Nursing Homes in Sitka, AK
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Staging model, biomarker proposed for bipolar disorder
Researchers have proposed a model of early and late staging for patients with bipolar disorder according to functioning, number of episodes, age at onset and the time elapsed since first episode.
Ramped-up anti-fraud efforts trigger significant jump in prosecutions
New government statistics show federal health care fraud prosecutions in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85 percent over last year due in large part to ramped-up enforcement efforts under the Obama administration.
Formal corporate update on Milestone Scientific's new business opportunities in China
Milestone Scientific Inc., the recognized leader in advanced injection technologies, today issued a formal corporate update relating to the Company's new business opportunities in China. Specifically, Milestone is currently working in concert with its Chinese distribution partner, China National Medicines Corporation to advance the STA System™ through the required regulatory review and approval process at the State Food and Drug Administration for the People's Republic of China.
Averaging results from two independent participants improves screening accuracy
Averaging the results from two independent participants improved screening accuracy, whether participants were looking at baggage scans or mammograms, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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A nursing home (also called skilled nursing facility) is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living.A skilled nursing facility (SNF) may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation.
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