Nursing Homes in Wakefield, MI
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 Gogebic Medical Care Facility Medicare and Medicaid Location: 402 North Street, Wakefield, Michigan 49968 Ratings: Phone: (906) 224-9811 |
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Predominance of testosterone in males may explain disparate ACL injury rate between men and women
In studies on rats, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that the predominance of the hormone testosterone in males may explain why women are up to 10 times more likely than men to injure the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in their knees.
Bruin Biometrics receives FDA approval for SEM Scanner
Bruin Biometrics, LLC has been granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing authorization for the SEM Scanner, becoming the world's first FDA-authorised device to objectively alert clinicians to specific anatomical areas of a patient's body at increased risk for developing pressure damage.
UBM Medica's cancer care reference book now available online
UBM Medica's widely acclaimed and trusted cancer care reference book Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 14th edition, is now available online. This guide is designed to present important clinical information concisely, uniformly, and logically, emphasizing the natural history of the malignancy, screening and diagnosis, staging and prognosis, and treatment of cancers.
Study shows aortic valve replacement have improved with availability of TAVR technology
The introduction of minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for treatment of aortic stenos not only has increased the number of patients eligible for aortic valve replacement (AVR), but also has led to a decrease in patient mortality, according to a study released today at the 50th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
INSIGHTEC announces additional positive coverage policies for ExAblate MRgFUS procedure for bone metastases
INSIGHTEC announced today that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross of Idaho and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona have published an updated coverage policy regarding INSIGHTEC's ExAblate MRgFUS (Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided Focused Ultrasound) procedure which provides benefits for bone metastases patients. The ExAblate treatment is FDA-approved for patients suffering from pain associated with bone metastases.
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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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