Nursing Homes in Dexter, ME
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 Dexter Health Care Medicare and Medicaid Location: 64 Park Street, Dexter, Maine 04930 Ratings: Phone: (207) 924-5516 |
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Reports of a serious polio outbreak among children in Rogo, Nigeria
Reports of a serious polio outbreak among children in Rogo, Kano State, have emerged. Kano is Nigeria's most populous northern state.
Diet modification could help improve quality of life in women with ovarian cancer
New research conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has shown that a particular type of diet could help women with ovarian cancer to lose weight and improve their quality of life and cancer-related measures.
Antibody cocktail neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 and has projected protection up to 12 months
A new study reports long-lasting, effective protection against severe disease with the AZD7442 antibody cocktail.
Genetic breakthrough in lung cancer
For the study the team studied samples of lung tumors and nearby healthy lung tissue from 30 patients and examined the samples for the presence of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) associated with 48 known genes for molecules called nuclear hormone receptors. Then they compared the active genes with patient outcomes and found that the expression of genes for certain nuclear hormone receptors helped predict patient survival.
Pediatric hospitals can decrease bloodstream infections following low-tech rules
Pediatric hospitals can significantly decrease the number of bloodstream infections from central venous catheters by following some low-tech rules: Insert the catheter correctly and, above all, keep everything squeaky clean after that.
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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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