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 Richfield A Villa Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 7727 Portland Avenue South, Richfield, Minnesota 55423 Ratings: Phone: (612) 861-1691 |
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TLC announces first Laser Cataract Surgeries to be performed in Canada
TLC Laser Eye Centers is excited to announce the first Laser Cataract Surgeries to be performed in Canada, using an approved femtosecond laser, will take place at TLC's Mississauga center on July 24, 2012.
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network hosts fourth annual Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network today hosts its fourth annual Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. Nearly 500 advocates, including patients, survivors and loved ones, from across the United States will meet with members of Congress to call for congressional action to ensure progress is made against the fourth leading cause of cancer death in our country by co-sponsoring the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act.
Research findings call for a rethinking of cancer genetics
Johns Hopkins researchers report that the deletion of any single gene in yeast cells puts pressure on the organism's genome to compensate, leading to a mutation in another gene. Their discovery, which is likely applicable to human genetics because of the way DNA is conserved across species, could have significant consequences for the way genetic analysis is done in cancer and other areas of research, they say.
PathCentral announces roll-out of new pathology network
PathCentral, a technology-enabled company dedicated to the success of the international pathology community, and China-based Kindstar Globalgene Technology, Inc., today announced the roll-out of the PathCentral Pathology Network, an online professional pathology network that will enable Kindstar to access US pathologists and facilitate pathology consultations for more than 3,300 hospitals throughout China.
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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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