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 Autumn Care Of Biscoe Medicare and Medicaid Location: 401 Lambert Road, Biscoe, North Carolina 27209 Ratings: Phone: (910) 428-2117 |
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AFA's fundraising event to highlight the importance of reproductive health and infertility prevention
The American Fertility Association, a national non-profit organization, knows the road to parenthood isn't always straight. To further the work of educating and supporting all men and women desiring to create their families - including hopeful gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, the AFA will hold its 9th annual Illuminations Los Angeles fundraising event on April 9th at the Sunset Tower Hotel, the Art Deco masterpiece on Sunset Boulevard.
FREEDOM trial results to be presented at Heart Rhythm 2010
St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced results of the FREEDOM trial during the late breaking clinical trial presentations at Heart Rhythm 2010, the Heart Rhythm Society's 31st Annual Scientific Sessions. The trial demonstrated that the QuickOpt optimization feature available in St. Jude Medical cardiac resynchronization therapy devices produces an equivalent response rate in CRT patients as optimization using echocardiography.
Novel MRI sensor can peer deep into the brain to detect intracellular calcium activity
Calcium is a critical signaling molecule for most cells, and it is especially important in neurons. Imaging calcium in brain cells can reveal how neurons communicate with each other; however, current imaging techniques can only penetrate a few millimeters into the brain.
RecordAF presents results of recently diagnosed and treated patients with atrial fibrillation
Results from the RecordAF registry (REgistry on Cardiac rhythm disORDers assessing the control of Atrial Fibrillation), presented today at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, show that in recently diagnosed and actively treated patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), a rhythm-control strategy provides better short term control of the arrhythmia versus a rate-control strategy but does not translate into a reduction in the occurrence of clinical events at 1 year.
Scientists discover how viral DNA of HBV can be degraded in cell nucleus
Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technische Universität München have discovered how the viral DNA of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be degraded in the cell nucleus of liver cells, consequently allowing the virus to be eliminated.
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