Nursing Homes in Richboro, PA
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 Richboro Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 253 Twining Ford Road, Richboro, Pennsylvania 18954 Ratings: Phone: (215) 357-2032 |
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Amgen to reduce price of Neulasta following Board's orders
The Board issued a Notice of Hearing on March 16, 2009, pertaining to allegations of Board Staff that Neulasta had been, and was being, sold by Amgen Canada Inc. at prices exceeding those indicated by the Board's Excessive Price Guidelines. On October 13, 2009, the Hearing Panel received a Joint Submission by Amgen and Board Staff along with a Voluntary Compliance Undertaking ("VCU") which proposed to resolve the issues raised in the Neulasta proceedings.
Fictive learning may play a role in addiction
"What might have been" or fictive learning affects the brain and plays an important role in the choices individuals make, and may play a role in addiction, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers and others in a report that appears online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Obama administration sides with city in San Francisco lawsuit
"The Obama administration took San Francisco's side Friday in a legal dispute over the city's groundbreaking health coverage law, urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal by restaurant owners who objected to paying part of the cost. In a long-awaited filing, government lawyers said passage of national health insurance legislation 'has dramatically changed the landscape' and reduced the likelihood that cities and states would adopt laws like San Francisco's. The case presents no pressing issues that require the court's review, the lawyers said."
New study shows homebound status of older victims of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
A new study, published online in the journal Age and Ageing today, shows that the homebound status of adults over the age of 65 in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake is still a serious public health concern. Of 2,327 older adults surveyed, approximately 20% were found to be homebound.
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