Nursing Homes in Quakertown, PA
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 Quakertown Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1020 South Main Street, Quakertown, Pennsylvania 18951 Ratings: Phone: (215) 536-9300 |
Belle Haven Healthcare And Rehabilitation Cen Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1320 Mill Road, Quakertown, Pennsylvania 18951 Ratings: Phone: (215) 536-7666 |
Lifequest Nursing Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 2450 John Fries Highway, Quakertown, Pennsylvania 18951 Ratings: Phone: (215) 536-0770 |
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Inovio Biomedical receives $2.8M grant to develop DNA vaccine for HCV
Inovio Biomedical Corporation, a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that the company and its collaborators from Drexel University, Cheyney University, and the University of Pennsylvania have received a $2.8 million grant to develop a DNA vaccine to treat hepatitis C virus.
First Edition: June 28, 2013
Today's headlines include reports that the high court sent a tentative signal Thursday that it was moving toward hearing a case on the regulation of abortion-inducing drugs.
Low physical activity, heavy use of electronic media linked to increased health risk in children
The Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children Study, PANIC, carried out by the Institute of Biomedicine at the University of Eastern Finland shows that low levels of physical activity combined with heavy use of electronic media and sedentary behaviour are linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes and vascular diseases already in 6-8 year-old children.
Oraya presents data from INTREPID study of stereotactic radiotherapy for treatment of wet AMD
Oraya® Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that initial three-year safety follow-up data from its INTREPID study of Oraya Therapy™ stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were presented for the first time today during the America Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) annual meeting in New Orleans.
Researchers develop metal-free contrast agent that could be safer for high-risk patients
To enhance the visibility of organs as they are scanned with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), patients are usually injected with a compound known as a contrast agent before going into the scanner. The most commonly used MRI contrast agents are based on the metal gadolinium; however, these metal compounds can be harmful for young children or people with kidney problems.
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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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