Nursing Homes in Tarboro, NC
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 Edgecombe Health And Rehab Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1000 Western Boulevard, Tarboro, North Carolina 27886 Ratings: Phone: (252) 823-0401 |
The Fountains At The Albemarle Medicare and Medicaid Location: 200 Trade Street, Tarboro, North Carolina 27886 Ratings: Phone: (252) 823-2799 |
Prodigy Transitional Rehab Medicare and Medicaid Location: 911 Western Boulevard, Tarboro, North Carolina 27886 Ratings: Phone: (252) 823-2041 |
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High vitamin D level improves survival rate in heart failure patients: Study
Survival rates in heart failure patients with reduced levels of vitamin D are lower than in patients with normal levels. This is the finding of a major study carried out at University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands. Results also suggest that low levels of vitamin D are associated with activation of the Renin Angiotensin System (RAS - a pivotal regulatory system in heart failure) and an altered cytokine profile.
Sebelius tries to soothe state worries about health reform
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is trying to soothe the fiscal and administrative concerns of officials in states who have considerable power in implementing the nation's attempt at health reform, The Wall Street Journal reports. "The law puts heavy demands on Ms. Sebelius — it has more than 1,000 references to actions that the 'secretary shall' take. But much of the responsibility for actually implementing the changes falls to states, so the Obama administration's top health official has been working to guide them."
Behind-the-counter drugs could be on sale in U.S. pharmacies
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United states is considering creating a new category of drugs.
Lack of hemophilia treatment in the developing world costing lives
When modern medicine finds a way to treat a medical condition, people often think that the problem is solved. But we also have to find ways to get that treatment into the hands of those who need it. For example, new research from North Carolina State University shows that much more needs to be done to help get existing treatment to hemophilia patients in the developing world, and that the current lack of treatment there is costing lives.
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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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