Nursing Homes in Westby, WI
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 Norseland Nursing Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 323 Black River Ave, Westby, Wisconsin 54667 Ratings: Phone: (608) 634-3747 |
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Moderate sedation leads to better clinical outcomes than general anesthesia for TAVR patients
A new study finds the use of moderate sedation, in which patients do not need a breathing tube, leads to better clinical outcomes as compared to general anesthesia for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
Interest, uncertainty surround health exchanges, ACOs
In other news related to health law implementation, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., has co-sponsored legislation to allow states to opt out of the health law until legal challenges related to it are resolved.
Researchers find that 26% of senior oncology patients use complementary or alternative medicines
Alternative medicines are widely thought to be at least harmless and very often helpful for a wide range of discomforts and illnesses. However, although they're marketed as "natural," they often contain active ingredients that can react chemically and biologically with other therapies.
Plaza Centers' shareholders approve proposed rights offering
Elbit Imaging Ltd. ("Elbit" or the "Company") announced today, following its announcements dated June 23, 2014 and October 14, 2014, that its 62.25% owned subsidiary, Plaza Centers N.V. ("Plaza"), announced that Plaza's shareholders have approved the proposed rights offering (the "Rights Offering") which forms part of Plaza's restructuring plan.
aTyr's Resolaris granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for treatment of FSHD
aTyr Pharma, a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of Physiocrine-based therapeutics to address rare diseases, announced today that Resolaris has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).
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