Primary Care Clinics in Emmonak, AK Accepting Medicare

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Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation
Clinic/Center - Multi-Specialty
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 246 Kwiguk St, Emmonak, AK 99581
Phone: 907-543-6452    

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New implantable sensor to continuously monitor tissue glucose

Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego and GlySens Incorporated have developed an implantable glucose sensor and wireless telemetry system that continuously monitors tissue glucose and transmits the information to an external receiver. The paper, published in the July 28, 2010 issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine, describes the use of this glucose-sensing device as an implant in animals for over one year. After human clinical trials and FDA approval, the device may be useful to people with diabetes as an alternative to finger sticking and short-term, needle-like glucose sensors that have to be replaced every three to seven days.

San Diego Healing Arts Cooperative Medical Marijuana dispensary reaches record number of patients

International Merchant Advisors, Inc. announced today that the Healing Arts Cooperative Medical Marijuana dispensary located in San Diego, California has reached a record number of patients served at approximately 1300 and growing daily. IMAI's subsidiary, Organic Science, Inc., acts as the manager of the facility on behalf of its non profit owners. Healing Arts is fulfilling the needs of medical marijuana patients in San Diego, and continues to grow on a daily basis.

Phase 1 study of STX107 for Fragile X syndrome begins

NIH-supported scientists at Seaside Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass., are beginning a clinical trial of a potential medication designed to correct a central neurochemical defect underlying Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability. There has to date been no medication that could alter the disorder's neurologic abnormalities. The study will evaluate safety, tolerability, and optimal dosage in healthy volunteers.

New reference catalogue may help guide future studies of genetics, evolution and disease

Missing a gene may be less problematic than you'd think. This is one of the conclusions that emerge from the most extensive catalogue of structural variations - changes in large sections of a person's DNA sequence - to date.

Careful follow-up after eradication therapy for peptic ulcer needed

Although it has been demonstrated that Helicobacter pylori causes gastric cancer, it is still controversial that whether H. pylori eradication therapy is effective in primary prevention of gastric cancer. This is especially important for Yamagata Prefecture, a region of Japan with the second highest incidence of gastric cancer in the world.

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