Nursing Homes in Hastings On Hudson, NY
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 Andrus On Hudson Medicare and Medicaid Location: 185 Old Broadway, Hastings On Hudson, New York 10706 Ratings: Phone: (914) 478-3700 |
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Lockdowns improved air quality, averted tens of thousands of deaths in severely polluted regions
Lockdowns initiated to curb the spread of the coronavirus in China and Europe at the beginning of the pandemic improved air quality, averting tens of thousands of deaths in regions where air pollution has a significant impact on mortality, a new study shows.
Interventional Spine's PerX360 System to be presented at ISASS annual meeting
Interventional Spine, Inc. today announced that Dr. Rudolf Morgenstern, Director and Chief Surgeon of the Morgenstern Institute for Endoscopic Spine Surgery at Centro Medico Teknon in Barcelona, and Dr. David Greenwald from Flagler Brain and Spine Institute of St. Augustine, Florida will present the PerX360 System at the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
Brain starts shrinking in Alzheimer's disease a decade earlier: Study
According to American researchers, brain scans of healthy people showed signs that the brain was shrinking in Alzheimer's-affected areas nearly a decade before the disease was diagnosed. This comes in the latest issue of the journal Neurology and it may offer a new way to detect the disease early, an advance that could help in the development of effective treatments for Alzheimer's, a brain-wasting disease that affects up to 26 million people globally.
Hazards of CT scans overstated
Concerns over possible radiation effects of CT scans detailed in a report yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine should not scare people away from getting medically needed CT scans, as the scans play a critical role in saving the lives of thousands of people every day, according to an official with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).
Cell-free DNA test could help identify liver transplant patients with acute rejection
Today, researchers presented findings at the 68th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting that DNA found circulating in the bloodstream—known as cell-free DNA—can be used to identify liver transplant patients with acute rejection with greater accuracy than conventional liver function tests.
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