Nursing Homes in Colfax, LA
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 Colfax Reunion Nursing And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 366 Webb Smith Drive, Colfax, Louisiana 71417 Ratings: Phone: (318) 627-3207 |
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Also in global health news: Polio in Afghanistan; Goosby interview; water shortages in Mexico City; clean water device
Agence France-Presse examines the re-emergence of polio in Afghanistan, which is one of four countries where the disease is endemic. According to AFP, "Health care, or the lack of it, is one of many problems facing Afghanistan, eight years after a war to topple the extremist Taliban regime and the arrival of billions of dollars in international aid." Although UNICEF recently launched a three-day immunization campaign in the country, the "ongoing Taliban insurgency, virulent in the south - Helmand, Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces in particular - has meant many children are not being reached," AFP writes (O'Donnell, 9/14).
Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: Getting the drug to treat it
Louis Morano knew what he needed, and he knew where to get it. He made his way to a mobile medical clinic parked on a corner of Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, in the geographical heart of the city's overdose crisis. People call it "the bupe bus."
Researchers reveal hereditary nature of bilateral tinnitus
Researchers have been able to demonstrate the hereditary nature of certain forms of tinnitus. Bilateral tinnitus - that is, tinnitus in both ears - has been shown to depend on genetic factors, particularly in men.
Dendritic cells could lead to better treatments for persistent infections, cancer
Autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn's disease plague tens of millions of Americans and are the result of the body's immune system, whose role is to fight against disease-causing pathogens, turning against itself.
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