Nursing Homes in Pt Pleasant, NJ
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 Crest Pointe Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1515 Hulse Road, Pt Pleasant, New Jersey 08742 Ratings: Phone: (732) 295-9300 |
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p53 protein may show a typical prion-like behavior when mutated
Prions, the causal agents of Mad Cow and other diseases, are very unique infectious particles. They are proteins in which the complex molecular three-dimensional folding process just went astray. For reasons not yet understood, the misfolding nature of prions is associated to their ability to sequester their normal counterparts and induce them to also adopt a misfolding conformation.
Romney barely mentions health care in acceptance speech
The Republican presidential nominee doesn't offer details on his plans for Medicare or the health care law. Nonetheless, several outlets look at what's ahead on that topic from the GOP ticket.
Brain imaging study reveals 'hot spot' for cue-reactivity in substance users
When patients with dependence on alcohol, cocaine or nicotine are shown drug cues, or images related to the substance, an area of their brain known as the medial prefrontal cortex shows increased activity, report investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina in an article published online September 7, 2018 in Translational Psychiatry.
Diabetes risk linked to increased dosage, duration and timing of steroids
Glucocorticoid (or steroid) therapy, prescribed to around half of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, is a known risk factor for developing diabetes. A study from The University of Manchester has found how the risk of diabetes increases in relation to the dosage, duration and timing of steroids.
Review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different models of community-based respite care for frail older people and their carers
Family members and friends often need support as they cope with being the main caregivers for their older, sick or disabled loved ones.
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Nursing Home
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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