Nursing Homes in West Springfield, MA
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 Bear Mountain At West Springfield Medicare and Medicaid Location: 42 Prospect Avenue, West Springfield, Massachusetts 01089 Ratings: Phone: (413) 733-3151 |
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Research findings may provide path to new faster-acting antidepressants
Some activity patterns in the brain can be dangerous, producing persistent dark moods that drain people's motivation, pleasure, and hope.
MKK4 gene could be a promising therapeutic target for liver disease, study reveals
Chronic liver failure is a major health problem that causes about one million deaths around the world each year. A study published April 11th by Cell Press in the journal Cell reveals a new type of screen for identifying genes that promote liver repair in mouse models of both acute and chronic liver disease.
Eternity Healthcare developing saliva-based noninvasive sugar monitoring device
Eternity Healthcare Inc., a medical device and diagnostic company specializing in diabetes management, announced today that they are in development of a noninvasive sugar monitoring device using saliva instead of blood. The technology utilizes an ultra sensitive sugar monitor and an additional sensor for salivary amylase enzyme activity.
Research provides roadmap for the development of human therapies for cytomegalovirus (CMV)
McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) researchers have defined genetic resistance to the widespread virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV)-a member of the viral group that causes some of the world's most prevalent diseases, such as herpes, chicken pox and mononucleosis.
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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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