Nursing Homes in Yeadon, PA
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 Yeadon Rehabilitation And Nursing Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: Lansdowne And Lincoln Ave, Yeadon, Pennsylvania 19050 Ratings: Phone: (610) 626-7700 |
Providence Rehab And Hlthcare Ctratmercyfitzgerald Medicare and Medicaid Location: 600 South Wycombe Ave, Yeadon, Pennsylvania 19050 Ratings: Phone: (610) 626-8065 |
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St. Jude Medical's cardiovascular healthcare portfolio to be presented at TCT meeting
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced it will display products and technologies from the company's portfolio of solutions for cardiovascular healthcare professionals at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting in San Francisco. The featured products reflect the company's continued commitment to developing comprehensive, high-performance solutions which advance the practice of interventional cardiology by improving efficiencies and giving physicians more control.
CPAP Therapy increases gray-matter volume in obstructive sleep apnea patients
Obstructive sleep apnea patients had reductions of grey-matter volume at baseline but showed significant grey-matter volume increase after three months of CPAP therapy, according to a research abstract that will be presented Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC.
FL118 agent shows efficacy as personalized, targeted therapy for certain cancer tumors
A team led by Fengzhi Li, PhD, and Xinjiang Wang, PhD, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute has reported new findings regarding therapeutic targets of the novel anticancer agent FL118. Previous studies from these researchers have showed that FL118 induces cancer cell death, or apoptosis, by inhibiting expression of multiple cell-survival proteins (survivin, Mcl-1, XIAP or cIAP2).
Sulfonylureas risk vs metformin points to clear first-line diabetes choice
Using sulfonylureas as a first-line treatment for diabetes is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease events or death compared with the use of metformin, research shows.
Intimate partners can have important influence on another's substance use: Study
A new study of young people in the two years after high school finds that those in romantic relationships are less likely than their peers to report heavy drinking and marijuana use.
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