Nursing Homes in Caribou, ME
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 Caribou Rehab And Nursing Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 10 Bernadette St, Caribou, Maine 04736 Ratings: Phone: (207) 498-3102 |
Maine Veterans Home - Caribou Medicare and Medicaid Location: 163 Van Buren Rd Suite 2, Caribou, Maine 04736 Ratings: Phone: (207) 498-6074 |
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Wistar scientists discover novel mechanism that helps tumors adapt to hypoxia
One of the many reasons tumors are so difficult to treat is that they are able to adapt whenever they are exposed to unfavorable conditions.
The Journal of Pain publishes results from Butrans Transdermal System Phase 3 clinical study
Butrans (Buprenorphine) Transdermal System CIII 20 mcg/hour provided significantly lower "average pain over the last 24 hours" scores compared to Butrans 5 mcg/hour when used in opioid-experienced patients with moderate-to-severe chronic low back pain, according to a pivotal Phase 3 clinical study published in the online, August issue of The Journal of Pain.
Study: Hundreds of discarded kidneys can be transplanted safely and effectively
A new Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study provides the strongest evidence to date that hundreds of deceased donor kidneys, discarded each year after being deemed not suitable under current medical criteria, can be transplanted safely and effectively.
Research findings could lead to new therapies for stroke and other brain diseases
Scientists investigating the interaction of a group of proteins in the brain responsible for protecting nerve cells from damage have identified a new target that could increase cell survival.
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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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