Nursing Homes in Forksville, PA
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 Darway Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 5865 Route 154, Forksville, Pennsylvania 18616 Ratings: Phone: (570) 924-3411 |
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Omeros announces financial results for second quarter of 2013
Omeros Corporation, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products targeting inflammation, coagulopathies and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2013.
Multiple presentations on nab-driven chemotherapy at 46th ASCO
Abraxis BioScience, Inc. presented abstracts describing 10 trials of nanoparticle albumin bound (nab®) driven chemotherapy, nab-paclitaxel (ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension; paclitaxel albumin protein-bound particles for injectable suspension), for the treatment of breast cancer at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago.
Editorial cautions against estrogen-only hormone therapy after hysterectomy
An editorial in the April 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association cautions against estrogen-only hormone therapy in women who have had a hysterectomy because of longstanding evidence that it raises the risk of breast cancer.
Caesareans births linked to increased risk of newborn respiratory problems.
Babies delivered by elective caesarean section around term carry up to a fourfold increased risk of breathing problems compared with babies delivered vaginally or by emergency caesarean section, concludes a study from Denmark published on bmj.com.
Researchers discuss new technologies that improve feasibility of remote smoking cessation trials
Many of South Carolina's nicotine addiction researchers are in Charleston. But many of the smokers who need to quit live elsewhere in the state.
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