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 Meridian Nursing And Rehabilitation At Ocean Grove Medicare and Medicaid Location: 160 Main Street, Ocean Grove, New Jersey 07756 Ratings: Phone: (732) 481-8300 |
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Cardiac stem cells from sick patients could generate new heart muscle: Research
Cardiac stem cells even in elderly and sick patients could generate new heart muscle and vessel tissue and be used to treat heart failure, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2010.
Experts urge global leaders to commit $20 billion to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Scientists, practitioners and advocates from around the world today made a united call for global leaders to commit at least $US20 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at its upcoming replenishment meeting in October. Because the level of replenishment committed at the meeting will determine the Global Fund's grant levels for 2011-2013, the meeting is widely viewed as the critical next step towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.
Excessive reduction of fat mass in girls may increase risk of osteoporosis in later life
According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), fat mass is important in increasing bone size and thickness, but this effect appears to be stronger in girls than boys.
USPSTF's new guidelines for mammography: The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education disagrees
The United States Preventive Services Task Force has announced new guidelines for when a woman should be getting a mammography. The Maurer Foundation's Founder, Breast Surgeon Dr. Virginia Maurer, has made an official statement regarding her research and beliefs on the subject.
Study shows generic drug does not slow kidney disease
Historically, half or more of people with type 1 diabetes develop kidney disease, which frequently progresses to kidney failure, requiring dialysis treatment or kidney transplantation for survival, according to a study in Diabetes Care.
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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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