Nursing Homes in Weatherford, OK
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 Corn Heritage Village And Rehab Of Weatherford Medicare and Medicaid Location: 801 North Washington, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096 Ratings: Phone: (580) 772-3993 |
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Pulitzer Center announces launch of collaborative reproductive health reporting project
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting "launched its collaborative reproductive health reporting project last week at the International Family Planning Conference (IFPC) in Dakar, Senegal," according to a post on the Center's website.
No evidence related to transferability of biomarker tests for decision-making on chemotherapy for breast cancer
Following a benefit assessment in 2016 and an addendum in 2018, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has again examined biomarker-based tests for women with primary breast cancer.
Oral arguments showcased justices' personalities
The New York Times reports that last week's action at the Supreme Court gave the public an in-depth view of the insitution and the justices. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that, in a recent speech, Justice Sonia Sotomayor didn't give any hints about what the high court will do on the health law question.
Accelerated partial breast irradiation therapy increases risk for subsequent mastectomy
Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy, the localized form of radiation therapy growing increasingly popular as a treatment choice for women with early-stage breast cancer, is associated with higher rate of later mastectomy, increased radiation-related toxicities and post-operative complications, compared to traditional whole breast irradiation (WBI), according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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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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