Nursing Homes in Jasper, AR
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 Newton County Nursing Home Medicaid Location: 610 East Court Street, Jasper, Arkansas 72641 Ratings: Phone: (870) 446-2333 |
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Correcting prostate specific antigen levels for genetic variants can have significant consequences
Genetic variants have been identified which can increase serum prostate specific antigen concentrations and prostate cancer risk. A new study published in The Journal of Urology reports that correcting PSA levels for these genetic variants can have significant consequences, including avoiding unnecessary biopsies for some men and eliminating false complacency for others.
Passage of health care reform signals the beginning of new era for nurse-led health care
When health care reform was signed into law by President Obama on Tuesday, it signaled the beginning of a new era for nurse-led health care. H.R. 3590 will capitalize on the ability of nurse practitioners to provide high-quality primary and preventive care by defining "nurse-managed health clinic" in the Public Health Service Act and creating a new $50 million grant program to support innovative safety net providers.
Arthritis Research UK awards grant to develop new treatments for severe arthritis pain
Medical research charity Arthritis Research UK has awarded researchers at University College London and the University of Nottingham a grant of £800,000 to develop new treatments for severe arthritis pain.
PGT Innovations joins hands with All-Star Children's Foundation to help kids victimized by abuse
PGT Innovations is partnering with the All-Star Children's Foundation, during the Community Foundation of Sarasota County's Giving Challenge on May 1 - 2 from noon to noon, to help fund a new 5-acre, state-of-the-art campus that provides trauma-informed care for children of abuse.
JBMR article highlights controversies in treating high-risk osteoporosis patients
The remarkable progress made over the past 30 years to reduce fractures and dramatically improve the quality of life for millions of osteoporosis patients is rapidly being reversed, say two bone health experts in a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research article published online today.
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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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