Nursing Homes in Ripley, WV
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 Eldercare Health And Rehabilitation Medicare and Medicaid Location: 107 Miller Drive, Ripley, West Virginia 25271 Ratings: Phone: (304) 372-5115 |
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Adults with obsessive compulsive disorder face higher risk of ischemic stroke
Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults who do not have OCD, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.
Experts call for mandatory helmet use at all positions of youth baseball and softball
Despite lower rates of traumatic brain injuries in baseball and softball, there is poor compliance overall with helmet use and return-to-play guidelines following a concussion across all levels of play, according to a new systematic review.
Panel in US disputes drug trial allegations
Medical experts have been forced to defend a study conducted in Uganda and called HIVNET 012 that led to the widespread use of a single AIDS drug called nevirapine to protect newborns, after allegations by Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, a National Institutes of Health researcher, that the research was flawed and the conclusions were unfounded.
New nimodipine oral solution receives FDA approval for subarachnoid hemorrhage treatment
On May 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Nymalize, a new nimodipine oral solution, to treat patients experiencing symptoms resulting from ruptured blood vessels in the brain (subarachnoid hemorrhage).
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