Nursing Homes in Smyrna, DE
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 Pinnacle Rehabilitation & Health Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 3034 South Dupont Blvd, Smyrna, Delaware 19977 Ratings: Phone: (302) 653-5085 |
Delaware Hospital F/t Chronically Ill (dhci) Medicare and Medicaid Location: 100 Sunnyside Road, Smyrna, Delaware 19977 Ratings: Phone: (302) 223-1500 |
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Palatin Technologies receives $2.5M to develop and commercialize compounds for treating obesity
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Gene therapy shows promise in children with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Researchers reported promising preliminary outcomes for the first four children enrolled in a U.S. gene therapy trial for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), a life-threatening genetic blood and immune disorder, at the 57th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (abstract #260).
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals' XIAFLEX gets FDA approval for treatment of Peyronie's disease
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a fully integrated specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved XIAFLEX (collagenase clostridium histolyticum, or CCH), an in-office, biologic for the treatment of Peyronie's disease. XIAFLEX is the first and only FDA-approved treatment proven effective for PD in men with a palpable plaque and a curvature deformity of 30 degrees or greater at the start of therapy.
Orthopedic wear and mechanical testing webinar to be hosted by Lucideon
Lucideon, the international materials technology company, together with Knight Mechanical Testing, is hosting a webinar entitled ‘Wear and Mechanical Testing of Hips and Knees - What the Standards Don't Tell You' on the 28th April at 3PM (UK time) 10AM (EST).
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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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