Nursing Homes in Decatur, AL
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 River City Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1350 Fourteenth Avenue Southeast, Decatur, Alabama 35601 Ratings: Phone: (256) 355-6911 |
Decatur Health & Rehab Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2326 Morgan Avenue Southwest, Decatur, Alabama 35603 Ratings: Phone: (256) 340-5765 |
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Biological anti-tumor mechanism can provide long-term immune response against tumors
Blocking a newly identified "immune memory checkpoint" in immune cells could improve immunotherapy and help prevent cancers from recurring, according to new findings in mice and human samples by researchers at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Study evaluates corneal collagen cross-linking in subjects with progressive keratoconus
Presently keratoconus is treated through eyeglasses, hard contact lenses, and a newer treatment, INTACS plastic rings inserted into the mid layer of the cornea to flatten it, changing the shape and location of the cone.
Complex fibroadenomas patients can avoid surgery
Complex fibroadenomas have a low incidence of malignancy, so women with this condition can be more conservatively treated and avoid surgical biopsy, according to a new study by a team of researchers from the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Many MEN1 tumour types found in children
Most tumour types reported in adult patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia Type-1 can be found in children with the condition, although rarely before the age of 10 years, shows a large study.
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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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