 39846 Ratings: Phone: (229) 835-2251 |
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New compounds with potent anticancer activity could lessen side effects of oncological treatments
The Universitat Jaume I, the Spanish Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and the University of Pavia have patented new compounds with potent anticancer activity in breast and colon tumour cell lines that have low toxicity in healthy cells, which can dramatically decrease side effects during chemotherapy treatment.
DBS targets same class of neuronal cells that respond to physical exercise and drug Prozac
Shooting steady pulses of electricity through slender electrodes into a brain area that controls complex behaviors has proven to be effective against several therapeutically stubborn neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Now, a new study has found that this technique, called deep brain stimulation (DBS), targets the same class of neuronal cells that are known to respond to physical exercise and drugs such as Prozac.
Current research does not support use of smell tests for Alzheimer's dementia
Current research does not support the use of smell tests for predicting Alzheimer's dementia, according to a comprehensive review by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars at the University of Michigan and the VA Center for Clinical Management Research.
Flexible spending accounts getting slightly less flexible
Kaiser Health News staff writer Andrew Villegas writes about how FSA rules are going to be different.
CU Boulder study sheds new light on mechanism behind radiation-induced bystander effect
More than half of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy, in which high doses of radiation are aimed at diseased tissue to kill cancer cells.
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