Nursing Homes in Saint Marys, PA

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Elk Haven Nursing Home
Medicare and Medicaid
Location: 785 Johnsonburg Road, Saint Marys, Pennsylvania 15857
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   Phone: (814) 234-2618

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Elis granted exclusive rights to market Apricus Bio's Vitaros in the Gulf and part of the Middle East

Apricus Biosciences, Inc. and Elis Pharmaceuticals, announced today that the two companies have entered into a licensing agreement granting Elis the exclusive rights to market Apricus Bio's new drug for erectile dysfunction, VitarosĀ®, in the Gulf and part of the Middle East. "This new agreement is the next step in our strategy of seeking to partner Vitaros in more than 100 countries around the world," said Dr. Bassam Damaj, President and Chief Executive Officer of Apricus Bio.

New book to prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration

A new prevention tool is now available, in both French and English, at local bookstores and pharmacies. Dr. Jean-Daniel Arbour and Dr. Pierre Labelle of the Universit- de Montr-al Department of Ophthalmology, along with two colleagues from France, have authored a new book to prevent vision loss, AMD: Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Annika Parance Publisher; 121 pages). Written to educate readers about the importance of vision health, the book provides clear explanations on the causes, consequences and treatments of AMD.

WM Healthcare Solutions acquires Mountain High Medical Disposal Services

WM Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc., announced that it has acquired Mountain High Medical Disposal Services, Inc., a medical waste collection, transportation and processing company.

Obama's legacy and democrats' electoral fates tied to overhaul, observers speculate

If Democrats fail to pass health legislation, the loss could have lasting consequences for a president whose supporters have become accustomed to victory, Time writes. "If the President fails to win the upcoming series of congressional votes designed to get health care legislation to his desk, it will be a calamitous failure for his presidency and for him personally, dwarfing the potholes he has hit during his first bumpy year in office.

Re-engineering the brain to perceive food differently

Can we make people healthier by tricking the brain into thinking broccoli tastes like chocolate? A group of internationally acclaimed chefs, bench neuroscientists, food scientists and clinical neurologists are confident that they can.

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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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