Nursing Homes in West Haven, CT
2 Nursing Homes found. Showing 1 - 2
 Regalcare At West Haven Medicare and Medicaid Location: 310 Terrace Ave, West Haven, Connecticut 06516 Ratings: Phone: (203) 654-2100 |
Apple Rehab West Haven Medicare and Medicaid Location: 308 Savin Avenue, West Haven, Connecticut 06516 Ratings: Phone: (203) 932-6411 |
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More men undergo cosmetic surgical procedures
Statistics released today (3/21/11) by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that more men are going under the knife. Overall cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in men were up 2 percent in 2010 compared to 2009. However, many male surgical procedures increased significantly. Facelifts for men rose 14 percent in 2010 while male liposuction increased 7 percent.
Scientists identify unique function of Twist1 in tumor metastasis
In the early stages of human embryogenesis, a transcription factor called Twist1 plays a key regulatory role in how the embryo assumes form and function. Much later in life, however, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, say Twist1 can re-emerge, taking a darker and more deadly turn.
First Edition: June 14, 2013
Today's headlines includes reports about how, after months of battle, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a Medicaid expansion plan backed by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Eating red meat increases a woman's chance of developing breast cancer
Women who eat the most processed meat, such as bacon, sausages, ham or pies, run a 64 per cent greater risk of breast cancer than those who eat none.
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Nursing Home
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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