Nursing Homes in Wabasha, MN
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 St Elizabeth Medical Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1200 Fifth Grant Boulevard West, Wabasha, Minnesota 55981 Ratings: Phone: (651) 565-4531 |
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Immunotherapy expert discusses the concept of precision immunology and personalized medicine
With President Obama's recent State of the Union speech addressing the launch of a national precision medicine initiative to further tackle cancer and other diseases, a leading immunotherapy expert from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey weighs in on where we stand with precision immunology and personalized medicine and what needs to be accomplished.
Research looks at ways to reduce the over-prescribing of antibiotics
Improving communications skills and the use of a simple blood test could help cut the growing number of inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics, a joint Cardiff University trial has discovered.
'Fresh efforts' needed to understand, deliver family planning in order to curb birth rates in developing countries
In this Financial Times opinion piece, journalist Andrew Jack examines the challenges of family planning in some poorer countries, where public health programs "risk adding to population pressures and inadvertently setting back development," writing, "In a number of countries, notably in central and western Africa, health programs have contributed to cutting infant mortality rates, but birth rates have continued to remain stubbornly high. The unintended consequence is a fast-growing population that adds further pressure on poor families and fragile environments."
IRIDEX introduces new XP Module for IQ 532 ENT laser system
IRIDEX Corporation announced the introduction of its new XP Module - a high power factory installed option for the IRIDEX IQ 532 green laser system.
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