Nursing Homes in Cook, MN
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 Cook Community Hospital C&nc Medicare and Medicaid Location: 10 Southeast Fifth Street, Cook, Minnesota 55723 Ratings: Phone: (218) 666-5945 |
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Low bone density drugs may protect women from endometrial cancer
Low bone density medications, such as Fosamax, Boniva and Actonel, may have a protective effect for endometrial cancer, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital.
New study aims to improve the treatment of patients receiving end-of-life care
This landmark study aims to improve the treatment of patients receiving end-of-life care and lead to a more uniform approach and consistent management within the NHS.
Merck increases quarterly dividend to $0.43 per share of common stock
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Board of Directors has increased the company's quarterly dividend to $0.43 per outstanding share of the company's common stock, up $0.01 from $0.42 per outstanding share paid last quarter.
Adults not washing hands
Ninety-one percent of American adults say they always wash their hands after using public restrooms. But just 83 percent actually did so, according to a separate observational study.
New tool may help identify high risk atherosclerotic plaques
Researchers have developed and validated a new tool to help identify unstable or high risk atherosclerotic plaques-inflamed fatty deposits in the artery wall and a main contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD). This breakthrough may lead to better identifying which plaques are considered at the highest risk for rupturing and causing a heart attack or stroke.
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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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