Nursing Homes in Ottumwa, IA
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 Good Samaritan Society - Ottumwa Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2035 West Chester Avenue, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 Ratings: Phone: (641) 682-8041 |
Ridgewood Specialty Care Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1977 Albia Road, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 Ratings: Phone: (641) 683-3111 |
Vista Woods Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: Three Pennsylvania Place, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 Ratings: Phone: (641) 683-3372 |
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EES implantation reduces restenosis, repeat revascularization in patients with calcified culprit lesions
Two new studies have determined that everolimus-eluting stent (EES) implantation reduced the incidence of restenosis and repeat revascularization in patients with calcified culprit lesions, and had fewer clinical events. Results show the rate of major cardiac adverse events in EES-treated patients with calcified lesions were higher than in those for noncalcified lesions, but remained lower than the results of previously reported stent studies.
Eating pulses helps people lose weight, show researchers
Eating just one serving of pulses a day is enough to help people lose weight and keep that weight off, according to a new study.
Key sequence in killer cells captured by Andor revolution microscope
Although much is known of the immune response to antigen-presenting cells, until now the way the body's own killer cells establish an immunological synapse to destroy those target cells has remained unclear. Now, an international research team led by Professor Gillian Griffiths of Cambridge University has resolved the key sequence of events using high-resolution 4D imaging.
Roche scientist honored with 2009 Meienhofer Award for excellence in peptide chemistry
Waleed Danho, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Leader at Roche was honored last week as the 2009 recipient of the Meienhofer Award for excellence in peptide chemistry at the international peptide symposium, RCCPS (http://www.rochecolorado.com/PeptideSymp09/).
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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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