Nursing Homes in Elmore, AL
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 Merry Wood Lodge Medicare and Medicaid Location: 280 Mt Hebron Road, Elmore, Alabama 36025 Ratings: Phone: (334) 567-8484 |
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Teen bloggers at risk for cyberstalking and cyberbullying
A study of 68 randomly selected weblogs produced by teenagers aged 13 to 17 finds that teen bloggers often willingly reveal their actual names, age and offline locations, putting them at risk for cyberstalking and cyberbullying.
Scientific review cautions against unnecessary use of antioxidant supplements
The lay press and thousands of nutritional products warn of oxygen radicals or oxidative stress and suggest taking so-called antioxidants to prevent or cure disease.
Senate panel makes surprisingly fast work of ‘surprise medical bills' package
It may seem as if the Senate, or at least certain key senators, have decided on a way forward to fix the nation's "surprise medical bill" problem. But make no mistake: The door is still open to try another solution.
Global malaria eradication could be achieved without globally coordinated campaign, study suggests
In a study published in the journal Science last week, a team of researchers at the University of Southampton, led by Andrew Tatem, suggest "the global eradication of malaria could be achieved by individual countries eliminating the disease within their own borders and coordinating efforts regionally," a press release from the University of Southampton reports.
New vaccine for deadly meningococcus B
A new study shows that a new 4-component meningococcal (4CMenB) vaccine for teenagers is effective when administered on a schedule of 2 doses from 1 to 6 months apart. María Elena Santolaya, from the Department of Pediatrics, University of Chile, Santiago, and colleagues performed the study, which was published online January 18 in the Lancet.
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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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