Nursing Homes in Winthrop, ME
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 Heritage Rehab & Living Ctr Medicare and Medicaid Location: 457 Old Lewiston Rd, Winthrop, Maine 04364 Ratings: Phone: (207) 377-9965 |
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Researcher receives grant to study how changes in gut bacteria could lead to obesity-related disorders
Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a four-year, $1.8-million federal grant to study how changes in intestinal bacteria could lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Conflicts of interest overlooked in drug trial reviews: Study
A new study shows that researchers who review large sets of drug trials for medical journals – also known as meta analysis - often ignore financial conflicts that might affect the evidence and thereby conclusions.
TikoMed receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for TM-400 to treat hematological cancers
TikoMed AB, a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative treatments of immune diseases and transplantation therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted TM-400 Orphan Drug Designation for the mobilization of stem cells prior to stem cell transplantation treatment.
Spread of cancer in melanoma patients can be determined by ultrasound signals
Researchers have shown for the first time that patterns of ultrasound signals can be used to identify whether or not cancer has started to spread in melanoma patients, and to what extent. The discovery enables doctors to decide on how much surgery, if any, is required and to predict the patient's probable 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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