Nursing Homes in Calvert City, KY
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 Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 10456 Us Highway 62, Calvert City, Kentucky 42029 Ratings: Phone: (270) 898-6288 |
Calvert City Convalescent Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1201 Fifth Ave, Calvert City, Kentucky 42029 Ratings: Phone: (270) 395-4124 |
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NSF grants funds to develop next-generation nano-CT imaging system
In 1991, Ge Wang produced the first paper on spiral cone-beam computed tomography (CT), now an imaging technique used in the mainstream of the medical CT field. Today, Wang, known as a pioneer in this field, and his colleagues have been awarded more than $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop the next-generation nano-CT imaging system, which promises to greatly reduce the required dose of radiation.
Modern Plastics adds MediPEEK-IM products
Modern Plastics has added extruded-plate MediPEEK-IM, a permanent implantable medical-grade PEEK (Polyetheretherketone), to its medical-grade plastics offering. MediPEEK-IM is a high-performance semi-crystalline thermoplastic designed for long-term body contact. The resin is produced to ASTM F2026 specifications and has been extensively tested to ISO-10993 requirements.
AVAC applauds CAPRISA 004 microbicide gel trial for preventing sexual transmission of HIV infection
"This is a historic day for HIV prevention research. The CAPRISA 004 results are the first clinical evidence that a microbicide gel can help to prevent sexual transmission of HIV infection," said AVAC Executive Director Mitchell Warren, reacting to the results of the landmark microbicide trial presented today at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna.
Under-active thyroid associated with reduced breast cancer risk
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found that women with a common thyroid gland disorder appear to have a reduced chance of developing invasive breast cancer, according to a study published in the March 15 issue of Cancer, out online Feb. 14.
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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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