Nursing Homes in Jasper, FL
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 Suwannee Valley Nursing Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 427 15th Avenue Northwest, Jasper, Florida 32052 Ratings: Phone: (386) 792-1868 |
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Combining breast and gynecologic surgery not such a good idea
A new study from the University of Colorado Cancer Center finds that it is best if women who have to have both preventive gynecologic and breast surgeries have them done separately. The same dictum applies to breast reconstructive procedures following a mastectomy.
Innovation that helps locate and treat life-threatening heart arrhythmias
The Research Foundation of SUNY, which supports the advancement of education, research and discovery at the State University of New York, today announced it signed a licensing agreement with Biosense Webster Inc. for the rights to an Upstate Medical University innovation that helps locate and treat life-threatening heart arrhythmias.
Researchers uncover key molecular pathways behind gut bacterial imbalance during inflammation
A study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered key molecular pathways behind the disruption of the gut's delicate balance of bacteria during episodes of inflammatory disease.
Spark Therapeutics launches gene therapy clinical trial for late-onset Pompe disease
Pompe disease is a hereditary genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of acid alpha-glucosidase leading to build-up of glycogen in the lyosomes, which then causes cell damage in various tissues, in particular the heart, the muscles, the liver and the nervous system.
Astellas' isavuconazole receives QIDP designation from FDA for zygomycosis treatment
Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration designated isavuconazole as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) for the treatment of invasive mucormycosis (also known as zygomycosis), a life-threatening invasive fungal infection caused by certain emerging molds.
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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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