Nursing Homes in Newton, MA
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 Care One At Newton Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2101 Washington Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02462 Ratings: Phone: (617) 969-4660 |
Lasell House Medicare Location: 120 Seminary Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts 02466 Ratings: Phone: (617) 663-7000 |
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Duke study finds that gut worms can protect babies' brains from chronic inflammation
A Duke University study in rats finds that gut worms can protect babies' brains from long-term learning and memory problems caused by newborn infections.
Urban expansion is creating "new ecological niches" for spread of infectious diseases
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, and York University, Canada, investigated how the global trend towards urbanization has contributed to the rise in the total number of disease outbreaks per decade since the 1980s.
Doctors should consider alternatives to antibiotics for sinusitis
When suffering through a sinus infection, many people ask for an antibiotic to speed their recovery. However, a recent review of clinical trials found that while antibiotics can provide minor improvements in uncomplicated sinusitis cases, most patients recover without the drugs within two weeks.
Inadequate government funding increases British Columbians' healthcare cost burden
British Columbia families will bear the brunt of the provincial government's failure to adequately fund health care, Health Sciences Association of BC president Reid Johnson said in response to the provincial government's budget introduced today.
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