Nursing Homes in Plymouth Meeting, PA
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 Aristacare At Meadow Springs Medicare and Medicaid Location: 845 Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462 Ratings: Phone: (610) 279-7300 |
Fox Subacute At Clara Burke Medicare and Medicaid Location: 251 Stenton Avenue, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462 Ratings: Phone: (610) 828-2272 |
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Research provides new insights into how telomeres regulate cellular senescence
Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have further uncovered the secrets of telomeres, the caps that protect the ends of our chromosomes.
ISCO's therapeutic program not affected by stem cell research federal fund ban
International Stem Cell Corporation announced today that the recent action of a federal district judge blocking federal funding of embryonic stem cell research is not expected to have negative effects on ISCO's therapeutic programs using its human parthenogenetic stem cells.
Anti-gravity treadmill can help reduce fears, increase self-belief in patients after knee surgery
Patients recovering from knee operations are being helped back to sport and exercise through expert rehabilitation at the University of Kent.
KU Leuven research reveals mechanism behind post-operative ileus
In the days following abdominal surgery, patients' intestinal contents pass more slowly or not at all. New research at KU Leuven, Belgium, has now shown that this phenomenon - known as post-operative ileus or bowel paralysis - is not caused by the cells previously identified as the main players.
Scientists identify rare genetic variants linked to risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes
Scientists from the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have discovered 17 rare human genetic variations associated with risk factors for diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.
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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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