Nursing Homes in Mountain Lake, MN
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 Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Lake Medicare and Medicaid Location: 745 Basinger Memorial Drive, Mountain Lake, Minnesota 56159 Ratings: Phone: (507) 427-2464 |
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New information on benefits of oral food challenges when diagnosing food allergies
Oral food challenges (OFCs) are the gold standard for allergists when diagnosing a food allergy. The person being tested is given a very small dose of the food by mouth under the supervision of a board-certified allergist to test for a severe reaction.
Researchers develop new tool to find gene control regions
Researchers at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins have invented a cost-effective and highly efficient way of analyzing what many have termed "junk" DNA and identified regions critical for controlling gene function.
Polyphenols in wine may help prevent cavities
A class of chemicals in red wine grapes may significantly reduce the ability of bacteria to cause cavities, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Household rules can help parents resolve conflicts and guard children's mental health
Holiday presents will soon be under the tree for millions of adolescents. With those gifts may come sibling squabbles over violations of personal space, such as unwanted borrowing of a fashionable clothing item, or arguments over fairness, such as whose turn it is to play a new video game. Those squabbles represent two specific types of sibling conflict that can have different effects on a youth's emotional health, according to a multi-year study by a University of Missouri psychologist.
Advances in combination adult stem cell treatment for acute myocardial infarction presented at SCAI
This week, TCA Cellular Therapy's Medical Director Gabriel Lasala, M.D. presents advances in a proprietary combination adult stem cell treatment for acute myocardial infarction at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) scientific conference in San Diego.
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