Nursing Homes in Rushford, MN
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 Good Shepherd Lutheran Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 800 Home Street, Box 747, Rushford, Minnesota 55971 Ratings: Phone: (507) 864-7714 |
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Gigapixel whole-body photographic camera may help doctors spot cancer early, save lives
Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer type in the United States, and it's also the deadliest form of skin cancer, causing more than 75 percent of skin-cancer deaths. If caught early enough though, it is almost always curable. Now a camera, capable of taking snapshots of the entire human body and rendering high-resolution images of a patient's skin may help doctors spot cancer early and save lives.
Two-drug combination shows promise against diabetic retinopathy in animal models
A two-drug cocktail provided better protection against diabetes-related vision loss than a single drug during testing in rat models, a team of University of Florida Health and Dutch researchers has found.
High-intensity interval exercise could help combat cognitive dysfunction in obese people
It's fast-paced, takes less time to do, and burns a lot of calories. High-intensity interval exercise is widely recognized as the most time-efficient and effective way to exercise.
Dual-wave nanotherapy method improves treatment of deadly pancreatic cancer
A new method of microscopic drug delivery that could greatly improve the treatment of deadly pancreatic cancer has been proven to work in mice at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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