Nursing Homes in Oak Bluffs, MA
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 Windemere Nursing & Rehab Ctr On Marthas Vineyard Medicare and Medicaid Location: One Hospital Road, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 02557 Ratings: Phone: (508) 696-6465 |
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Socioeconomic factors in allergic fungal rhinosinusitis
A new socioeconomic study has discovered that allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS), a chronic sinus disease affecting many living in the southern and southeastern United States, affects African American more than other ethnic groups.
Sewage provides perfect ecosystem for studying diversity of uncharacterized viral populations
Raw sewage provides a perfect ecosystem for studying the diversity of viral populations that remain uncharacterized. This is one of the principal conclusions of a study published in the journal mBio by a team comprising experts from the UB's Laboratory of Water and Food Viral Pollution, Washington University and the University of Pittsburgh, under the direction of James Pipas.
Advocates express concern over Brazilian state's proposed law requiring identification of HIV-positive people
Recent draft legislation that would require the state government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to publish an online list of HIV-positive people has spurred concern among some HIV/AIDS advocates in the country, who contend that such action could be detrimental and discriminatory, London's Guardian reports.
CoreObjects receives PMI Excellence Award for developing HbA1c Blood Sugar Analysis device
CoreObjects is proud to announce the achievement of the Project Management Institutes "Excellence Award" for their role in helping launch a product that enhances the quality of life for patients suffering from diabetes.
Monash researchers create nanoparticle for improving properties of painkillers
Researchers at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology have created a nanoparticle that could improve the properties of painkillers by delivering them directly to the source of pain.
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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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