William T Speck, M.D. Pediatrics Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone: 508-289-7690 |
News Archive
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., a leading national hospitalist physician group practice company, announced today that it has acquired Senior Care of Colorado, PC (SCOC) headquartered in Aurora, Colorado. SCOC provides geriatric care at more than 200 facilities in the Denver metro area. SCOC has an annualized volume of more than 200,000 patient encounters. This acquisition represents an expansion of operations for IPC in Colorado, where the company has provided acute care hospitalist services since 2003.
The tragic deaths of three runners in Sunday's Detroit Marathon underscore how frequently and indiscriminately sudden cardiac arrest strikes Americans, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association said today.
"Scientists have found a way to track minutely-differing strains of the 'superbug' MRSA [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus] as they spread between people and across the globe, a finding that could aid efforts to control the deadly bacteria," Reuters/ABC News reports (Kelland, 1/21).
A phase I clinical trial of nivolumab found that the immune-boosting drug is a highly effective therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. The multi-institution study, led by Mayo Clinic, indicated that the drug was safe and led to an 87 percent response rate in patients who had failed on other treatments.
For years, researchers have known that a gene called EAK-7 plays an important role in determining how long worms will live.
› Verified 8 days ago