Nursing Homes in Ulen, MN
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 Viking Manor Nursing Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 317 First Street Northwest, Ulen, Minnesota 56585 Ratings: Phone: (218) 596-8847 |
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HPV vaccination programs may reduce genital diseases
High-coverage human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations among adolescents and young women may result in a rapid reduction of genital warts, cervical cell abnormalities, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, researchers report in a new study published online February 5 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Some of these genital abnormalities are precursors of cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers.
New project on developing countermeasures for natural and intentional exposure to disease pathogens
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have received a $5.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Army Research Office (ARO) to develop transient immunity against known, unknown, naturally occurring, or engineered disease-causing pathogens. The ultimate goal is to develop a viable countermeasure to an unknown pathogen within seven days of receiving it in a laboratory.
Common, overprescribed drugs lead to election dopiness and immaturity
As Bill Maher, New York Magazine, the Washington Post and countless cable news and Internet sources have pointed out, the 2010 midterm campaigns and elections seem to have brought to light an American electorate capable of shocking illogic, ignorance and even violence.
Study demonstrates far-reaching impact of voice disorders
Patients with voice problems have nearly as many days of short-term disability claim and work productivity losses as those with chronic conditions like asthma, heart disease and depression, according to new findings from Duke University Medical Center researchers. Per claim, voice disorders account for up to 40 lost workdays and about $3,400 in short-term disability payments annually.
Milliman Care Guidelines presents Doyle Award to ADVANTAGE Health Solutions and Sound Physicians
Milliman Care Guidelines today presented its Doyle Award for Innovation and Leadership in Healthcare to ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc.(SM) and to Sound Physicians. The awards were presented in ceremonies here at the Milliman Care Guidelines Client Forum.
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