Nursing Homes in Fort Mill, SC
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 The Lodge At Wellmore- Tega Cay Medicare and Medicaid Location: 111 Wellmore Drive, Fort Mill, South Carolina 29708 Ratings: Phone: (803) 835-7000 |
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Bryant Ranch Prepack tracks medications from its manufacture to the patient with E Pedigree
"More and more physicians are realizing that prescriptions that leave the office are like money walking out of the door," said Fred Ganjian, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Bryant Ranch Prepack, a leading supplier of prepackaged physician-dispensed prescription programs. "In this day of continuing pressure on physicians to cover their costs, physician-dispensed prescriptions have become increasingly important to a physician's bottom line," he added.
New evidence suggests that biodiversity limits disease outbreaks among humans, wildlife
With infectious diseases increasing worldwide, the need to understand how and why disease outbreaks occur is becoming increasingly important. Looking for answers, a team of University of South Florida biologists and colleagues found broad evidence that supports the controversial 'dilution effect hypothesis,' which suggests that biodiversity limits outbreaks of disease among humans and wildlife.
Scientists solve mystery surrounding common genetic cause of ALS
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have cracked the mystery surrounding the most common genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Children who wear rigid gas-permeable contact lenses had slower progression of their myopia than patients who wear soft contact lenses
According to the article, "myopia affects approximately 25 percent of the U.S. population, and it typically develops between eight and 16 years of age." Previous studies have reported that rigid contact lenses may slow myopia progression, but other studies have found that rigid contact lenses have no effect on myopia progression in children, the article states.
Advertisers and crib manufacturers fail to adhere to safe sleep recommendations for infants
A new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows that national magazine advertisements and manufacturers of infant cribs continue to depict unsafe sleep environments, despite longtime guidelines established by the American Academy of Pediatrics to protect against SIDS and other sleep-related deaths.
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