Nursing Homes in Berwick, PA
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 St Thomas Post Acute And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 801 East 16th Street, Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Ratings: Phone: (570) 759-5400 |
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Long-term night shift work among women may increase risk of cancers
Night shift work was associated with women having an increased risk of breast, skin, and gastrointestinal cancer, according to a meta-analysis.
Survey finds wide variation in hepatitis B, C testing policy and practice across the EU/EEA
The survey results suggest a wide variation in existing national testing policy and practice when it comes to hepatitis B and C - with overall limited monitoring of testing, diagnosis, and treatment across EU/EEA Member States.
High-tech diagnosis pinpoints causes of behavioral and psychiatric problems in patients
Is there a definitive test for mental illness? Not yet, but using advanced neuropsychiatric diagnostic tools including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), mental health professionals at The Menninger Clinic in Houston are pinpointing the causes of behavioral and psychiatric problems in patients.
Personal perception can be an important indicator for early detection of Alzheimer's
A research team led by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases concludes that personal perception can be an important indicator for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease.
Adding weight loss counseling to group visits provides extra health benefits to diabetics
For people with difficult-to-control diabetes, adding intensive weight management counseling to group medical visits provided extra health benefits beyond improved blood-sugar control, according to a study led by researchers at the Duke Diet & Fitness Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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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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