Nursing Homes in Williamsport, MD
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 Williamsport Nursing Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 154 N. Artizan Street, Williamsport, Maryland 21795 Ratings: Phone: (301) 223-7971 |
Homewood At Williamsport Md Medicare and Medicaid Location: 16505 Virginia Avenue, Williamsport, Maryland 21795 Ratings: Phone: (301) 582-1628 |
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Cardio Infrared Technologies to deliver new Cardio-Cor II unit to Utah and Florida
Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CDOI) www.cardio-cor.com, a leading Health and Wellness technology and marketing company, announced today that orders and commitments for new orders are being received by the company on the Cardio-Cor II™. Doctors weight loss clinics in Florida and Utah have either placed orders or have committed to the purchase the Cardio-Cor II. Inquires on the Cardio-Cor II have been incredibly high and constant since the press release on the new unit.
Cost-effectiveness of potentially life-saving implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) is an important public health issue
The use of implanted defibrillators that keep the heart beating in proper electrical rhythm to prevent cardiac arrest appears to be cost-effective for those patients who receive a significant mortality reduction, according to researchers from Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Stanford University and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Calif. They analyzed eight clinical trials of the devices to arrive at their conclusion.
Increasing transparency would help China strengthen its role in global health development
Writing in the Center for Global Development's blog, Victoria Fan, a research fellow at CGD, describes a panel session during the 4th Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health recently held in Washington, D.C.
CNF names Elizabeth A. Thiele as winner of 2014 Infantile Spasms Heroes Award
Today the Child Neurology Foundation, named Elizabeth A. Thiele, MD, PhD, as its 2014 Infantile Spasms (IS) Heroes Award winner to help kick off IS Awareness Week (December 5-11, 2014). The IS Heroes Award was established in 2010 by CNF, www.childneurologyfoundation.org, to recognize a deserving healthcare professional for making a positive difference in the life of a child with infantile spasms.
Researchers identify clue to explain the reversible memory loss caused by statins
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and physicians continue to document that some patients experience fuzzy thinking and memory loss while taking statins, a class of global top-selling cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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