Nursing Homes in Westbrook, ME
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 Springbrook Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 300 Spring St, Westbrook, Maine 04092 Ratings: Phone: (207) 856-1230 |
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Children better off but more needs to be done
Griffith University's Socio-Legal Research Centre has released findings of a study examining how children's contact services are being used in Australia and how they can be improved.
Skin cancer prevention measure increases hat use among fourth-graders
A sun protection intervention program that encouraged fourth-graders to wear hats outdoors as a skin cancer prevention measure significantly increased hat use at school, a study by researchers at the University of South Florida College of Medicine found. The program, however, had no effect on self-reported hat use at home or on measures of skin pigmentation.
University of Liverpool spin out aims to revolutionize the diagnosis of UTIs
The University of Liverpool has formed a new spin-out company, PhenUtest Diagnostics Ltd, to take forward state-of-the-art medical device technology that aims to revolutionise the diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).
ATS, Springer to collaborate on book series, Respiratory Medicine
Springer and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have entered into a partnership to collaborate on the book series Respiratory Medicine.
Home-based immunoglobulin therapy acceptable in primary immunodeficiency
Subcutaneous immunoglobulin therapy, administered at home, is an acceptable substitute for hospital-based intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with immune deficiencies, according to recent findings published in the Journal of Clinical Immunology.
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