Nursing Homes in Parkville, MD
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 Oak Crest Village Medicare and Medicaid Location: 8800 Walther Boulevard, Parkville, Maryland 21234 Ratings: Phone: (410) 882-3248 |
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Retainers for primary care?
Given the financial and regulatory uncertainty engulfing most of the health care industry, retainer-based primary-care medical practices are doing just fine, industry executives say.
Samples from Chobani yogurt contain most virulent form of fungus
Samples isolated from Chobani yogurt that was voluntarily recalled in September 2013 have been found to contain the most virulent form of a fungus called Mucor circinelloides, which is associated with infections in immune-compromised people.
KSERA research project focuses on COPD patients
To enable elderly people to live at home as long as possible, a group of European researchers, coordinated from Eindhoven University of Technology, will link robots and 'smart homes'. The robot, a 'sensible family friend', will ensure that home is a nice place to stay. And that patients do the right things.
New method successfully reversed male infertility in mice
The ability of stem cells to fix impaired functions of host tissues after transplantation has been a lifesaving breakthrough in treating previously incurable conditions. Much like a coin toss, however, the fate of the transplanted stem cells is unpredictable. They may choose self-renewal, grow into a different kind of tissue, or die.
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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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