Nursing Homes in Starke, FL
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 Riverwood Health & Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 808 S Colley Rd, Starke, Florida 32091 Ratings: Phone: (904) 964-6220 |
Windsor Health And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 602 E Laura St, Starke, Florida 32091 Ratings: Phone: (904) 964-3383 |
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St. Jude Medical's Athena programmer DBS system receives Australian TGA approval
St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced regulatory approval from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of its Athena™ programmer, a deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy management system.
Many uninsured don't know they must buy coverage next year
News outlets report on a poll finding that more than 40 percent of the uninsured are unaware they could be required to buy health coverage in 2014, while another study calculates how many young people are benefiting from the provision allowing adult children to stay on their parents' policies up to age 26.
Organic pollutants in flame retardents cause molecular changes in reproductive organs
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are chemicals that have been widely used as flame retardants and are now classified as persistent organic pollutants. Health concerns in humans have arisen based primarily on studies with laboratory animals exposed to high levels of PBDEs. Three commercial mixtures of PBDEs have been manufactured in or imported into the United States which include penta-, octa-, and deca-brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs).
Telormedix initiates Phase I/II clinical study of TMX-101 for treating NMIBC
Telormedix, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on targeted immunity in the treatment of cancer and other diseases, today announced the start of a Phase I/II clinical study of TMX-101 for the treatment of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. TMX-101 is an immunotherapeutic compound and Telormedix has already recruited the first patients for this clinical study.
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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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