Nursing Homes in Harrisburg, PA
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 Spring Creek Rehabilitation And Nursing Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1205 South 28th Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111 Ratings: Phone: (717) 565-7000 |
Gardens At Blue Ridge, The Medicare and Medicaid Location: 3625 North Progress Ave, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110 Ratings: Phone: (717) 652-2345 |
Jewish Home Of Greater Harrisb Medicare and Medicaid Location: 4000 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17112 Ratings: Phone: (717) 657-0700 |
Colonial Park Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 800 King Russ Road, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17109 Ratings: Phone: (717) 657-1520 |
Homeland Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1901 North Fifth Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102 Ratings: Phone: (717) 221-7900 |
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Treatment for low back pain in older adults does not match guidelines
Many Medicare patients with new episodes of low back pain receive care inconsistent with current guidelines - including high use of opioids and advanced imaging tests, reports a study in the February issue of Medical Care.
Addrenex submits a sNDA to the FDA for Clonicel
Sciele Pharma, Inc., a Shionogi company, and Addrenex Pharmaceuticals today announced that Addrenex has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Clonicel (modified-release clonidine) to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
BUSM to create Center for Health Insurance Reform, Cardiovascular Outcomes and Disparities
Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been awarded a four year, $5.7 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for investigators from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) to create the Center for Health Insurance Reform, Cardiovascular Outcomes and Disparities.
New estimate of more than three million diabetes-related deaths every year
3.2 million deaths can be attributed to diabetes each year according to a new publication released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) to mark the launch of their joint programme "Diabetes Action Now".
Antioxidant supplements beta carotene, vitamin A and E may increase risk of death
Contradicting claims of disease prevention, an analysis of previous studies indicates that the antioxidant supplements beta carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin E may increase the risk of death, according to a meta-analysis and review article in the February 28 issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association.
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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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