Nursing Homes in Saxonburg, PA
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 Orchards Of Saxonburg, Llc Medicare and Medicaid Location: 223 Pittsburgh St, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania 16056 Ratings: Phone: (724) 352-9445 |
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More salt in many holiday meals, cardiologist warns
There can be far more salt in many holiday meals than people realize, and the proof can be found at hospital emergency rooms. Heart problems aggravated or unmasked after ingestion of a significant amount of salt tend to make holidays such as Thanksgiving, Passover and Christmas very busy times for health providers like University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) cardiologist Marc Klapholz, M.D., F.A.C.C.
ALFA sponsors short films competition about ageism in America
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), representing senior living providers and the seniors and families they serve, is sponsoring a short films competition about ageism in America. Ageism includes discriminatory and prejudicial practices, attitudes and stereotypes perpetuated particularly against seniors.
Boston Software Systems to sponsor Revenue Cycle track of presentations at 2011 MUSE Conference
Boston Software Systems, the leader in workflow automation technology to the healthcare market, today announced that it is participating in the 2011 MUSE International Conference in Nashville, May 31-June 3 and will be sponsoring the Revenue Cycle track of presentations.
UIC selected as one of six research centers to help control infectious diseases in health facilities
The University of Illinois at Chicago has been selected as one of six research centers in the U.S. to help develop a comprehensive new strategy to control Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases in health facilities.
Determining success or failure in cholesterol-controlling drugs
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a complex network of interactions between drugs and the proteins with which they bind can explain adverse drug effects. Their findings suggest that adverse drug effects might be minimized by using single or multiple drug therapies in order to fine-tune multiple off-target interactions.
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