Nursing Homes in Melrose, MN
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 Centracare Health System - Melrose Pine Villa C C Medicare and Medicaid Location: 525 West Main Street, Melrose, Minnesota 56352 Ratings: Phone: (320) 256-4231 |
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Patients focus on high cost of ER care
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the high cost of emergency room visits and "a changing health-care world, in which patients must think more like accountants and also like doctors. Make the right decision, and you could save thousands of dollars. Choose wrong, particularly about the ER, and you could lose your life. 'It is a dilemma for an average person: What is a real emergency?' said Martin Rosen, executive vice president of Health Advocate Inc. in Plymouth Meeting, which helps patients with medical or billing issues.
Cambrex sales increase by 5.7% in first quarter 2013
Cambrex Corporation reports results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.
Low-oxygen environment promotes heart regeneration in mice
Normal, healthy heart muscle is well-supplied with oxygen-rich blood. But UT Southwestern Medical Center cardiologists have been able to regenerate heart muscle by placing mice in an extremely low-oxygen environment.
Blind people and people with vision think about manipulating tools in same brain regions
Blind people think about manipulating tools in the same regions of the brain as do people who can see, according to a new study. The researchers say this adds to evidence that the brain has a fairly defined organization, while still being able to adapt to unusual conditions, such as not having any vision.
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