Nursing Homes in Freeport, ME
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 Hawthorne House Medicare and Medicaid Location: 6 Old County Rd, Freeport, Maine 04032 Ratings: Phone: (207) 865-4782 |
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New HHS contracts to prepare for a flu pandemic
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced the award of two contracts to expand the domestic influenza vaccine manufacturing capacity that could be used in the event of a potential influenza pandemic.
Tonix receives net proceeds of $2.0M in private placement offering
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing therapies for challenging disorders of the central nervous system, including fibromyalgia syndrome ("FM") and post-traumatic stress disorder, has received net proceeds of approximately $2.0 million in a private placement offering to institutional and accredited investors.
Curing canine cancer - human cancer benefit
One of the major issues associated with longer life expectancy in man and his best friend is an increase in the incidence of cancer.
Study finds ST131 a major cause of antimicrobial-resistant E. coli infections
The new strain, ST131, was a major cause of serious antimicrobial-resistant E. coli infections in the United States in 2007, researchers found. This strain has been reported in multiple countries and encountered all over the United States. In the study, researchers analyzed resistant E. coli isolates collected during 2007 from hospitalized patients across the country. They identified 54 ST131 isolates, which accounted for 67 percent to 69 percent of E. coli isolates exhibiting fluoroquinolone or extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance.
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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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