Nursing Homes in Blanchard, OK
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 Senior Village Healthcare Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1104 North Madison, Blanchard, Oklahoma 73010 Ratings:NA Phone: (405) 485-3315 |
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E-cigarette use does not help smokers successfully stay off cigarettes, study says
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have suggested that smokers who are unable to quit smoking may benefit by switching from smoking cigarettes to vaping e-cigarettes if they switch completely and are able to avoid relapsing to cigarette smoking.
Ethical dilemmas need round the clock advice
Ethics support is needed everywhere healthcare is provided; therefore anyone providing healthcare should have round-the-clock access to appropriate sources of ethical advice, says a new report from the Royal College of Physicians.
Reducing the incidence of drug-induced interstitial lung disease in breast cancer patients
Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this case report the authors Zijun Zhao, Zhanghai He, Hongyan Huang, Jiewen Chen, Shishi He, Ailifeire Yilihamu and Yan Nie from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China consider drug-induced interstitial lung disease in breast cancer patients.
Akcea Therapeutics obtains FDA Orphan Drug Designation for volanesorsen
Akcea Therapeutics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation to volanesorsen (ISIS-APOCIIIRx) for the treatment of patients with Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS).
Diuretic drug may be just as effective as oral antibiotics to treat acne in female patients
In a finding that suggests the potential for practice change that would reduce the use of antibiotics in dermatology, researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found the diuretic drug spironolactone may be just as effective as antibiotics for the treatment of women's acne.
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