Nursing Homes in West Saint Paul, MN
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 Southview Acres Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2000 Oakdale Avenue, West Saint Paul, Minnesota 55118 Ratings: Phone: (651) 554-9558 |
Walker Methodist Westwood Ridge Ii Medicare Location: 61 Thompson Avenue West, West Saint Paul, Minnesota 55118 Ratings: Phone: (651) 259-2701 |
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Study finds rise in pregnancy rates among women with chronic liver disease
A new study presented this week at The Liver Meeting – held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases – found that the overall number of pregnancies in women with chronic liver disease or following liver transplantation has risen over the past 30 years.
UCSD findings may help scientists to design better drugs to kill pathogenic strains
Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome sequencing will provide the raw data for the field of bioinformatics, where computer science and biology meet.
FDA grants QLT's QLT091001 orphan drug designation for treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa
QLT Inc. today announced that QLT091001, the Company's oral synthetic retinoid, has been granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This follows the FDA grant of orphan drug designation for QLT091001 for the treatment of Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) also on December 7, 2010.
New NIH award aims to help increase diversity in biomedicine
The University of Alaska Fairbanks received a $23.8 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health to launch a new undergraduate program that will engage students from diverse backgrounds, especially those from rural Alaska, in biomedical research as a way to foster their interest and success in biomedical and health careers.
Study finds higher concentration of endocrine disrupting compounds in indoor air
Homes in low-income and affluent communities in California both had similarly high levels of endocrine disruptors, and the levels were higher in indoor air than outdoor air, according to a new study believed to be the first that paired indoor and outdoor air samples for such wide range (104) of these substances. The study appears in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.
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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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