Nursing Homes in Melrose, MA
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 Melrose Healthcare Medicare and Medicaid Location: 40 Martin Street, Melrose, Massachusetts 02176 Ratings: Phone: (781) 665-7050 |
Elmhurst Healthcare (the) Medicare Location: 743 Main Street, Melrose, Massachusetts 02176 Ratings: Phone: (781) 662-7500 |
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UCLA professor creates compelling character to help Latinas deal with depression, anxiety
For years, MarySue Heilemann, an associate professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, has worked with Latinas dealing with depression and anxiety, looking for ways to connect them to effective treatment.
Mindfulness techniques show health benefits
Specific types of "mindfulness practices" including Zen meditation have research-proven benefits for patients with certain physical and mental health problems, according to a report in the July Journal of Psychiatric Practice.
Study opens way for new approaches to slow development of AIDS in HIV-1-infected patients
A new study from Lund University in Sweden has opened the way for new approaches to slowing the development of AIDS in HIV-1-infected patients. It is hoped that this could lead to better treatment methods and preventive measures to combat HIV and AIDS.
Study shows evidence that old drug may provide relief for advanced Parkinson's disease patients
New research provides evidence that an old drug may provide relief for people with advanced Parkinson's, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 69th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to 28, 2017.
HPV vaccine coverage among teens still remains low than other recommended vaccinations
Barriers to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescents in the U.S. range from financial concerns and parental attitudes to social influences and concerns about the vaccination's effect on sexual behavior, according to a review of the available medical literature published by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.
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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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