Nursing Homes in Kinder, LA
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 Kinder Retirement And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 13938 Hwy 165, Kinder, Louisiana 70648 Ratings: Phone: (337) 738-5671 |
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings reports 7% increase in total revenues for first-quarter 2010
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation today reported its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2010. Total revenues for the first quarter were $172.7 million, reflecting an increase of $11.7 million, or 7%, over the first quarter of 2009. Excluding the impact of currency exchange rates, revenues increased 6% over the first quarter of 2009.
PerkinElmer launched its second Good Manufacturing Practice facility for radiosynthesis of potential drug compounds
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has opened a second specialized Good Manufacturing Practice* (GMP) services facility. The Company has added this capability in response to expanded demand for custom radiosynthesis of potential drug compounds for ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion) research studies.
Ohio AIDS advocates, patients protest against rationing of lifesaving HIV medicines
A group of Ohio AIDS advocates, patients and medical providers hosted a protest in Columbus today in conjunction with a public hearing held by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and its Director, Theodore E. Wymyslo, M.D., on proposed rule changes that would restrict access to lifesaving AIDS drugs for low-income Ohioans based on medical criteria.
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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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