Nursing Homes in Leawood, KS
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 The Healthcare Resort Of Leawood - Iron Horse Hlth Medicare and Medicaid Location: 5401 W 143rd Street, Leawood, Kansas 66224 Ratings: Phone: (913) 249-3600 |
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Aspirin shown to prevent the spread of cancer
New research by Cardiff University has demonstrated a role for Aspirin in the treatment of bowel, prostate and breast cancer.
Study on effect of Botox on depression
In the largest randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study to date on the effect of OnabotulinumtoxinA (as known as Botox) on depression, researchers found that more than half of subjects suffering from moderate to severe depression showed a substantial improvement (greater than or equal to 50% of baseline) in their depressive symptoms as measured by the MADRS scale.
Men who consume alcohol during adolescence are more likely to have prostate cancer
Compared with non-drinkers, men who consumed at least seven drinks per week during adolescence had three times the odds of being diagnosed with clinically significant prostate cancer.
Parents need to talk to kids about eating disorders as early as possible
A government study has found that more than half a million teens have had an eating disorder, most commonly in the form of binge eating disorder and bulimia, and that most of the time these go untreated.
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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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