Pediatrics Doctors in Highland, MD Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Melvin S Stern, MD
Pediatrics
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 6685 Mink Hollow Rd, Highland, MD 20777
Phone: 301-854-3444    
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Dr. Peter Christian Scheidt, MD
Pediatrics
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 12730 Hall Shop Rd, Highland, MD 20777
Phone: 301-854-2439    

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Onset Therapeutics expands its sales force to create nationwide presence

Onset Therapeutics LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused in dermatology, today announced that the Company's recent growth and future opportunities have facilitated an expansion of its field sales organization to cover more than twenty-five additional major metropolitan areas.

Lab Express to offer Blood Typing for $8

Local medical laboratory Lab Express is offering to help the public know their blood type. Forty percent of the general public doesn't know their own blood type or that by knowing their blood type can help to save their life and the lives of others. During the month of September Lab Express is offering Blood Typing for $8, which includes a laminated medical card stating the patient's blood type to be carried with them in case of emergencies.

New targets for combating infections in medical implants

Navarre researcher, Jaione Valle Turrillas, has identified two genes that could help as targets for pharmaceutical drugs that fight the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria - one of the bacteria which causes most infections in medical implants.

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Popular Specializations in Highland, MD:

Pediatrics
Internal Medicine
Psychiatry & Neurology
General Practice


Pediatrics: A pediatrician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive healthcare to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. A pediatrician deals with biological, social and environmental influences on the developing child, and with the impact of disease and dysfunction on development.


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