Nursing Homes in Inver Grove Heights, MN
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 Good Samaritan Society - Inver Grove Heights Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1301 50th Street East, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077 Ratings: Phone: (651) 451-1853 |
Woodlyn Heights Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2060 Upper 55th Street East, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077 Ratings: Phone: (651) 451-1881 |
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Study uncovers novel mechanism that helps govern regulated gene expression
A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shines a new light on molecular tools our cells use to govern regulated gene expression. The study was published on line in advance of print November 10 in the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.
Automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain
Gaining access to the inner workings of a neuron in the living brain offers a wealth of useful information: its patterns of electrical activity, its shape, even a profile of which genes are turned on at a given moment. However, achieving this entry is such a painstaking task that it is considered an art form; it is so difficult to learn that only a small number of labs in the world practice it.
LOTS results of Myozyme in older children and adults with Pompe disease published
Genzyme Corp. today announced that the results from its Late-Onset Treatment Study have been published in today's New England Journal of Medicine. The study was undertaken to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Myozyme (alglucosidase alfa) in older children and adults with Pompe disease.
Exercise reverses signs of artery disease in obese children
Healthy but obese adolescents display abnormal responses to tests of blood vessel function, but after a short course of exercise their test results match those of lean youngsters, even though they remain heavy, according to a new study in the May 19, 2004 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Topokine initiates Phase 2 clinical trial of XAF5 Gel for double chin treatment
Topokine Therapeutics has initiated dosing in a Phase 2, randomized controlled clinical trial of XAF5 Gel for reduction of excess submental fat, commonly known as "double chin." XAF5 Gel is a proprietary skin formulation of a compound already known to reduce fat around the human eye. Study participants are applying XAF5 Gel or placebo once a night to skin under the chin.
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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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