Nursing Homes in Metairie, LA
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 East Jefferson General Hospital Medicare Location: 4200 Houma Blvd, Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Ratings: Phone: (504) 503-4306 |
Metairie Health Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 6401 Riverside Drive, Metairie, Louisiana 70003 Ratings: Phone: (504) 885-8611 |
Colonial Oaks Living Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 4312 Ithaca Street, Metairie, Louisiana 70006 Ratings: Phone: (504) 887-6414 |
St Anthony's Nursing Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 6001 Airline Hwy., Metairie, Louisiana 70003 Ratings: Phone: (504) 733-8448 |
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Eighty-three percent of cancer doctors report that they've faced oncology drug shortages, and of those, nearly all say that their patients' treatment has been impacted, according to a study from researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that will be presented today at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Abstract #CRA6510).
Clinical trials of anti-cancer agent PAC-1 continue to progress with anonymous funding
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Monogamy unpopular among young people: Study
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Improving care for Alzheimer disease sufferers
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