Nursing Homes in Bristol, RI
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 Silver Creek Rehab & Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 7 Creek Lane, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809 Ratings: Phone: (401) 253-3000 |
The Dawn Hill Home For Rehab & Healthcare Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1 Dawn Hill, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809 Ratings: Phone: (401) 253-2300 |
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Travel, hunting, and venison consumption linked to prion diseases
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have examined the potential for human exposure to prion diseases, looking at hunting, venison consumption, and travel to areas in which prion diseases have been reported in animals.
Starting anti-HIV treatment early improves survival among patients with newly diagnosed TB
Starting anti-HIV treatment within two weeks of the diagnosis of tuberculosis, or TB, improved survival among patients with both infections who had very low immune-cell counts, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Health.
Researchers launch NIH-sponsored clinical trial for spinal deformity
Researchers at Northwestern Memorial have launched the first-ever National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical trial for spinal deformity. The trial will evaluate the effectiveness of surgical and non-surgical treatments in people with adult scoliosis or curvature of the spine. Researchers also hope to identify important factors related to patient reported outcomes such as pain, activity and appearance.
Southampton researchers investigates influence of mechanical forces on cellular, molecular processes
University of Southampton researchers are at the forefront of research into mechanobiology, an emerging field of science combining biology and engineering, which investigates the influence of mechanical forces on cellular and molecular processes.
Study finds higher opioid prescribing rates in the U.S. compared to other countries
Physicians in the United States may prescribe opioids more frequently to patients during hospitalization and at discharge when compared to their physician peers in other countries, according to a recently published study led by researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
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Nursing Home
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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