Nursing Homes in Portales, NM
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 Heartland Continuing Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1604 West 18th Street, Portales, New Mexico 88130 Ratings: Phone: (575) 359-4719 |
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Muscle strength and mass may predict hospital stay duration in COVID-19 patients
Researchers found that COVID-19 patients with good muscle strength and higher muscle mass had a shorter stay in the hospital.
Study on adults living with autism spectrum disorders in England
The first ever major study into adults living with autism was published today (Tuesday 22nd September) by the NHS Information Centre. The report, entitled 'Autism Spectrum Disorders in adults living in households throughout England 2007' was written by Professor Terry Brugha, a Consultant Psychiatrist with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Leicester with a team of UK researchers.
USDA nutrient dosage recommendations not sufficient, says USANA
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. commends the USDA for recognizing that nutritional gaps are common in the average American diet and that dietary supplementation can play a vital role in filling those gaps. However, USANA scientists and advising physicians caution that many important nutrients were not included in the recently published Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 and that the USDA dosage recommendations are not sufficient to improve and maintain overall health.
Republicans look for new battles as health law fight quiets
In the meantime, some sparring continues over the law, a new poll looks at Americans' attitudes on Obamacare, and Democrats continue their push to try to drum up support for the overhaul.
New recommendations for strengthening oversight of laboratory-developed tests
The College of American Pathologists today announced new recommendations for strengthening oversight of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), proposing a three-tier 'risk-based' system that would protect patients by ensuring every laboratory developed test is reported to an oversight body, and instituting a graduated system of review based on a test's potential risk to patients.
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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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