Nursing Homes in Metter, GA
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 Pleasant View Nursing Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 475 Washington Street, Metter, Georgia 30439 Ratings: Phone: (912) 685-2168 |
Azalea Health And Rehabilitation Medicare and Medicaid Location: 300 Cedar Road, Metter, Georgia 30439 Ratings: Phone: (912) 685-5734 |
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Human filariasis research: an interview with Professor Mark Taylor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Filariasis refers to a group of diseases caused by parasitic worms, which are transmitted by blood feeding insects. Two species infect the lymphatic and blood systems causing lymphatic filariasis, which in some people can lead to gross swelling of the limbs and 'elephantiasis'.
Drug industry patents go under Senate Judiciary Committee's microscope
Congress isn't making much headway in finding a solution to the problem of soaring prescription drug prices, but lawmakers from both parties are tinkering on the edges with legislation that aims to increase competition among drugmakers.
Hospitals serving vulnerable communities may be penalized by rating system
Hospital ratings are intended to help patients decide where to get medical care and encourage hospitals to improve the quality of their services. They also can influence how insurance companies negotiate contracts for reimbursing hospitals.
Noninvasive screening in early pregnancy reduces Down's births by 50 percent
Non-invasive screening of pregnant women with ultrasound early in pregnancy, combined with maternal blood analysis, has reduced the number of children born in Denmark with Down Syndrome by 50%, a scientist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today.
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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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