Nursing Homes in Martin, SD
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 Bennett County Hospital And Nursing Home Medicaid Location: 102 Major Allen, Martin, South Dakota 57551 Ratings: Phone: (605) 685-6586 |
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Smoking parents may underestimate kid's exposure to secondhand smoke
Four out of 10 children in the US are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the American Heart Association. A new Tel Aviv University study suggests that parents who smoke mistakenly rely on their own physical senses to gauge the presence of tobacco smoke in the air.
Time to increase efforts against HIV/AIDS, TB
In a Huffington Post opinion piece, Kolleen Bouchane, director of ACTION, asks whether President Barack Obama will "heed Archbishop [Desmond] Tutu's call to action" in a recent Washington Post opinion piece "and do his part to end AIDS."
Ratio of two proteins in urine could help identify deceased donor kidneys suitable for transplant
Earlier this year, a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine provided strong evidence that hundreds of deceased donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) - traditionally discarded as unsuitable for transplantation - could be safely and successfully used.
Scientists show carbon nanotubes can be broken down by MPO
A team of Swedish and American scientists has shown for the first time that carbon nanotubes can be broken down by an enzyme - myeloperoxidase - found in white blood cells. Their discoveries are presented in Nature Nanotechnology and contradict what was previously believed, that carbon nanotubes are not broken down in the body or in nature.
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