Nursing Homes in Hanover, PA
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 Hanover Hall Medicare and Medicaid Location: 267 Frederick Street, Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331 Ratings: Phone: (717) 637-8937 |
Homewood At Plum Creek Medicare and Medicaid Location: 425 Westminster Avenue, Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331 Ratings: Phone: (717) 637-4166 |
Spiritrust Lutheran The Village At Utz Terrace Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2100 Utz Terrace, Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331 Ratings: Phone: (717) 637-0633 |
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No link between cell phone use and increased risk for brain cancer: European study
A new study that looked at cell phone users under the age of 20 found no link between cell phone use and an increased risk for brain cancer. Researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel, Switzerland, studied data collected in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland.
Two-drug combination approach could be effective against bone cancer
An innovative approach to treating bone tumors - starving cancer cells of the energy they need to grow - could one day provide an alternative to a commonly used chemotherapy drug without the risk of severe side effects, suggests a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
New report suggests innovative approaches for better response to chemical inhalation disasters
Better medical responses to the accidental or intentional release of inhaled toxic chemicals are being developed, but the field faces considerable challenges, according to a new report by an international panel of experts.
It will be at least a decade before a malaria vaccine is available
A seminar on malaria in this week's issue of The Lancet states that it will be at least a decade before a vaccine for the disease will be ready for widespread use and emphasises the need to expand the use of existing control methods.
New federal guidelines for the use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced new federal guidelines for the use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection after exposure to HIV through sexual intercourse, sexual assault, injection drug use, or accidents.
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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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