Nursing Homes in Newington, CT
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 Newington Rapid Recovery Rehab Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 240 Church St, Newington, Connecticut 06111 Ratings: Phone: (860) 667-2256 |
Jefferson House Medicare and Medicaid Location: One John Stewart Dr, Newington, Connecticut 06111 Ratings: Phone: (860) 667-4453 |
Bel Air Manor Medicare and Medicaid Location: 256 New Britain Avenue, Newington, Connecticut 06111 Ratings: Phone: (860) 666-5689 |
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Amylin submits metreleptin rolling submission BLA for treatment of rare forms of lipodystrophy
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has submitted the initial sections of a rolling submission for a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of metreleptin to treat diabetes and/or hypertriglyceridemia (high levels of triglycerides in the bloodstream) in patients with rare forms of lipodystrophy.
Opioid dose variability could lead to increased risk of overdose, study suggests
Patients prescribed opioid pain medications whose doses varied over time were 3 times more likely to experience an overdose than patients prescribed stable opioid doses, according to an observational study from Kaiser Permanente published today in JAMA Network Open.
Drug increases melanin production in some people with albinism
A small pilot clinical study at the National Eye Institute suggests that the drug nitisinone increases melanin production in some people with oculocutaneous albinism type 1B, a rare genetic disease that causes pale skin and hair and poor vision.
Japanese researchers explain how inflammation causes gastric tumors
In 1982, researchers reported a link between chronic gastritis and stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori, triggering a flurry of research into this newly-identified pathogen.
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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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