Nursing Homes in Loogootee, IN
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 Loogootee Nursing Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 12802 East Us Hwy 50, Loogootee, Indiana 47553 Ratings: Phone: (812) 295-2101 |
Loogootee Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 313 Poplar St, Loogootee, Indiana 47553 Ratings: Phone: (812) 295-4433 |
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Low-dose infusion of ketamine completely relieves pain of complex regional pain syndrome
Limited, low-dose infusions of a widely used anesthetic drug may relieve the often intolerable and debilitating pain of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center researcher found.
RAND launches new tools for improving community-based efforts to prevent teen pregnancy
Researchers from the RAND Corporation have launched a web-based guide for community leaders to use when they are planning to run teen pregnancy prevention programs.
Texas Tribune reviews new anti-abortion law; health debate
An amendment that conservative state lawmakers hoped would wipe out the only taxpayer-funded elective abortions in Texas ultimately might not do much at all. One of many tacked onto an omnibus health care bill during the Legislature's special session in June, the amendment by Rep. Wayne Christian, R-Center, aims to remove state funding from any hospital district — a health care system financed by city or county tax dollars - that provides elective abortions.
Depression, antidepressant use may increase risk for diabetes and CVD in postmenopausal women
Postmenopausal women who use antidepressant medication or suffer from depression might be more likely to have a higher body mass index, larger waist circumference and inflammation-all associated with increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a study led by University of Massachusetts Medical School investigator Yunsheng Ma, PhD, MD, MPH, and published in the June 13 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
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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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