Nursing Homes in North Providence, RI
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 Golden Crest Nursing Centre Medicare and Medicaid Location: 100 Smithfield Road, North Providence, Rhode Island 02904 Ratings: Phone: (401) 353-1710 |
Lincolnwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 610 Smithfield Road, North Providence, Rhode Island 02904 Ratings: Phone: (401) 353-6300 |
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Johns Hopkins study highlights added risks of undiagnosed dementia in older adults
A Johns Hopkins study on data from more than 7,000 older Americans has found that those who show signs of probable dementia but are not yet formally diagnosed are nearly twice as likely as those with such a diagnosis to engage in potentially unsafe activities, such as driving, cooking, and managing finances and medications.
Health Canada accepts AbstralTM New Drug Submission for review
Orexo AB today confirms that its partner, ProStrakan Group plc has announced that the New Drug Submission made by their Canadian partner, Paladin Labs Inc., for AbstralTM has been accepted for review by Health Canada, the Canadian Government Department with responsibility for public health.
Moderate to high levels of aerobic capacity could partially reduce risk of sudden cardiac death
UCA researchers, collaborating with the Exercise and Epidemiology Science and Biostatistics Departments from the University of South Carolina in Columbine, have carried out a study focused in knowing how important the aerobic capacity in the sudden death prevention is, paying special attention to those people who have some pathology such as obesity and hypertension.
Researchers plan to target immune cells responsible for eluding antiretroviral treatment
Certain human immune cells known as macrophages are composed of hybrid HIV strains that elude treatment and antiretroviral drugs, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Florida and other institutions, the Gainesville Sun reports.
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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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