Nursing Homes in Altoona, PA
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 Hillview Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 700 S. Cayuga Avenue, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602 Ratings: Phone: (814) 946-0471 |
Maybrook Hills Rehabilitation And Healthcare Cente Medicare and Medicaid Location: 301 Valley View Boulevard, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602 Ratings: Phone: (814) 944-0845 |
Altoona Center For Nursing Care Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1020 Green Avenue, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16601 Ratings: Phone: (814) 946-2700 |
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Vitamin D level in girls associated with muscle strength
Girls are stronger with higher levels of vitamin D, but the association was not found in boys. These are the results from a new large study from the Odense Child Cohort, recently published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Scientists develop new imaging technique to create three-dimensional images of melanoma
Melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer but it accounts for the majority of the skin cancer deaths (about 75 percent).The five-year survival rate for early stage melanoma is very high (98 percent), but the rate drops precipitously if the cancer is detected late or there is recurrence.So a great deal rides on the accuracy of the initial surgery, where the goal is to remove as little tissue as possible while obtaining "clean margins" all around the tumor.So far no imaging technique has been up to the task of defining the melanoma's boundaries accurately enough to guide surgery.Instead surgeons tend to cut well beyond the visible margins of the lesion in order to be certain they remove all the malignant tissue.Two scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed technologies that together promise to solve this difficult problem.
Study delves into the link between smoking and suicidal behaviors
Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology residents Iván Echeverria, Miriam Cotaina and Antonio Jovani, from the Hospital Provincial of Castellón, doctor Ana Benito and doctor Gonzalo Haro from the TXP research group of the CEU UCH, and doctor Rafael Mora, have published the results of their latest research: a meta-analysis on suicide, the first cause of external death in Spain.
IOF publishes practical guidelines to help doctors assess patient response to osteoporosis treatment
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has published practical guidelines to assist clinicians in assessing treatment efficacy in patients who experience a fracture while on medication for osteoporosis.
Depression among nurses may increase likelihood of medical errors
Depression is common among nurses and is linked to a higher likelihood they'll make medical errors, new research suggests.
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