Nursing Homes in Huntingdon Valley, PA
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 Promedica Skilled Nrsg And Rehab (huntingdon Valle Medicare and Medicaid Location: 3430 Huntingdon Pike, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 19006 Ratings: Phone: (215) 938-7171 |
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Children with ASDs benefit from certain medical and behavioral treatments
Some medical and behavioral treatments show promise for reducing certain behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders, but more research is needed to assess the potential benefits and harms, according to a new report funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The research results were published online in the journal Pediatrics.
Computer and web-based weight management programmes show promise against obesity
Computer and web-based weight management programmes may provide a cost effective way of addressing the growing problem of obesity, according to a team of seven researchers who undertook a Cochrane systematic review. The researchers, from Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, USA, found that delivering weight loss or weight maintenance programmes online or by computer helped overweight and obese patients lose and/or maintain weight.
Imperial scientists develop new test that uses human stem cells to predict side effects of drugs
Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a test that uses combinations of cells from a single donor's blood to predict whether a new drug will cause a severe immune reaction in humans.
Landauer fourth quarter revenue increases 5.3% to $120.5 million
Landauer, Inc., a recognized leader in personal and environmental radiation monitoring, outsourced medical physics services and high quality medical consumable accessories, today reported financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2011.
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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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