Nursing Homes in Deridder, LA
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 Westwood Manor Nursing Home, Inc Medicare and Medicaid Location: 714 High School Drive, Deridder, Louisiana 70634 Ratings: Phone: (337) 463-6293 |
Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1420 Blankenship Dr, Deridder, Louisiana 70634 Ratings: Phone: (337) 463-9022 |
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A Reuters article discusses the implications of an Indian bill that would "subsidise grains for the poor, a move that will impact government finances as well as political support." According to the news service, the proposal "aims to partly shield a substantial voter base from surging inflation in a country where about 40 percent of the 1.2 billion population lives below the U.N. estimated poverty line."
Study identifies factors tied to greater risk of advanced liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients
Children's Hospital Colorado pediatric gastroenterologist, Michael Narkewicz, MD, recently shared results of the Prospective Study of Ultrasound to Predict Hepatic Cirrhosis in Cystic Fibrosis, which sought to determine if liver ultrasounds could identify children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis who are at greater risk of developing advanced liver disease.
New study clears "Patient Zero" of responsibility for HIV in US
A new genetic analysis has shown that the French-Canadian flight attendant Gaétan Dugas who was posthumously blamed for spreading HIV across North America, was not the "Patient Zero" of the epidemic.
Africa prepares for possible H1N1 flu outbreak amid concerns about HIV/AIDS, other diseases
African countries are preparing for the possibility that the H1N1 flu virus could expand in the continent, which already is experiencing epidemics of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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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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