Nursing Homes in Albemarle, NC
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 Trinity Place Medicare and Medicaid Location: 24724 South Business 52, Albemarle, North Carolina 28001 Ratings: Phone: (704) 982-8191 |
Bethany Woods Nursing And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 33426 Old Salisbury Road Box 1250, Albemarle, North Carolina 28002 Ratings: Phone: (704) 983-1195 |
Stanly Manor Medicare and Medicaid Location: 625 Bethany Church Road, Albemarle, North Carolina 28001 Ratings: Phone: (980) 323-7373 |
Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 620 Heathwood Drive, Albemarle, North Carolina 28001 Ratings: Phone: (704) 983-2686 |
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Menthol cigarette makers & FDA in a legal debate over ban
Tobacco companies have decided to sue the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a decision that has been made in regards to cigarettes. The companies include the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. as well as Lorillard, Inc., have sued the FDA over a decision that would potentially ban all cigarettes that contain a chemical known as menthol.
Brothers delay puberty in younger sisters: Study
In a new study Australian researchers have found that having an older brother delays the age at which girls get their periods. The study conducted by Human behavioral ecologist Dr Debra Judge and PhD student Fritha Milne, of the University of Western Australia in Perth was published in this week's Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
PIH founder Farmer discussing possible appointment to coordinate U.S. global health initiatives, Boston Globe reports
Paul Farmer - founder of Partners in Health and vice chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School - said he is in discussions with the State Department about a possible Obama administration appointment to coordinate U.S. global health initiatives, the Boston Globe reports. Farmer made the announcement Monday during a meeting with HMS faculty.
Scientists find link between airborne allergies and risk of blood cancers in women
A team of scientists looking into the interplay of the immune system and cancer have found a link between a history of airborne allergies - in particular to plants, grass and trees - with risk of blood cancers in women.
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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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