Nursing Homes in Rockledge, FL
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 Orchid Cove At Rockledge Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1775 Huntington Lane, Rockledge, Florida 32955 Ratings: Phone: (321) 632-7341 |
Rockledge Health And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 587 Barton Blvd, Rockledge, Florida 32955 Ratings: Phone: (321) 632-6300 |
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Study: Targeted biopsy technique better than standard biopsy at detecting high-risk prostate cancer
Among men undergoing biopsy for suspected prostate cancer, targeted magnetic resonance/ultrasound fusion biopsy, compared with a standard biopsy technique, was associated with increased detection of high-risk prostate cancer and decreased detection of low-risk prostate cancer, according to a study in the January 27 issue of JAMA.
TSI organizes clinical, research and educational programs
The Wake Forest University Translational Science Institute (TSI) has announced a number of organizational changes. Four programs and four specialized centers have been organized to function collaboratively in support of research conducted at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Advanced Life Sciences scientific publication demonstrates triterpenoids' potential as anticancer agents
Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc.,a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, today announced the publication of a research paper in the journal Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters that reports data using the Company's core triterpenoid platform technology in the discovery and development of new cancer therapeutic agents.
Preclinical data for potent IDO pathway inhibitor presented at AACR 2013 annual meeting
NewLink Genetics Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on discovering, developing and commercializing immunotherapeutic products in oncology, announced today that the company presented preclinical data for NLG919, a potent IDO (indoleamine-(2,3)-dioxygenase) pathway inhibitor, at the American Association for Cancer Research 2013 annual meeting.
International study of more than 60,000 women highlights additional risk associated with fractures
Researchers seeking to understand the impact of osteoporosis and fractures on various aspects of health have found that women who had previous fractures experienced a significant reduction in health-related quality of life similar to or worse than that experienced by patients with diabetes, arthritis, lung disease and other chronic illnesses. This latest study from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW), which is based at the Center for Outcomes Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, was published online.
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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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